AGX Question

[V8Killer]

Hey all, I'm new to the forum. Whazzup.:wavey:

I just brought some KYB AGX's and I noticed that the little t shaped bit at the bottom, near the adjust dial, has a funny angle to it. I think if I installed them as they are now, I would have to face the dial away from the tire - not exactly ideal for adjustment. I tried C-Clamping the t-bit down to a bench and turn the shock to the right direction manualy, but the paint on the seal started to tear, so I stopped.

I want to know if it's impossible to install the KYBs with the dial toward the tire, or not. thanks in advance. :)

[98FBird]

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I have to check mine out, I had them installed recently. I have mine set at 5 and they are rock solit without being crazy rigid. Definately worth the effort to get them on your car.

[V8Killer]

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I know that bit has to be able to rotate in order for the suspension to do it's job, since the top most certainly isn't rotating. Maybe I'll try that c-clamp thing again tomorrow.

[fabolous24]

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you can twist it, its hard as a ***** but its possible

[lookout4theyeti]

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My dials are facing away from the tires too on the front. No biggie, you can still get to them pretty easily with ramps or a jack. it sounds like a pain in the but to have to jack your car up just to adjust your shocks, but honestly how often do you think you'll be adjusting them? I leave mine set at 8 all around in the summer when im home and 4 in the front and 6 in the back when im at school in toledo in the fall and spring where the roads are crappy.

[FunkZ]

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Yup, my AGX dials are also facing inward in the front. That is the way they were assembled, so I didn't have much choice when I went to put them on.

With them facing inward though they are not hard at all to get to. You can reach them without jacking up the car or removing the wheel.

[lookout4theyeti]

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Yup, my AGX dials are also facing inward in the front. That is the way they were assembled, so I didn't have much choice when I went to put them on.

With them facing inward though they are not hard at all to get to. You can reach them without jacking up the car or removing the wheel.

Is your car not lowered? cause with mine lowered i have to jack the car up to reach..

[V8Killer]

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Well, I would just like to say thank you to everyone for their help on this and I would also like to take the opportunity to say F&@K YOU GM for underdesigning my favorite car. Here's a few tips for those of you who would like to install these shocks yourselfs (assuming you haven't already)

1. The upper arm hardware is mounted to the shock frame. Thats right. Those four bolts hold up the entire thing, so if you go to remove the shock, the whole assebly will come down on you. Once again, F%@K YOU GM!!!

2. The brake lines comming out of the resevior are steel and they don't budge/bend very easily (Steel. Duh.) so if your thinking "I'll just unbolt that and move it aside" it will be more like "I'll just unbolt that and break my f&@king knuckles wrestling with it for precious precious space in need to un-wrench that fruity star bolt". If you want to move it, you need to dettach those brake lines and doing that means you can throw a brake bleeding job ontop of your shock install. F@&K YOU GM!!!!oneone+11

3. If you think you know what rust looks like, think again 'cause you're about to get schooled. I'm pretty sure the titanic 50 years from now will have less rust on it than the top of your average 10 year old F-Body strut bolt. You can try that whole liquid wrench routine if you like to waste time, but if removing said bolt is your ultimate goal then count on a pair of bolt cutters and failing that, a rotary tool. If your going the rotatry tool route, the get plenty of cutting/drilling bits, because this SOB's guaranteed to grind yours to a semi molten pulp.

Also, a big F@%K YOU to the florida weather for telling weather.com that it would be sunny out that day. And then raining, forcing me to leave my car in pieces. On a work day.

[lookout4theyeti]

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Well, I would just like to say thank you to everyone for their help on this and I would also like to take the opportunity to say F&@K YOU GM for underdesigning my favorite car. Here's a few tips for those of you who would like to install these shocks yourselfs (assuming you haven't already)

1. The upper arm hardware is mounted to the shock frame. Thats right. Those four bolts hold up the entire thing, so if you go to remove the shock, the whole assebly will come down on you. Once again, F%@K YOU GM!!!

2. The brake lines comming out of the resevior are steel and they don't budge/bend very easily (Steel. Duh.) so if your thinking "I'll just unbolt that and move it aside" it will be more like "I'll just unbolt that and break my f&@king knuckles wrestling with it for precious precious space in need to un-wrench that fruity star bolt". If you want to move it, you need to dettach those brake lines and doing that means you can throw a brake bleeding job ontop of your shock install. F@&K YOU GM!!!!oneone+11

3. If you think you know what rust looks like, think again 'cause you're about to get schooled. I'm pretty sure the titanic 50 years from now will have less rust on it than the top of your average 10 year old F-Body strut bolt. You can try that whole liquid wrench routine if you like to waste time, but if removing said bolt is your ultimate goal then count on a pair of bolt cutters and failing that, a rotary tool. If your going the rotatry tool route, the get plenty of cutting/drilling bits, because this SOB's guaranteed to grind yours to a semi molten pulp.

Also, a big F@%K YOU to the florida weather for telling weather.com that it would be sunny out that day. And then raining, forcing me to leave my car in pieces. On a work day.

hahahaha i feel for ya...

[FunkZ]

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I unbolted the master cylinder from the booster and easily moved it to the side in order to access the bolts on top.

I also got new front mounts with my new springs and shocks, so there was nothing to disassemble. I simply unbolted the whole assembly and bolted in the new.

Yeah, my car is lowered. I can lay on the ground beside the car and reach around behind the wheel though. I adjust all 4 every time I go to the track. I can't see the dial, but I know what number they're set on, which way I need to turn them and how many clicks for the setting I want.

[lookout4theyeti]

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I can't see the dial, but I know what number they're set on, which way I need to turn them and how many clicks for the setting I want.

ahh ok, yea i understand that then, i can reach them too, but im not sure enough of myself to make sure i have them right unless i can see lol. Im sure if i adjusted them more often i wouldnt have a problem...

what setting do you run on the street? and on the strip?

[V8Killer]

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I unbolted the master cylinder from the booster and easily moved it to the side in order to access the bolts on top..

Without disconnecting the steel brake lines? what did you do, bend them?

[FunkZ]

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I have SLP level 2 springs and I run the shocks at 3/5 for front and rear. I see 4/6 being used frequently, but I like it just a tad softer. At the track I change to 1/8.

Yeah, hard lines were made to be bent. You just don't want to get crazy on them to the point they'd crack or pinch.

http://www.funkz.net/images/birdsp4.jpg

[V8Killer]

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:eek: All that time consuming knuckle killing frustration...There just aren't enough expletives in the universe. There just aren't.....

Oh yeah and thanks.

edit: also, do you need to not see what you are setting your dial to? Couldn't you just get a mirror?

[CHEVYINSIDE]

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i installed a set of these like 2 months ago . if you jack up the car , remove the sway-bar mount. remove the top 4 bolts having the a arm supported with a jack. release the lower 2 bolts and let the brake asm. tilt outward . this is the tricky part swing the whole asm. out the car . i find it easyiest to break the uper ball joint to swing the whole unit out . putting it back in i turned the lower shock mount bolts in a vise with a pipe wrench . i've got the whole thing down to a 2 hour operation . sorry it doesent help you now .