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01-21-2011, 02:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Santee
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|  Stock SCX-10 Shock ?
Ive had my SCX10 since Christmas and have refilled the shocks twice because the oil leaks out. I DO NOT HAVE MONEY FOR NEW SHOCKS AT THIS TIME. (Im not trying to be a jerk but I just want to make that clear before everyone tells me to buy some Powerstrokes). Does anyone have any tricks to keep the stock shock from leaking so much. Thanks for your input.  |
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01-21-2011, 02:48 PM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Apollo Pa
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Is it leaking out the bottom around the shaft or at the top around the threads?
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01-21-2011, 02:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ?
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power stroke suck. check you little O ring. | |
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01-21-2011, 02:52 PM
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Sorry, forgot to say that.....Its leaking around the bottom. Ive tightened the caps and it seems to be leaking around the shaft.
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01-21-2011, 02:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Clinton,Michigan
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then reassemble the shocks filling and bleeding the shock oil as normal. you just need something thicker than the shock oil in the cap to help keep it from seeping. red n tacky, marine grease or any bearing axle grease will work. also o rings are super cheap so pick up some new ones if you want and throw em in. fill this cap with grease and then put orings and washer back in. you are putting them in the cap in this order aren't you. oring-washer-oring   Last edited by discgolferlee; 01-21-2011 at 03:46 PM. | |
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01-21-2011, 03:05 PM
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[QUOTE=discgolferlee;2875585]alright. take your shocks apart. take the orings out of the cap/bottom shock body. fill the cap with a THICK grease.QUOTE] Do you put the Oring back in or leave it out? Question answered.... I havent pulled the shocks that far apart yet. My SCX10 started life as an RTR so obviously the shocks were already assembled. Last edited by myth619; 01-21-2011 at 03:08 PM. |
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01-21-2011, 03:09 PM
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[QUOTE=myth619;2875598] Quote:
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01-21-2011, 03:18 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Clinton,Michigan
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maybe reread the first reply i put up as I edited it with more detail. |
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01-21-2011, 07:11 PM
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01-22-2011, 01:46 PM
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disco, can you elaborate what the washer is for between the o-rings? mine's been leaking too and now i put the washer - o-ring - o-ring order, just to see what it'll do. i havent run it again after rebuilding i'll try your suggestion with the grease, sounds like a great idea |
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01-22-2011, 03:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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i used the grease method as well and it works fairly good. I had to refill one shock lastnight, and i rebuilt them about 4 monthes ago, and i run it atleast 3 times a week
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01-22-2011, 04:42 PM
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I can handle a rebuild once every 4 months so. I cleaned and reoiled my shocks 2 weeks ago and everything leaked out already. That was my whole reason for starting this post. I clean and refilled them last night and I'll see how they work. Thanks again for everyones tips | |
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