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Old 01-10-2012 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jf+
Sweet! Anybody in the Gilbert, AZ area have a few of these they'd be willing to part with?

I wonder if the Viton fluoroelastomer ones are better?

(I just wanted to type the word fluoroelastomer, really.)
Before I had Kyosho shocks on my buggy () I had tried the McMaster Carr buna x rings in my V1 shocks. They worked pretty well but still leak quite a bit more than the Kyosho shocks I currently have. They are a much higher durometer (firmer) than most rings I have had in an RC shock so the spacer is probably even more critical. I tried all sorts of spacer heights but never truly got rid of premature leakage. I was in the habit of re-oiling shocks pretty frequently anyway so it wasn't a big deal for me.
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