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02-18-2012, 11:28 PM | #1 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Colorado
Posts: 55
| Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
Hey guys just returned to the RC crawling scene. i had a Nylint jeep about 5 years ago and when it broke I let it go till now. I just bought a Venom Safari and the shocks have very little compression and only a little rebound. The internal spring is not allowing my suspension to articulate as it should and it has absolutely no "droop". I pulled out the internal spring and as expected I have endless travel but no stability. What is a good cheap fix to this issue?
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02-19-2012, 06:14 PM | #2 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bozangeles
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| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
Keep the internal spring in. I don't understand what you're problem was with it in. Care to elaborate a little more?
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02-19-2012, 06:46 PM | #3 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Colorado
Posts: 55
| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
With the internal spring inside the shock when you pick the truck up or it starts to climb anything the axles will not "droop" at all, they will only compress up and have no decompression from normal ride height. Because of this I only have about 40 degrees of articulation. They advertise 70 for this thing and it has no where near that. I want to make this into a scale rig the best it can become I know having it be on a comp platform takes some of that away but im hoping i can find a body to try and cover the tires somewhat. Also the rear drive shaft broke after only 20 minutes with this thing and no binding kinda of starting to piss me off.
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02-19-2012, 06:52 PM | #4 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: IN A HOUSE
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| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
you need stiff springs in the rear, and no internal springs !
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02-19-2012, 08:00 PM | #5 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Colorado
Posts: 55
| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
Sweet thanks Thats what I was wondering!! I have some stock T-maxx coils or stock MGT coils I could try.
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02-19-2012, 09:05 PM | #6 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Surrounded by Utards
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| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
I based one of my scalers off the Creeper Safari with a home built frame. I took the internal springs out and it made all the difference in the world.
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02-19-2012, 09:44 PM | #7 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Colorado
Posts: 55
| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
Should I use the Monster GT springs or T-Maxx springs? I have both trucks broke down in my basement that i can salvage for some parts right now. Do you have any pics of the finished product?? I am very curious as to how it worked out for you.
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02-20-2012, 02:21 PM | #8 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Surrounded by Utards
Posts: 84
| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
I used Axial coils from my AX10 and mounted them separate from the shocks. I have since re-done the frame as is was a bit tall for my liking, but it crawled extremely well until the Venom motor burned up. |
02-20-2012, 10:01 PM | #9 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Colorado
Posts: 55
| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
Cool. I put on the T-maxx springs and it seems like that will do the trick. I'll be taking it out tomorrow for a trail run.
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02-20-2012, 10:25 PM | #10 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: THE WAING
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| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
Just run the internal spring on top for your ride hight and don't put the bottom spring in
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02-21-2012, 12:01 PM | #11 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Colorado
Posts: 55
| Re: Newbie with a Safari Shock issue
well i had the ride height is to high set up like that so I took out the internal spring and put some T-maxx coils on and that should do the trick I hope. It being as high as it was caused the driveshaft to break because the angle was to much since I have the Dig unit so the rear shaft is super short. Im thinking about getting some SCX-10 shock hoops and mounting the shocks on those and the lower link mounts.
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