Setting up shock rebound?
05-21-2010, 07:31 PM
#2
With the amount of fluid in the shocks. mJust be carefull to not rip your shock blatters.
05-21-2010, 08:23 PM
#4
and it takes quite a bit of time to get it were you want it lol, and not to metion you dont know if theres, a couple of air bubbles ethier from doing it.
it takes patience !
it takes patience !
05-22-2010, 06:22 AM
#6
The easiest way to do this is to first figure out the amount of rebound you want. ie 25%, 50% etc. Once you know this, find out then length of your shocks and how many mm the shock needs to compress to reach this about of rebound.
Then go and cut a piece of fuel tubing this length, as well as add a long cut up the side of the tubing so it opens wide.
Once your shock is at the stage where it's ready to be bleed, simpily put on this piece of fuel tubing and slide the shock shaft up so that the tubing is the spacer between the top and bottom of the shock shaft.
This will bleed make bleeding the left and right shock to the exact same rebound very simple.
Remember, some models of vehicles have different shock length on front vs back so if your running 50% rebound all around on your vehicle, you will need one spacer for the front and a different spacer for the rear.
Hope this helps.
Then go and cut a piece of fuel tubing this length, as well as add a long cut up the side of the tubing so it opens wide.
Once your shock is at the stage where it's ready to be bleed, simpily put on this piece of fuel tubing and slide the shock shaft up so that the tubing is the spacer between the top and bottom of the shock shaft.
This will bleed make bleeding the left and right shock to the exact same rebound very simple.
Remember, some models of vehicles have different shock length on front vs back so if your running 50% rebound all around on your vehicle, you will need one spacer for the front and a different spacer for the rear.
Hope this helps.
05-22-2010, 08:00 AM
#7
The easiest way to do this is to first figure out the amount of rebound you want. ie 25%, 50% etc. Once you know this, find out then length of your shocks and how many mm the shock needs to compress to reach this about of rebound.
Then go and cut a piece of fuel tubing this length, as well as add a long cut up the side of the tubing so it opens wide.
Once your shock is at the stage where it's ready to be bleed, simpily put on this piece of fuel tubing and slide the shock shaft up so that the tubing is the spacer between the top and bottom of the shock shaft.
This will bleed make bleeding the left and right shock to the exact same rebound very simple.
Remember, some models of vehicles have different shock length on front vs back so if your running 50% rebound all around on your vehicle, you will need one spacer for the front and a different spacer for the rear.
Hope this helps.
Then go and cut a piece of fuel tubing this length, as well as add a long cut up the side of the tubing so it opens wide.
Once your shock is at the stage where it's ready to be bleed, simpily put on this piece of fuel tubing and slide the shock shaft up so that the tubing is the spacer between the top and bottom of the shock shaft.
This will bleed make bleeding the left and right shock to the exact same rebound very simple.
Remember, some models of vehicles have different shock length on front vs back so if your running 50% rebound all around on your vehicle, you will need one spacer for the front and a different spacer for the rear.
Hope this helps.
on a 1/8 buggy/truggy or a 1/10 you talking about ? i know you use a spacer or fuel tubing on a 1/10 on the front shocks.
05-22-2010, 08:43 AM
#8
I don't think that he means to keep the spacer there, it's just a temporary removable spacer that you make to get the rebound even from left to right( basically, it allows you to push the shock shaft back into the shock body evenly on the left and right shock--great idea )
05-22-2010, 08:49 AM
#9
I don't think that he means to keep the spacer there, it's just a temporary removable spacer that you make to get the rebound even from left to right( basically, it allows you to push the shock shaft back into the shock body evenly on the left and right shock--great idea )
yea that makes sense if you use, them though i know you whould have to take out the droop screws though.
05-22-2010, 08:59 AM
#10
..I think that you're thinking of up-travel limiters in the form of tubing on the shock shaft to prevent the shock from fully compressing..totally different thing though.
05-22-2010, 09:05 AM
#11
Download Xray's 808 manual from Xray's website. Pretty good shock building instructions. Should work with most 1/8th scale kits.
I never go past 25% rebound. Usualy I use less, only 1/4". I like very little hydraulic rebound in my shocks. It just makes the car floaty and wears the bladders quicker.
I never go past 25% rebound. Usualy I use less, only 1/4". I like very little hydraulic rebound in my shocks. It just makes the car floaty and wears the bladders quicker.
05-22-2010, 06:45 PM
#12
It's just a temporary spacer so that you can get both the same. You remove it once you have installed the shock cap. Since this spacer is on the outside between the bottom of the metal shock body and the top of the plastic eyelet.
05-23-2010, 07:04 AM
#13
What does adding rebound to the shocks do ?
05-23-2010, 10:31 AM
#15
oh ok i know what your taking about now.