I was looking back at some earlier posts and I saw where the front/ rear shocks and springs are different. I understand the springs part but I though the Koni Shocks were the same all the way around. What is the difference between front & rear shocks & how do you tell?
While I am on the subject how would you tell the difference by looking at the springs? Last year, when I took the suspension off to powder coat everything, and replace all of the bushings, I had taken each corner off of the car and put all of the pieces into individual plastic crates so they would go back on the same place. But I am wondering how I would check that either the machine shop, sand-blaster or powdercoat guy didn't accidentally mix them up? The car appears to be sitting normally and my next project is to take out the spring spacers.
Last question on this topic, I took the car out this weekend to pick my son up at school for the holiday weekend, after about a 2 hour drive and everything went smoothly (something else to be thankful for) I noticed the car was sitting funny in the driveway. I looked around & the right rear shock appeared to have collapsed. Closer inspection revealed that the rod had come unscrewed from the top shock mount. This happened despite the fact that the lock nut was tightened when they were reassembled, but how does the rod turn when the car is in use?
thanks
Gary #06984
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