Issue with Koni 8610 fitment

[73G-nose]

I have a set of 240Z strut housings (and we'll just deal with the fronts for now) that had previously been sectioned for a non-adjustable ancient Carrera inserts. The length of the front strut housing from dished bottom to top is 12.5".

 

I'd like to install Koni 8610's, although the 1437's would be a bit too tall at 13", and the 1436's too short at 11.41". Anyone want to venture a guess if the 8610 gland nuts are deep enough to make up the .5 inch overrun on the 1437's...or would I be better off spacing the shorter 1436's from underneath to the proper height (over an inch would be required).

 

Here's where the story really gets interesting...the neanderthal that set this up originally either didn't have, couldn't get, or lost the appropriate gland nuts for the front inserts, so his solution was to slam on the stock nuts (which didn't engage any threads) and just weld them on there. I was able to get them off, but the weld did penetrate enough to ding up the female threads inside the housing. I'm going to try and save them if possible. Fortunately the rears escaped the "weld mod".

 

–Thanks for any advice

[JMortensen]

Put a spacer under the shorter insert. It shouldn't be very difficult to make a spacer, just find an appropriate sized piece of tubing and cut to the correct length. That welded gland nut sounds pretty scary... makes me wonder what the rest of the car is like.

[73G-nose]

Jon,

 

Thanks for the advice, I was leaning towards the shorter 1436/spacer combo.

 

Actually, the gland nut deal was at the extreme end of the spectrum as far as issues with this car, although a complete rebuild is currently underway.

 

Searching the many previous threads and posts on this site has been a great help during the ongoing rebuild.