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Old 04-05-2015, 06:06 PM
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People need to stop thinking the car is stock only.
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Got:
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Front Hinge Pin Holder
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Not worried much about weight, rather have it around 1550 anyways.
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People need to stop thinking the car is stock only.
Didn't realize people thought that
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Has anyone had luck luck with the x rings. I bought and put some in all my cars because well all the the fast guys do it. Lol. But they seem to leak a lot. I've had multiple shocks leak and have to keep rebuilding them. I used green slime but still leak any tips to keep them sealed?
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Originally Posted by Badcompny44
Has anyone had luck luck with the x rings. I bought and put some in all my cars because well all the the fast guys do it. Lol. But they seem to leak a lot. I've had multiple shocks leak and have to keep rebuilding them. I used green slime but still leak any tips to keep them sealed?
Hello , I had x ring for a while. They didn't leak at all until I rebuild the shocks and unfortunately "pinched" two of them when sealing the shocks back together. They are incredibly fragile to shearing. Front ones are still good, no leaks. Although the biggest improvement by far to my shocks was to use a bladder. Sometimes the leak people get with emulsion type shock is due to the fact that is not enough air in them.

I didn't bother to replace the x rings at the back for new ones at the moment.
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Originally Posted by Badcompny44
Has anyone had luck luck with the x rings. I bought and put some in all my cars because well all the the fast guys do it. Lol. But they seem to leak a lot. I've had multiple shocks leak and have to keep rebuilding them. I used green slime but still leak any tips to keep them sealed?
6 months on my X rings without a drip of green slime. I am changing oil weekly, sometimes twice a weak depending on what track I attend.

I am going to assume you're building them incorrectly.
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I haven't replaced shock seals for a couple seasons, but how could they be built incorrectly? The manual has the steps lined out pretty good from what I remember.

EDIT: Just had a look at the manual online. The only thing I could imagine is the X-rings are sticky and getting caught on the inside of the shock body and wrinkling or something when inserting them. Weird to hear about X-rings leaking.
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I just remembered, the big bore shocks sometimes needed to be shimmed. Like a .10" shim to put a little more squeeze on the seals so they squish against the shock shaft a little more.
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Sorry. I meant. .010" shim.
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One trick I do is to push the shaft through the shock and build the seal, spacer, seal stack on the shaft BEFORE inerting into the shock cavity. The lets the seals float around a bit more and keeps any extra pressure off the seal as you insert the shaft so u dont catch an edge and tear the seal (Similar to dirt bikes)

Oh and always use a seal grease, I use race tech
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Originally Posted by xyzracer
One trick I do is to push the shaft through the shock and build the seal, spacer, seal stack on the shaft BEFORE inerting into the shock cavity. The lets the seals float around a bit more and keeps any extra pressure off the seal as you insert the shaft so u dont catch an edge and tear the seal (Similar to dirt bikes)

Oh and always use a seal grease, I use race tech
This /\

Build my shocks like this since day one. Not a drop of oil at all.
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My X-rings leaked too but I was attempting to use them with V1 big bores. I thought I had heard that there was a clearance difference between the B5 shocks and the V1 big bores from like the SC10 or B4.2. I could be wrong about that. With my V1 shocks, they leaked a bit right away and needed a very small amount of shimming for some extra squeeze of the rings. If people aren't using the right spacer or if AE has some variation in any of the three critical components that make up the shock cartridge there could be leaking.
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Has anyone had issues with the Exotek wing mounts breaking wings easily? When you put the buttons on, there is overhang on the back of the mounts that come to a point. I have broken 2 wings at those points.

http://www.redrc.net/2014/07/exotek-...ex/#more-83231


I just ground those points down so now they are flush with the buttons like the JConcepts ones.
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Originally Posted by dirt42fan
Has anyone had issues with the Exotek wing mounts breaking wings easily? When you put the buttons on, there is overhang on the back of the mounts that come to a point. I have broken 2 wings at those points.

http://www.redrc.net/2014/07/exotek-...ex/#more-83231


I just ground those points down so now they are flush with the buttons like the JConcepts ones.

The wing mounts work great and never had a problem with them breaking the wings.
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The chassis is back in stock. They sold out in a few hours last time. Ready set go...
http://www.teamassociated.com/parts/details/91511/
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