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07-27-2009, 01:04 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: RAPID CITY
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|  Leaky shocks
Shocks are seaping. I heard that replacing o-rings will fix that. Do i go with losi brand or somthing else?
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07-27-2009, 01:20 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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The losi shocks use a cartridge, so if you go stock, you have to buy the whole assembly I believe. It used to be that you had no choice but to buy the cartridges, but it looks like they can be disassembled now. I've heard good things about the GS Racing shock rebuild kits: http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...Kit-Light-Blue |
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07-27-2009, 01:37 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chucking rocks at your little truck!
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Replacement seals for the shocks. http://www.losi.com/Products/Default...rodID=LOSA5014 |
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07-27-2009, 02:23 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rohnert Park
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Use some Associated "Green Slime" on the o-rings, it will help!  |
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07-27-2009, 02:55 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wine Country
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07-27-2009, 03:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NorCal
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Rich told us to really torq down the cap also,,,,
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11-16-2009, 07:11 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: davenport
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I have had my rig for a few months now and noticed that the bottom of the shocks where the attach to the axle is all oily.. Are these shocks known to leek?
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11-16-2009, 07:29 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Danish badlands
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I just put 4 Sparks Comp Shocks on my LCC,and aparently i fixed the original leaky ones by removing the spacer between the 2 O-rings in the cartridge and replace it with another 3 O-rings so it contain 5 in total now. So far i have just manually given them a good workout for 2 minutes each,but they seem to keep all the oil inside now. Offcourse now that i was in the general area i have outborded my rear suspension Last edited by Peaker; 11-16-2009 at 07:31 PM. |
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11-17-2009, 05:08 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Iowa
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Too much oil in the shock will make them leak oil past the "O" rings. The cartridges are rebuildable. Cartridge = LOSA5015 | |
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11-17-2009, 01:09 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2009 Location: chattanooga, TN
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Yeah I my shocks leaked straight out of the box, and I stripped one of them out by overtightening them! I ended up putting teflon tape on the threads, and snugging them down.
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11-17-2009, 04:21 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: California
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Or you could just get the Big Bore Traxxas shocks XL, than do the cap mod to them. Than you never have to worries about leaky shocks again. I'm so glad I changed to them. They are butter . Green Slime will only last a fewruns, then your back to leaking. |
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11-17-2009, 04:36 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: B.C. Canada
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got a link to these shocks and mod? | |
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11-17-2009, 09:24 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: California
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Tower Hobbies has them here..Make sure you get the XL's not the XXL's http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXSP65 They always come in a pack of eight...You can ether sell the four, or keep them for something else. I kept all eight. As for the cap mod, I tried to do a search on here for it and couldn't find it. What ya do it cut the top shock mount off of the cap, drill a hole in the cap and screw a rod end onto it, the shocks wont leak from the top because there is a top bladder that keeps the fluid in. |
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04-13-2011, 06:25 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Idaho Falls
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Mine leaked right out of the box (all four shocks with zero run time). Looks like they are going up for sale.
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04-13-2011, 06:38 PM
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| Defy Gravity Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wells, mn
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i replaced mine with some seals that i think were from mip, kinda a dark blue if that helps ya (don't have the packaging so no part number) and very little leaking after that, used a little dow 33 during assembly. since doing that, i've had to top off my shocks once in a year.
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| Custom Carbon Fiber   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut :(
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all three of those plus some extra tightening on the cap. you want to make sure they're torqued tight, thats what forms the cartridge seal. in all the years of running Losi stuff the shocks have always seaped past the orings but nothing major. the biggest thing I see people do is tighten the cartridge hand tight. use a wrench or the RPM tool for Losi shocks and give them a little more strength and Ive never sprung a gusher. | |||
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