06-27-2022, 09:01 PM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Roseville
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| 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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06-27-2022, 09:24 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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| Re: Need Advice on Shocks
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 Last edited by ferp420; 06-27-2022 at 09:35 PM. |
06-27-2022, 10:01 PM | #3 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: in the Canyon
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| Re: Need Advice on Shocks
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 |
06-28-2022, 07:25 AM | #4 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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| Re: Need Advice on Shocks
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 |
06-28-2022, 11:09 AM | #5 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: st louis
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| Re: Need Advice on Shocks
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. Sent from my SM-S906U using Tapatalk |
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