saggie ax10

[drive4x4]

hi guys, i've had my ax10 for about 2 weeks and it didn't take long to start mods on it, lower links (bent) moved to the inside, upper links moved more to the centre, wheel wights the normal stuff, until i got to shocks, after heaps of searching i tried a droop set up but now it sags in the middle. is there something im missing

[Browncoat]

Basically, the only thing holding up your chassis is the shocks. If it's sagging in the middle with a droop setup, you need to use stiffer springs, heavier shock oil, or both.

[drive4x4]

Originally Posted by Browncoat

Basically, the only thing holding up your chassis is the shocks. If it's sagging in the middle with a droop setup, you need to use stiffer springs, heavier shock oil, or both.

all of the rigs i've seen here retain lcg, parallel links while they seem to sit on the shocks fully compressed, if i try that with mine i seem to get about 1 1/2" hight (and looks saggie) and with external springs just under 3" which seems to high

[rc4x4crawler]

Originally Posted by drive4x4

all of the rigs i've seen here retain lcg, parallel links while they seem to sit on the shocks fully compressed, if i try that with mine i seem to get about 1 1/2" hight (and looks saggie) and with external springs just under 3" which seems to high

For a stock axial chassis i would say 3" is too high. I got my dads rig sittin at 2.5 in the front and 2.25 in the rear. It does great for a stock chassis.

[MCSCOTT]

The reason it sags like you mention with a full droop setup is because of the shock mount locations on the chassis. The rigs you're seeing on here that have a good COG with a droop setup are using different chassis plates, or as in my case on the one I have that still has a stock chassis, they're running semi droop (springs both on top and bottom of the piston inside the shock).

[drive4x4]

thanks mcscott ill try that and see how i go, any ideas on where the shock mount would be better of on a stock frame

[MCSCOTT]

Bad thing about the stock chassis is that it was designed to run the long full sprung shocks pretty much, or even a little shorter shock as long as it's sprung. For folks running shorter shocks, or a droop setup, you just about have to go to different chassis plates of some sort. The shocks for droop basically need to be about 1/4" lower and more toward the outter edges as well. Haven't looked into it too much on the stock plates but if I'm remembering right there's not enough plate left for new holes. That is why some folks are running semi droop on the AX10's instead of full droop. On the Jeep in my avatar I've actually got two full length TCS internal medium springs in each shock, one above and one below the piston. This also limits the travel some, and seems to work out pretty good for waht that one gets used for. The Edge chassis has the shock mounts in the perfect location for droop, but even in it I'm still running semi droop, but uses some shorter springs from Ace Hardware on top of the piston.