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Old Mar 3, 2014 | 09:30 AM
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hi guys,

I suspect one side my rear shocks has a different setting, I wanted to check the number of clicks, I suspect the compression being softer on the left side, witch is set at the bottom of the shock absorber...

if we said the clicks are for going hard are from the back to the front on right shock then for the left shock would it be tuning from front to back .....??!!

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Old Mar 3, 2014 | 09:51 AM
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How I remember it is Lefty losey (soft) - righty tighty (hard)
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Old Mar 3, 2014 | 10:26 AM
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OK, so has you face the side of the shock turning right on the left would do the same as turn left on the other side,
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Old Mar 3, 2014 | 10:32 AM
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As you look up from ground at the bottom of the car turn the **** to the right all the way to make fully hard and then back off accordingly to what setting you want ,its the same for both sides
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Old Mar 3, 2014 | 12:14 PM
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My earlier ones don't have *****, I have to remove the plastic cover and use a pin tool to adjust. Access to both sides is from the inboard side of the shock. In both cases as I look at the shock from the inboard side I turn to the right to stiffen the bump. I usually click them all the way to full hard by turning to the right and then count the clicks as I turn to the left to back them off. For track I mostly use 4 clicks on the rears i.e. fairly stiff.
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Yep sorry Not a *** but as Steve says a clicker

Still lefty losey and righty thighty

Mine are 4 from hard rears and 2 from hard for fronts
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Old Mar 3, 2014 | 12:39 PM
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On my V3's the rebound is adjusted at the top and the compression (bump) is adjusted on the bottom of the shocks. The bottoms have an integrated **** for the compression adjustment. For the tops, KW supplied a "temporary ****" (basically a hex wrench) to make the rebound adjustment. As other's state, going full hard is turning the adjuster clockwise (to the right).
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Originally Posted by boxsey911
My earlier ones don't have *****, I have to remove the plastic cover and use a pin tool to adjust. Access to both sides is from the inboard side of the shock. In both cases as I look at the shock from the inboard side I turn to the right to stiffen the bump. I usually click them all the way to full hard by turning to the right and then count the clicks as I turn to the left to back them off. For track I mostly use 4 clicks on the rears i.e. fairly stiff.
yes like mines, from 2007,

thanks a lot to everyone !
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