Contact the vendor of the KYB shocks.
He is ten times as likely to have the necessary parts as a list member.

Stan Wilder

On Thu, 8 May 2003 07:51:33 -0400 Jay L Snyder
<Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM> writes:
> It looks to me like the top rubber bushing on the front shocks
> supplied
> with the KYBs is too thin.  The metal cup bottoms out on the top of
> the
> shock stem shoulder without compressing the bushing enough.
> Unfortunately,
> I have tossed my original VW  bushings away so I can't make a
> direct
> comparison.  I assumed the bushings supplied would be matched to the
> new
> shocks.  The bump I am getting is probably from the front
> suspension
> unloading and the metal cup banging on the shoulder of the shock
> stem.  A
> thicker bushing would allow more compression of the rubber and
> prevent the
> cup from hitting the stem shoulder.  Does this make any sense?  I
> may try
> adding a shim under the bushing or under the cup.  The bushing just
> doesn't
> look like it is compressed enough.  The nut appears to be ran in to
> end of
> the threads.
>
>
> Jay
>
>
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