shock absorber bolt?

**cri_ag** · 19-03-2006, 10:05 PM

i have put some mr2 shocks into the front of my sprinter, but the nut that came with the shocks and holds the top of the insert into the strut doesent seem to be the same thread as the sprinter strut. the one that was originaly in there doesent seem to locate the new insert at all.
so i was wondering if it was posible to get different bolts so suit different types of shocks, but match the thread in the sprinter strut? they are kei office adjustables if it makes any difference.

thanks
craig.

**Stefan** · 19-03-2006, 11:14 PM

It sounds like the problem is that your new inserts are shorter that your old ones. MR2 ones generally are, but I don't know your exact setup. I currently have some rear sw20 inserts in the front of my Ra65 struts, which take an insert nearly the same body length as AE86 IIRC, and the MR2 front & rear inserts both have a shorter body.

Take your new insert out, lay it next to your new one, and see if the strut body lengths are the same. There is some room for tolerance when tightening the top strut not, but if the Mr2 one is significantly shorter then you have 2 options:
* shorten your struts
* get a spacer

Getting a spacer is very cheap & easy. With the tops of both strut inserts level, measure the difference in body length from the base of the mr2 insert to your old one (A). Measure the internal diameter of your struts with some calipers (B), then go to a metal shop and ask them for the the widest thick-wall piping you can get up to the width of (B), and get them to cut 2 lengths (A) long. Take an insert along with you - depending on the shape of the base of your inserts, and the width of the wall of the piping, the exact lenght you need may differ.

**cri_ag** · 20-03-2006, 04:57 PM

ive already made the spacers, but the nut on the top of the inserts (standard sprinter) doesent locate the mr2 shocks whereas the ones that came with the mr2 inserts fit snugly over the top of the insert but the thread seems different.

**Big T** · 20-03-2006, 11:30 PM

You could probably take the assembly to a bolt specialist and get the appropriate bolts? That's what i did with my turbo... just rocked up with turbo in hand and said i needed studs,nuts and bolts for it. I went to Lee Bros in Parramatta on Dunlop St.

Eddie.

**cri_ag** · 21-03-2006, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by Big T

You could probably take the assembly to a bolt specialist and get the appropriate bolts? That's what i did with my turbo... just rocked up with turbo in hand and said i needed studs,nuts and bolts for it. I went to Lee Bros in Parramatta on Dunlop St.

Eddie.

yea its a funny looking bolt but, ive sorted it went down to my local suspension place and went through a masive bucket of random strut bolts and came up with two that were perfect!

**RobertoX** · 21-03-2006, 09:16 PM

Good to hear that you have solved it, in case anyone else can't find one of these I just went down to my local repco and the guy pulled some of the top nuts out of a box of monroe shocks that he had in stock and these locate the kyb shock perfectly... (cost me about $10)