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Old 06-27-2022, 09:01 PM   #1
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Default Need Advice on Shocks

I have included a link to a short video clip that pretty much explains the issue, leaning to much / suspension to soft. I know already I am top heavy but how can I tighten up the lean ? Thanks

https://youtu.be/vPDrvIGGmqA
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Old 06-27-2022, 09:24 PM   #2
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ha ha ha ha lol top heavy ha ha ba lol hahahaba
ok sorry its a cool rig i love me some tonka convertions
you seriosly need sway bars theres no way your gona not be top heavy but you can atleast make it drivable
i would mount them front and rear on that rig then i would add asmuch waight to those axles as posable if you can get potmetal axle housings

these are for the enduro but there the right width might take a bit of tinkering to get them mounted up but well worth the effort https://www.ebay.com/itm/12442821723...mis&media=COPY

you can also make your own if you have some spring steel wire hanging around

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Old 06-27-2022, 10:01 PM   #3
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You have an absolute mountain of sprung weight. Whatever shock rate you have on there, you need... much, much stiffer. If you have four scales, you can use a lil' bit of arithmetic and find out exactly what rates you need. Oil weight will also have to rise accordingly.

I have no idea what that body weighs, so I can't even speculate on how stiff the springs need to be. Stiffer than most anything I own, I'm pretty sure.

Thread with all the spring rates I could find: The Crawler Spring Compendium
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Old 06-28-2022, 07:25 AM   #4
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i think i would try running full.drop no springs at all and some 50wt oil it would kinda bandaid the problem but its damb cheap and easy
just take the springs off maybe a small.peice of fuel tubing around the bottom of the shock shaft to get ride hight and a bit of give for when you do hit a big bump hard this will lower your center of gravity and give your rig a solid feel when driving it
you can always put the springs back in if you dont like it
then if you still feel you need more stabulity add sway bars
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Old 06-28-2022, 11:09 AM   #5
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STIFFER SPRINGS AND WAY THICKER SHOCK OIL! That's a lot of weight on really soft suspension set up.

A swaybar or both front and rear swaybars would help as well. But your biggest problem.is way too soft of springs/too thin oil. That's one nice thing about threaded coil overs too, you can tighten the side That's dropping in the lean to help offset the torque lean if needed.

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