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03-21-2010, 11:33 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver
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|  shock cup problem eliminator......For bully guys.
This may be totally redundant,and/or common knowledge(If so I will happily delete this),but I actually did think of this myself out of neccissity.My shock cups would become dislodged,and my springs displaced.  Take a piece of heat shrink tube.(not the stuff w. glue inside)Cut about 5/8" and slide it over the cup and a bit of the spring bottom(or top if you have em upside down)And lay the heat gun to em.It works very well. Popping my cups and springs was really driving me nuts!Now my tires can rub like mad(and sadly they do!  )and no issues with farting around with my springs.I am going to resolve the rubbing issue,but I like the fact that my springs and cups are staying put regardless of rubbing. |
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03-22-2010, 08:41 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: VP Auto
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Great idea! |
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03-22-2010, 11:31 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Beach
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i like it might try that out |
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03-22-2010, 06:41 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St.Louis
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I am going to give this a try tonight! Great idea |
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03-22-2010, 10:07 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver
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03-23-2010, 11:09 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where freedom is earned.
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Got a pic? Anyone? This would be good for the tips thread. |
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03-23-2010, 03:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver
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Last edited by Speed Metal Army; 03-23-2010 at 09:30 PM. | |
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03-31-2010, 03:18 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver
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Pics of the shock retainer trick...     There ya have it.Simple and effective.Youll never pop a spring ever again. |
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03-31-2010, 08:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lynnwood
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ding dang thats not a bad idea at all, on my stock axial shocks i got pissed and just superglued the dam things in haha dont really wanna do that with the losi's
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03-31-2010, 11:41 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: maple ridge
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hot damn! that is a mod i will do ASAP! |
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03-31-2010, 11:42 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Maple Ridge, BC, CANADA
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04-01-2010, 06:19 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SW Missouri
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Great idea!
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04-01-2010, 09:08 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver
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Just make sure not to use the stuff with glue in it!!It gets pretty tough to remove!
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04-02-2010, 01:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where freedom is earned.
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I used to drill a small hole in the cup and strip the paper off of a bread tie and feed the wire around a few times back when I raced trucks but after a while (or a few good hits) the hole would crack and the fix would fail. It might work good for crawling but this tip seems like a good option for containing the spring all the way around the cup. | |
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12-26-2010, 04:25 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Portugal
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very nice |
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12-30-2010, 06:38 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rochester Hills, MI
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Nice mod. What size shrink tube did you use 5/8's?
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01-06-2011, 06:30 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver
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Im sure it was 5/8".
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01-07-2011, 08:12 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Blackburn
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What a great idea, the simplest ones are always the best. Fred |
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01-09-2011, 09:33 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hells Hole
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It works great , some of the guys i club comp with showed me that trick and it definately cures the problem.
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01-11-2011, 12:04 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: bend
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looks good, i have always siliconed mine in place.
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