OK, I think you have not really explained what you are trying to achieve. It sounds like you want to use a S13 strut in a Sprinter????????/ why would you bother ???
the thread on the shaft is of no consequence. its the diameter and length to suit your strut top
the thread on the shaft IS important to me as i MUST use my nut on the top as it is not an ordinary nut rather one with a sort of 'sleave' which located it in the strut top.
basically i just need an insert of approx 300mm body length, gland nut i can sort out. but if its still ok ill try and call you monday.
none of the cataogues list the thread, so you are up the creek already.
I now understand that you want to keep the special nut for the spherical bearing inside strut top. I know what you are talking about.
You need to meausre the thread type or send me a nut. I'll work out if its some mongrel thread like the japs often do, or a standard like M14 x 1.5.
thanks for going to the trouble. i tried calling you today but you were on the phone. ill check the thread on the piston tomorrow and give you a call, hopefully you can help me out but if not thats ok!
the shortest i can locate "off-the-shelf" is 313mm body length. Thats about the same as the stock Starlet one according to my books, so I assume the TRD version is short for some reason. I've called the KYB importer and they confirm thats the smallest they list. they also said the cusco legs are one-offs and many use a unique gland nut. It sounds like you might have to fix the cusco inserts. if you send them to me I see what I can do. anything is fixable, its just the cost.
thanks heaps for going to all this trouble for me, its much appreciated. i also called around a few places, some had koni inserts in stock that were 300mm but wanted $495 each, where as some cold custom make a shock for the same price. there was one place that had a shock in stock that was $200 each which is pretty good but its in melbourne and wasnt sure if it would fit.
also emailed castle hill toyota and they can get the 301mm TRD starlet shocks for just over $200, they confirmed the piston thread was 14x1.50 but couldnt confirm the gland nut thread.
i was just wondering if pedders vrd sw20 rears would be too soft with a 8kg spring? other wise i will be goin for a more expensive brand
I ended up running these and they work fine. Needs better springs tho. Just the shocks use spacers in the strut
yea ill probably be using 8kg springs and the shocks have been shortened to suit tokico hts, so im assuming that i wouldnt need a spacer, thanks for the info
hm ive measured the inside of my strut tube and it seems to be approx 332mm long, but thats not allowing for the gland but to be screwed in, say i run a 328mm shock then i would have 5mm of room to tighten the gland nut, is it neccesary to have the full 10mm of the gland nut in? so therefore sw20 or ae92 would be too long for my application meaning i need either tokicos or st185 shocks would any one have any exact dimensions for these shocks?
thanks
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