Shocks

[jackedman]

I having a bit of an problem with my rig leaning to the right in the front and the back. any ideas why it would do that and how i can fix it. its driving me nuts cause the body is getting close to the wheels and i dont want it to rub it

[BillyC74]

Do you have stock shocks and springs?

[lonleycreeper]

Add some preload to the side that is sagging.

[jackedman]

I have the stock springs and shocks.
Really just pre load

[theloudone]

maybe there's less oil in the shocks on that side

[adamargue]

Check oil levels in the shocks. My stocks shocks leaked a little and caused it to lean.

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[lonleycreeper]

The springs control ride height the shocks control movement. You should have some preload spacers that came with your Wk. If you put a heavy body on the rig it is undersprung(spring rate is not stiff enough.)preload spacers add some spring rate back. The more you compress a coil spring the stiffer it gets(to a certain degree)
Stock springs are very soft.
Make sure all suspension screws are tight, and let us know what happens

[MSB]

the stock shocks stink, bottom line, you can band aid them all you want, but eventually, you will/should replace them. Until then, check fluid level and add some preload spacers.

[adamargue]

Preload spacers do not increase spring rate. They Preload ur spring and let u set your ride hight.

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[TrailDawg362]

Spacers also effectively "shorten" your springs by compressing them (if they're at max extension already) which seems to make them react more quickly.

[Traulus]

so read all the topics about shocks,and discovered......nothing.here is the problem.got a WK and it will remain as a MT but planing to upgrade to brushless and want to know a good set of shoks to fit.any ideas?

[Gula]

Shocks for doing what? MT stuff, keep the stock ones !

[Traulus]

yest,for MT tuff.i am afraid that the caps will pop out.i will throw a brushless system in,so any ideas in better shocks?

[tazzdevl1]

New guy here! I had a simular problem with my Wraith. A fellow club member pointed out that my shocks were binding because the bodies were oval shaped. So, I tore them all down to the rod with the piston still attached. I chucked the rod very lightly into my dremel tool. Then, I laid a piece of course sandpaper on my bench - turned on the dremel using the lowest speed and sanded the edge of the pistons until they moved without binding in the shock body. Didn't take much. Cleaned everything up. Re-assembled them and no more binding! No more sagging! So, check the smoothness of your shocks and if they are not silky smooth you may want to try what I did.

[Traulus]

thats you,i wanna replace them,thats the ideea.i am not trying to transform a shit in gold.any ideas of OTHER shocks?

[ewalkuggakafrogy]

Try using the shocks from a hpi savage

[street-freaks]

i bought some ax 10 aluminum bodied shocks for mine from 3 racing that did the trick. no more lean under throttle and still had a great amount of flex

[JeepFan]

Savage shocks didn't work for me. I just used the Savage springs in the stock shocks, works good now.

[buggynut]

I like the red savage shocks myself. Just wish they had AL caps for the WK stockers.

[BradH12]

Here's a new take... I bought a wk for my son, and I hated the shocks. Because I wanted to keep the build as low cost as possible I experimented with everything I had on hand. The best solution I found was dumping 95% of the oil out and add some medium internal springs. Works great!