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General Discussion => Penton Talk => Topic started by: crash carden on December 02, 2003, 12:23:43 PM

Title: Koni Shocks ?
Post by: crash carden on December 02, 2003, 12:23:43 PM
Hello, I have a set of Koni shocks that are the original ones installed on my 73 Penton 250 Harescrambler. Does anyone know what type of fluid/oil Koni put inside their shocks? They are in good shape no leaks.I have taken them apart to clean them up and paint them.However I have not opened the fluid container,I wanted to find out if the fluid/oil should be replaced,and what type I need to replace it with.Thanks for any help, Crash Carden Team Penton! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Title: Koni Shocks ?
Post by: Rocket on December 02, 2003, 12:39:19 PM
Crash
I just did a pair of Koni's.  I used Maxima ultra light shock oil.  Seems to work okay.
Rocket
Title: Koni Shocks ?
Post by: Jdbglover on December 02, 2003, 05:18:23 PM
Rocket,

The Koni shocks that you rebuilt were they the series 76, that you had a question posted on the board earlier?  Looking at the Koni web site 76 series shocks were supposed to have unreplaceable seals.

Just curious.  

Thanks

John
Title: Koni Shocks ?
Post by: Rocket on December 02, 2003, 05:52:05 PM
John
I just took everything apart and cleaned, the seals looked very good.  The oil was pretty clean so I don't think they had a lot of time on them.  I installed new o-rings and oil.  Looks like they will be okay.  They are the 76F series shocks.  They look totally rebuilable to me.
Rocket
Title: Koni Shocks ?
Post by: john durrill on December 02, 2003, 09:03:16 PM
Krash,
 we have the Koni instruction for rebuilding shocks in the Library
 also a page on how to adjust the damping.
 if you have trouble downloading it we can e-mail it to you.
John & Peter
Title: Koni Shocks ?
Post by: crash carden on December 03, 2003, 12:09:27 AM
Thanks for the feedback guys.John if you could email that Koni shock info. to me that would be great,as I can't get it to download. Thanks again. Crash Carden Team Penton!
Title: Koni Shocks ?
Post by: crash carden on December 03, 2003, 12:15:54 AM
Oh John this might help Email address [email protected]   thanks!