Are you hearing a clunking sound when you go over bumps that wasn't
there before?  I've found that these bolts need to be REALLY tight or
you will get clunking.  You can't get them tight enough with short box
wrenches, use a torque wrench and give them 100 ft/lbs or more.

Mike Devlin wrote:
>
> Dear Listees:
> I just put a pair of KYB gas struts and shocks on my 1991 Vanagon
> Carat. The
> ride is great but they sound loose. Their not. Any ideas?????
> Mike
> 87 Syncro
> 91 Carat

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Stuart MacMillan
Seattle

'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
'01 Toyota Tacoma (Something I don't have to fix!)

Personal mechanic for:
'70 MGB GT (Daughter's)

Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
'72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
'64 MGB (Son's)

Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT