OEM shock reassembly

I'm currently restoring a 1983 J3 and today, I took one shock apart to clean/paint it. Like a stupid donkey, I forgot to take pictures on how the parts were indexed regarding the damping adjustment.
So, my question is: Does someone knows how to index the plastic ring, the shock head's small gear (yellow arrow) and the position of the damping rod that goes through the shock shaft?
I need to know in order to be sure dampening force will correspond to the chromed cover's 1-to-5 numbers.

NOTE: Even if I took pictures, I'm very interested to know how to index the damping adjustment parts.

Many thanks! [img] live.staticflickr.com/65535/51882613732_c2ccbf0094_b.jpg[/img ]

Install only the upper shock mount/damping adjuster part without the spring. Turn the small gear in small steps to index the end to end position of the #1 min. to #5 max. damping effect by simultaneously pull and push the damper rod.

Those are Showa shocks. These guys stock a lot of parts maybe they can help. 

www.teknikmotorsport.com

hopefully you only took one apart at a time. Carefully inspect the other for a way to reassemble

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Install only the upper shock mount/damping adjuster part without the spring. Turn the small gear in small steps to index the end to end position of the #1 min. to #5 max. damping effect by simultaneously pull and push the damper rod.

When you says to simultaneously pull & push the damper rod, you mean to do this to feel the damping and where it is min and when it is max?
I already did this but did not feel noticeable difference. I will do it again with more attention to the difference.
Thanks!

Only one at a time. You can see the other (assembled) shock on the picture I posted.

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hopefully you only took one apart at a time. Carefully inspect the other for a way to reassemble