I Wheelie A LOT

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Any1?

fq06

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It looks to me like you have a front and a rear shock next to each other.
Take off the shock boots, stand the shocks on their head so we can see a more accurate length of the shocks bodies.
From there, we'll go to the shafts.

I Wheelie A LOT

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A front and rear shock? Weird....I'm pretty sure that these are front shocks, it said when i bought em and i don't have any other castor shocks...

thecman26

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Yeah those shocks are not identical... If they are not front and rear, theres something up... Look at the difference in the top ring, how one is so much thicker than the other...

fq06

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Pull the shock boots down and line them both up equally on top with a pen, ruler, whatever so we can get a good shot of the length and even width.

Do you have a micrometer to measure width and height?

fq06

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Yeah, can't tell from your pic cuz of the shock boot and the uneven tops... but your lining up the bottom, not the top.
The shafts may be a different length or the thread length is different between the two shafts allowing the shock end to be threaded further up the shaft length on one side.

fq06

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If the shock bodies are the same length, it has to be a difference in shaft. You need to dissemble and check it out.
If you are running castor shocks, you should use castor parts. Get back to the basics. You have castor, kyosho and mugen parts in one assembly.

thecman26

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I would just say to get some Kyosho shocks for that thing, Velvets are the best shock on the market! If you can't afford them the hot bodies shocks are really good and theres always some on ebay!

fq06

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Cman's right, there's more thread on one of the shock bodies and the thickness of the top ring is different.

I Wheelie A LOT

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Sorry I don't.
Do you guys think it could also be the ball ends? My dad changed the position of the ball ends and now the shocks are even. But i still don't get that one has more thread than the other.

fq06

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Looks like the top rings are identical in the front shocks. Not the best angle in their picture, but you can see that the top ring that the shock height clips push up against are the same.
Referring to the link below..

http://casterracingusa.com/product.php?productid=398

thecman26

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Um no, the top ring on the left shock is twice as thick as the shock on the right, the bottom is even different! The caps are even different! Thats definately not a matched pair!

I Wheelie A LOT

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Your right, they are way different. Can't believe i didnt notice this when i got em.

I Wheelie A LOT

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So i went to the track today, and all was well. Until that same shock started leaking again. My other front shock had the same setup as that shock did and it did very well! No Leaks, No problems. When i rebuilt the shock a few days ago, i noticed that the O-Ring Chamber (I don't know what to call it lol) on the shock that was ok was longer than the shock that leaked. I think this might of caused it. I hope Caster has a warranty for this

fq06

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You should talk to castor about getting two different shock bodies in the package that you bought.