[ds968]

Hey, how does one edit the title ? Clearly I meant gremlins, not gremlis and Koni, not Knoi [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

A couple of months ago the adjusting knob of one of the Konis' ( front, driver's side ) suddenly froze in place. No idea at all what could possibly have triggered that but I tried to turn it, in both directions, and even when applying a lot of force with a pair of vise grip pliers it simply did not budge..it's as if it was welded in place. But the ride remained unaffected so I figured there's no rush, it's still set where I had it before so I'll leave it alone for the time being and at some point when I get around to it I'll just order another cartridge and replace it. In the meantime every week I'd try ( in vain ) to see if maybe all the bouncing around from driving hundreds of miles has loosened it. Nothing [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif[/img] . Solid as a rock. Even sprayed a bit of WD40 on it, and let it soak in for days , but no chance.

And then half an hour ago as I was checking the oil, the ps and other fluid levels, etc, just for the heck of it I gave it another try with the pliers, and as inexplicably as the time it froze, it started working as if it never had a problem; same feel to the turn resistance in both directions, smooth, no grinding noise, and once again adjustable as it was meant to be.. WTF ? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img]

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[John]

Dan, one of my front shocks did the same thing, with the "freeze" lasting about 3 months. Tried the WD-40 too, but no joy. Called Koni's tech support, but they had never heard of this. My garage floor isn't level, so I have two wood pads to put under the wheels on the low side whenever I check fluids. While doing this one time I tried adjusting the shock and it was free. Removed the pads and it was frozen again. Maybe something is getting torqued. Any chance your surface isn't level?

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[flash]

we have heard of them binding up and freeing up again, though this is rare

the knobs should turn regardless of height orientation - the only reason i can see for them not doing that is if a bearing on the strut has gone bad and the shaft is no longer parallel to the housing when in a particular position

i suspect there is something not happy in the strut, and it will happen again - hopefully it won't just bind up and seize

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