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12-04-2008, 07:12 AM
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Hi all, I have just received my rock crawler and 3 of the springs on the shocks are chrome plated with about 12 turns on, one of them is black with about 9 turns on. Thanks for your help Ps. This is my first ever RC vehicle. SO new to this is putting it mild  Last edited by kev_uk; 12-04-2008 at 07:16 AM. |
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12-04-2008, 07:18 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ft Knox (but always from Flagstaff AZ)
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yep that is to help reduce "torque twist" it is a stiffer spring so it wont lean hard when you hit the gas.
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12-04-2008, 07:18 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Secret Crawl Location Deep In England
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Hi mate, yeah that is normal. The black spring is harder and resists a bit of the torque twist. Matt |
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12-04-2008, 07:19 AM
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Beat me to it^^. Where in the UK are you? Matt |
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12-04-2008, 07:25 AM
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Wow! thanks for the quick reply. Matt I live in Berwick -upon- Tweed on the Scottish border. Kevin |
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12-04-2008, 07:43 AM
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Lol, We couldnt be further away from each other. Im waaaay down in Dorset bout 450 miles away. Matt |
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12-04-2008, 10:37 PM
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yep i guess i got you on that one. it was slow at work. i figured you would say kilometers not miles away from each other. hmm that is interesting to me, being in the army i use kilometers for half of my distances, but being from the southwest i we use time to say how far apart we are from each other. |
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12-09-2008, 12:34 PM
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You will need to put several of the supplied spacers in the left rear spring (black)... this will help with the torque twist.
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12-09-2008, 02:54 PM
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Thanks for that. I should have said.. It is my Christmas present.. It has been wrapped up... the good thing is Christmas is soon  |
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