White plastic ring with Koni Yellow struts?
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From: Evansville, IN
Car: 1984 Trans Am WS6
Engine: LG4
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 3.23 LSD
White plastic ring with Koni Yellow struts?
Does it do anything? The instructions aren't all that clear and the old struts didn't appear to have that ring. Do I need it or not? Where's it go?
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From: Central NJ
Car: 86 Trans Am
Engine: 408 stroker sbc
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Re: White plastic ring with Koni Yellow struts?
I don't know what they are for, but my thought is that they are a hard cushion to prevent the strut from bottoming out all tyhe way and causing serious damage to the strut
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Re: White plastic ring with Koni Yellow struts?
They fit snugly on the strut shaft right? If so I suspect they are suspension travel indicators. I use my tube mounted bump stops for the same reason.
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Re: White plastic ring with Koni Yellow struts?
They don't fit tight at all, really sloppy.
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From: Evansville, IN
Car: 1984 Trans Am WS6
Engine: LG4
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 3.23 LSD
Re: White plastic ring with Koni Yellow struts?
Right. I figured they'd rattle like all hell, so if they don't do anything important I'll keep them in with my other spare parts.
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Re: White plastic ring with Koni Yellow struts?
I left mine on, wasn't exactly sure what they were for, but I figured they wouldn't hurt anything. They may rattle around, but you cannot hear them.
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Re: White plastic ring with Koni Yellow struts?
They are called packers. They are used to space out a shaft mounted bump stop or in extreme cases, prevent the damper from bottoming out internally.
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