Front Leaf Spring kit on Honcho?

[AK-Maxx]

I just installed the RC4WD leaf spring kit with the RCBros springs and now my wheelbase is a little bit shorter, enough to where the tire hits the body. Anyone else have this problem? The rear shackles are pointing in the right direction, I tried switching the leafs around to see if that moved the axle forward, but it didn't. I really don't want to trim the fenders to fit the tire.

To fix some of the slop that happens at the leaf where the bolt connects to the shackle I used 2 flanged pipes AX30450, I had to cut them down a bit to fit in the leaf, but 2 pipes on each eye is a perfect bushing for the spring, no binding at all.

[ae racer]

yes the spring kit will do that to the honcho b/c the front links are longer than the original and this kit was made to keep the wb the same as the original kit @ 11.5"

[crawlinlosi]

Originally Posted by AK-Maxx

I just installed the RC4WD leaf spring kit with the RCBros springs and now my wheelbase is a little bit shorter, enough to where the tire hits the body. Anyone else have this problem? The rear shackles are pointing in the right direction, I tried switching the leafs around to see if that moved the axle forward, but it didn't. I really don't want to trim the fenders to fit the tire.

To fix some of the slop that happens at the leaf where the bolt connects to the shackle I used 2 flanged pipes AX30450, I had to cut them down a bit to fit in the leaf, but 2 pipes on each eye is a perfect bushing for the spring, no binding at all.

the quick fix is to drill body post holes about 5mm forward of the original body post hole!

[AK-Maxx]

Thought about that too, but it seems the bumper sticks out too far already.