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06-21-2010, 11:12 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Knightdale
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|  Shocks recommendations
I have put together a new Beetle Juice V3. I have always struggled with shocks in racing and now in crawling  I have used Losi and did not like they way they worked and currently, I am trying to get the Traxxas Big Bores to work. I rebuilt them on Friday and went to a comp on Saturday and the left front shock quit working after 2 gates. I am not a total newbee to RC but my shock package sure sucks (at least that was the message from my driver/Son) I open for any suggestions Thanks in advance |
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06-21-2010, 11:18 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Elberfeld
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Also, what springs and weight oil are you running? | |
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06-21-2010, 11:41 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Dalton
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I used the Traxxas 2660's with the cap mod, losi golds springs in the front, losi grey springs in the rear and they worked great.
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06-21-2010, 11:49 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: LaGrange
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first of all get away from the losi shocks they leak and are inconstant in all areas...try the integy mrs10 31/2"shocks or the duratrax dtxc9003 31/2" or dtxc9004 4" shocks they seem to be working very well on my moon buggy and others that we crawl with....good luck  |
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06-21-2010, 12:30 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Knightdale
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If you lift the left front wheel off the ground the shock did not want to retract. I was running 30 losi oil with gold springs | |
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06-21-2010, 12:32 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Knightdale
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I have gotten rid of all my Losi shock for the same reason. I have the Durtrax on a scaler and I have been running for 2 months without any leak. I noticed some of the guys at he recent comp were running Duratrax inverted. May have to try a set Thanks | |
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06-21-2010, 01:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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DId you check to see if you bent the shock shaft ??
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06-21-2010, 01:52 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Elberfeld
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06-21-2010, 02:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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My shock recommendation. Tmaxx plastic shocks found on ebay for around $10 for 4 shocks. They come with 30 weight oil in them. Leave the oil in there and install losi gold springs(LOSA5144) on them. Then use Team Associated RC10 Shock Bushings (4) - ASC6473 in the top of the shocks instead of fuel tubing to alleviate the chance of binding. That is the way I run them with excellent results.
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