Originally Posted by Uhgg

I got a lightly used MGT 8.0 and before I could run 5 tanks through it I broke it, on my second jump attempt. I broke the left rear axle carrier block (steering block) where the turnbuckle attaches. I talked to the guy at my lhs and he said that my suspension was probably too tight, my current setup is 1 red spring 1 blue spring and a clip on both front wheels, and 2 reds and 2 clips on the rears. The ride height is pretty high and I have lots of body roll, the guy at lhs also told me that I should have some sag in the suspension so that when I hit a bump the truck will kinda roll with it and I don't have much of that. I can pick it up and drop it from about 2-3 feet and it bottoms out, is that too stiff or not stiff enough? My thoughts are that the shock from the ground when bottoming out would be more damaging than the stiff suspension. I just don't want to have to keep buying parts, especially that one as it was the only one in stock and I can't afford the aluminum ones at the moment. I have no idea what weight oil is in the shocks, they are the stock shocks so I am guessing stock oil weight and no clue what it is. Any tips would be appreciated, thanks!