Testing full droop ax10

[mr.freeze]

Testing out my ax 10 with full droop 80wt. oil and no springs. Also it' 15* out, so the oil is running like honey.

[rock runt]

Looks ok to me....The temp should have little to no affect on the silicone shock oil. If the shocks are moving slow, try a lighter oil.

[mr.freeze]

Thanks, I'm actually quite happy with how the shocks are responding. Just makin a joke because I was freezin my bizalls off.

[EeePee]

Silicone oil viscosity is totally influenced by temps. Go throw a bottle in the freezer.

You gotta run springs to do droop right.

[mr.freeze]

EeePee, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't running a spring to hold the suspension up a compression droop. I'm not hung up on terminology but in doing a search on droop I found a thread where Jason was saying a droop suspension is not sprung and uses the shock oil to act as the spring to dampen things. I can see that there are all types of droop with springs controlling both directions and such. I'm just asking because I'm trying to learn.

[frsttimer]

you can use just different weight oil in your shocks, but also some use internal sprigs as well and lighter oil. thats how i have mine setup. the springs help keep the shocks compressed, its abit more work this way to get them setup because of different spring rates. i think thats what he was saying, and some also do 50/50 setup which is half sprung half droop.

[mr.freeze]

Hey where abouts in Barre do you crawl, I service the Hannafords out there so I get out that way once or twice a week.

[frsttimer]

i havent gone to to many places, mostly at my friends house in worcester on his rock walls lmao but its something lol. wanted to get out more but with working and kids its kinda hard.

[mr.freeze]

I hear ya, I'm setting up a pretty big course at my house. Guess I'll have to wait until spring before I can add any more but it's already pretty deccent. You are more than welcome to come by if you want to make the trip, there are a couple of other guys that may start showing up as well. I'm thinking next year of maybe setting up a local comp if anyone is interested.

[EeePee]

The best reason I can give you without typing a short book is you want the springs holding the shock closed for times when the chassis will want to roll over on it's own.

For instance, a steep side hill. Let's just park the truck on a 45 degree side hill. Gravity will take over and the chassis will start to flop over on it's side, taking the whole truck with it. Or going up vertical, the front of the chassis will start to come back over. With springs inside the shocks trying to keep them compressed you won't have that. So you'll be able to side hill steeper, or climb steeper.

You need the spring to keep the shock constant, not doing whatever it wants.

You need the spring to keep the truck low as possible, which is the main reason you go with a droop set up.

[mr.freeze]

Ok that makes a ton of sense, thanks for the lesson. That's why I asked and why I joined this site.

[EeePee]