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11-14-2020, 04:36 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Discovery Bay
Posts: 10
|  Static rear ride height
I just added a Hot Racing aluminum rear bumper. I replaced the rear shock oil with 60wt, but the static height leaves only about 1/4 of travel. I have to give the rear a ton of preload to get it to not sag. Do you all have any suggestions? What is the negative effect of running a lot of preload? I am new to the crawler world.
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11-14-2020, 05:59 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Lantz, NS
Posts: 68
| Re: Static rear ride height
My preload is almost turned all the way down, and I also put 60wt oil in it. It still works well on the trails, but I would prefer a slightly stiffer spring just so I could take a bit of preload out.
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11-14-2020, 08:53 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: East coast Canada
Posts: 107
| Re: Static rear ride height
Try swapping the springs around front to rear, I had mine backwards when I built it, swapped front to rear and all is good now
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11-14-2020, 09:53 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: California
Posts: 375
| Re: Static rear ride height
Try new springs. I think Traxxas is one of the few guys that make different stiffness springs options for their shocks, which is part of the reason why I like GTS shocks so much. Maybe try a Traxxas spring, should fit your shock but I cant be sure. Get a couple of stiffnesses and test around for the right one.
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11-15-2020, 05:42 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: East coast Canada
Posts: 107
| Re: Static rear ride height
Axial makes a bunch of different rate springs, but I can't see you needing them, like I said above, once I put the front springs on the front and the rear on the rear all is good. im also running a 4000mah 3s long battery pack in the rear battery tray so my rig is a bit heavy on the rear end |
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