[sgarnett]

The upper mounting hat/stud on one of my front Konis is toast. It looks like something salvaged from an old shipwreck. When I sprayed WD40 on it (no wrench involved) the nut started crumbling. The stud was no better, and it was also rusted solid in the upper rubber and steel mount.

However, the rest of the shock is still good, and I was able to get the hat off fairly easily once I had cut it out of the upper mount (not a fun job).

Koni in Cincinnati is looking for a hat for me (should know by Thursday afternoon) but even if they find one I wouldn't mind picking up a spare.

If you have a spare hat that has already been removed from the shock that would be cheaper to ship, but as long as the hat (including threads!) is good and not rusty I don't care if it's attached to a total junk shock.

[sgarnett]

And the answer was, 6+ weeks to get a new part from Europe.

So, that's $226 for one new shock. I want to keep it balanced side-to-side, so I'll be removing the $20 part I need from the brand new shock and installing it on my rusty old shock. At least I'll have a spare shock body if one starts leaking or something. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)