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Randycsvt Paid Stylin550 Paid Tourdeforce Paid Mysvt Paid 99redsvt Paid I have 5 sets that will be shipping tomorrow after work for the following individuals.  Thanks you all. Now for anyone else interested I have 6 more sets sitting here ready to be shipped.
06 GMC Sierra 2500HD Dmax/ally
06 Pontiac G6 GT
05 CRF250R
FOR SALE 06 KX65 with riding gear $2700 obo
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Randycsvt Paid shipped
Stylin550 Paid shipped
Tourdeforce Paid shipped
Mysvt Paid shipped
99redsvt Paid shipped
Parts shipped today.
Now for anyone else interested I have 6 more sets sitting here ready to be shipped.
06 GMC Sierra 2500HD Dmax/ally
06 Pontiac G6 GT
05 CRF250R
FOR SALE 06 KX65 with riding gear $2700 obo
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by RogerB:
Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
it its like my problem, its not that the nut won't spin, its that the nut spins with the whole shaft too. Since both parts are spinning the nut doesnt come off the shaft, and the top plate cant' be changed.
I noticed the shaft is a torx. So I could theoretically put a torx bit in the shaft, then use an open end wrench to get the nut off, theoretically of course.
Ah, you mean the book method. On Koni's, there's another hex surface to hold onto with a small wrench while you loosen the retaining nut.
On my car, the hex cap of the Koni was recessed slightly in the nut, so you could not grab it with a small wrench or needle nose pliers or nuttin'. I just put my weight on the fender to compress the fresh new strut mount a bit, this eased the tension the nut had on the threads of the strut shaft & I was able to spin the nut without the problem of the shaft spinning with it.
I am having the same problem with my koni struts and camber kit. I am using the stock plates with the rubber removed and I am not able to tighten them enough to clear the hex cap needed to hold the strut while loosening the nut. I am not even sure I will be able to use the upgraded plates. How tight do these have to be. I just tightened it untill the strut started spinning. is that tight enough or will my alignment be thrown off if I hit a bump or something.
Originally posted by Who the F are You?:
does your family tree not have any branches on it?
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212tq @ 5350rpm
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Originally posted by RandyCSVT:
I am having the same problem with my koni struts and camber kit. I am using the stock plates with the rubber removed and I am not able to tighten them enough to clear the hex cap needed to hold the strut while loosening the nut. I am not even sure I will be able to use the upgraded plates. How tight do these have to be. I just tightened it untill the strut started spinning. is that tight enough or will my alignment be thrown off if I hit a bump or something.
I just couldn't live with that situation any more either. I picked up some standard strut nuts from the auto part stores & a couple of lock washers. With the camber plates from Thinkmoto, I've solved all the problems. Nice & snug & work the way they should. I'm also going to get some rubber caps or sup'm to put over top of the Konis to protect the adjustment tabs - just in case.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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LOL I dont know if you noticed but on the front page where the pics are..they are now the morettes 
1998.5 SVT contour #5979 3L
1995 Mercury Mystique 2.5L auto, all ghetto fo sho
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oops..... 
99 SE V6\5spd - 156 HP\157 TQ 15.166-90.84
Totaled 02/12/06
99 SVT # 1571 - 175 HP\153 TQ 14.999-91.88
Born 3/24/99 Reborn 3/18/06
Pietenpol Racing Technologies project vehicle
90 Festiva L 5spd, Blue(not for long), 103k
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1998.5 SVT contour #5979 3L
1995 Mercury Mystique 2.5L auto, all ghetto fo sho
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So these appear to fix the spinning of my camber kits? I was thinking of getting stock strut mounts for my Koni/GC kit because the things are always twisting out of position.
By the way, where do most people line up the square(socket) hole on the camber kit: back, outside side, interior side, front ?
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The socket hole position depends on the camber/caster adjustment. That is how the adjustment is made.
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can someone still get these? is there another group buy on these?
2000 mercury cougar V6 5spd
3.0L SVT mated to my HMS tranny......
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