Losi Shock question
 

I bought two sets of Losi crawler shocks for my rigs...The silver ball at the end of the shock used for mounting them, the hole is smaller than 3mm? What mounting hardware do all of you use? I carefully gripped the first four with pliers and drilled them out, but that seems stupid. Am I mising something?:???:

Arent they standard?

That was my exact thought......It just don't seem right at all, especially from Losi.

They are probably 4-40....that is just a hair smaller than 3mm.

Losi uses a LOT of standard stuff....hell, everything on the LCC is 4-40....

I had the same problem, I ditched the Losi ends and used Traxxas ends on mine. The rod end is hex but the Losi spring bucket fits on to it toghter and helps them from popping off.

Not revo ends I guess because they were too big for the shaft size. Which ones did you use?

Probably either these:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1&I=LXDDV6&P=K
or these:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1&I=LXJG69&P=K

Either of those fit on almost every shock I have ever used.

I used the ones in the second link JeremH posted. I can't remember the part number. I wanna say #1942 but I think thats the Stampied shafts. I use them on both sets of my Losi Crawler shocks, and like I say the buckets fit the hex part tighter than if you used a round rod end.

losi always uses standard hardware along with the occasional metric piece but the majority is standard more specifically 4-40. but you can get away with 2.5mm

Thanks...Will order some!!"thumbsup"

I think the last pack I got was around $7 bucks for 16 ends and chrome balls. These are the only rod ends I use on my AX-10 sportsman and comp trucks.

Yeah, I use Traxxas revo (4mm) ends on my rigs. I just need these smaller ones."thumbsup"

Not true...

Losi's high quality race vehicles feature all SAE screws. The shocks were originally on the Losi race trucks, hence SAE hardware.

Horizon Hobbies bastardized Losi products use Metric screws.

i had the same problems ..... ditched them and dug in my spares to see what would fit ....