Team Associated TC5
08-31-2008, 09:47 AM
#7066
thanks, i figured that's what they ment but it seems everyone's doing it differently.
if guys are setting droop by lifting the car, what good are all the droop gauges being sold?
would the plastic spacers in the shocks be considered downstops? i'm using this setup, http://www.teamassociated.com/racerh...birds_2008.pdf and it looks as though i need more stroke in the rear arms. once i set ride height and lift the rear of the car the arms do not droop down, it's like the suspension is at max stroke while at ride height.
if guys are setting droop by lifting the car, what good are all the droop gauges being sold?
would the plastic spacers in the shocks be considered downstops? i'm using this setup, http://www.teamassociated.com/racerh...birds_2008.pdf and it looks as though i need more stroke in the rear arms. once i set ride height and lift the rear of the car the arms do not droop down, it's like the suspension is at max stroke while at ride height.
on the droop gauges, normally you see more people use a gauge like the asc. or hudy ones with rubber tires, where the tire size never changes, and people use mm above ride height with foam tires where 2 people could have 2 diffrent sized tires.
08-31-2008, 10:35 AM
#7067
thanks, i figured that's what they ment but it seems everyone's doing it differently.
if guys are setting droop by lifting the car, what good are all the droop gauges being sold?
would the plastic spacers in the shocks be considered downstops? i'm using this setup, http://www.teamassociated.com/racerh...birds_2008.pdf and it looks as though i need more stroke in the rear arms. once i set ride height and lift the rear of the car the arms do not droop down, it's like the suspension is at max stroke while at ride height.
if guys are setting droop by lifting the car, what good are all the droop gauges being sold?
would the plastic spacers in the shocks be considered downstops? i'm using this setup, http://www.teamassociated.com/racerh...birds_2008.pdf and it looks as though i need more stroke in the rear arms. once i set ride height and lift the rear of the car the arms do not droop down, it's like the suspension is at max stroke while at ride height.
08-31-2008, 11:38 AM
#7068
those spacers should not be downstops. make sure you didnt thread the ball end too far up the shockshaft, that can cause that problem. also double check that you didnt crank down on the droopscrews too far.
on the droop gauges, normally you see more people use a gauge like the asc. or hudy ones with rubber tires, where the tire size never changes, and people use mm above ride height with foam tires where 2 people could have 2 diffrent sized tires.
on the droop gauges, normally you see more people use a gauge like the asc. or hudy ones with rubber tires, where the tire size never changes, and people use mm above ride height with foam tires where 2 people could have 2 diffrent sized tires.
08-31-2008, 01:03 PM
#7071
shouldn't the ball cups be threaded on until you reach the end of the threads? does anyone know the overall length of a complete shock? also the droop screws are not even touching yet. i built the front and rear shocks the same way and the problem is only on the rear, and yes all the shocks have the same ball cups on them.
08-31-2008, 02:54 PM
#7073
not necessarily. the shock has to be at least as long as the distance from ballstud to ballstud, otherwise you get a situation like what you have, the shock isnt long enough to allow any travel, and you fix this by making the shock longer, and the only way to do this is to nthread the ball end a bit. it will hold up just fine as long as the ball end isnt hangin on by olny a few threads.
08-31-2008, 03:12 PM
#7075
here you can see the drivers side shock has been unhooked and the pass. side is still attached. notice the drivers side arm doesn't droop. droop screws are backed out and arm is not touching the chassis. suspension moves freely. now if i unhook the camber link the arm will droop.
08-31-2008, 04:23 PM
#7078
here you can see the drivers side shock has been unhooked and the pass. side is still attached. notice the drivers side arm doesn't droop. droop screws are backed out and arm is not touching the chassis. suspension moves freely. now if i unhook the camber link the arm will droop.
