King coilover preload adjustment hack

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Justin
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Wages
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Because I'm cheap I didn't want to spend $40 on the special T handle collar adjustment tool needed to clear the shock tower bracing on my truck. Without it it is very difficult to get a complete turn on the adjustment collar. I tried using the supplied tool without it being fully seated in the hole and I eventually started reaming out the hole. :(

Then I realized a large diameter allen wrench and a pipe (breaker bar) works quite well to move the collar that extra 1/4" I need to get the original tool fully seated. This may work for Fox and any other coilovers that use a similar adjustment style.

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