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Old 08-06-2009, 02:35 PM   #1
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Default Adjusting shocks??

Pretty much been doing a lot of reading to date and have gotten a ton of great mods..
So far I've done these to the truck..
Losi Aluminum shocks (50wt) (1/4" int tubing)
metal lockers (front/rear/center)
Tranny flip
Hitek 645 servo
CKRC Alum Beadlocks (fronts weighted with pencil lead)
Proline Chisel G8 tires
Electronics mounted on upper links
Battery on rear

Not running lipo yet and I have ordered Jeff's KK chassis..

My question right now is that I've been playing with the shock adjustments but I just don't really see any changes to how the truck handles.. I do have the rears cranked down farther than the fronts as I hear that helps control the TT..

Any general guidelines on this?

Thanks in advance..
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Old 08-06-2009, 05:05 PM   #2
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basically in a crawler (due to the fact that our springs are soooo soft) the only reason to really crank down on the springs is to be sure the spring is under continuous compression, even with the suspension fully unloaded.

In a full sized rig (or anything with much heavier springs) the farther the spring is compressed, the harder it becomes to compress it. Now, this is also true when it comes to crawler springs, however, due to the fact that it takes so little force to compress them as it is, then it is such a miniscule diffrence niether you, nore the rig could ever know the diffrence.

So basically, only run your pre-load collars down until the spring is compressed some when the shocks are at full extension. This ensures that they will never come un-done (and you wont lose a perch).

Hope this helped.
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Old 08-06-2009, 05:08 PM   #3
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Makes perfect sense to me

Thanks!
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