Avo Adjusters

[GT6 M]

While me cars in bits again,  decided to  clean me shockers up,.

I try and keep every thing in shape, but  it no takes long for some thing to go amiss


went to take oot the small [ totally useless ]  grub screw , that holds the adjuster nob on,.

but the grub screw had seized solid,  :-/ :-/

bit of heat, no good,.  :o :-/

freeze spray,  no good, :-/ :-/

noo the darn grub screw has ..lost.. its flat sides, so allen key is just  spinning round


tried to drill it oot,  gave up after ruining 3 drills   :-/ :-/ :-/

so had to resort to ..surgery,..


had to cut a slot in the adjuster, then when so far doon,

get the grub screw oot wid me  dremmel, and a small diamond burr,.

worked too,  :) :)

so noo got a  ..Propper .. lock bolt in spot,.


So to any one with this type of adjuster,    KEEP it either well oiled, or doo away with it, and put a bolt in,.

some pics for ye to see,.

1,  back side of adjuster nobb,  the small thingy to the left is  ..part of the ratchet sytem , theres a small spring in the hole in the nobb

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2, that fits into the slots in the bottom of the adjuster wol



3, this is the ..slot i  had to cut oot, and the new   bolt to take the small ones place,.

they are the same thread,  6 x 1.0 mm



4, all the bits



5, new one in place,  [ when i weld the slot back up, ]




regards Marcus

[Royboy66]

Yeah, I do tend to give mine a few turns back and forth regularly,

Dont know why but it seems to help If I put the jack under and raise the car a tad ,to take the weight of the shocker ;)