Nineball
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Well, I bought a set of these shock bodies and... wtf?
First of all, they say to follow the arrma assembly instructions but they use completely different parts, so that doesn't work at all.
So I looked up how to put these together. No written instructions anywhere, which I think is better than a badly edited and blurry video, but whatever. Off to youtube, and good old Pat saves the day, right?
Arrma instructions say: o-ring, spacer, o-ring, cap. Pat goes in the order: spacer, o-ring, o-ring, cap. Outright, I can't for the life of me get both o-rings in under the cap, let alone get it to seal. I snap one together with just one o-ring and try to thread it together, but the cap is oversized. Sensing something was up, I tried a different shock and it went right together. So I had to empty out the body, dry fit it, dig out all the plastic it chewed off because it didn't fit right, then refill and reassemble the shock. Got it all together, bashed a bit, but there is zero rebound in my shocks. Is it because I only used one o-ring?
My buddy, with his tricked out slash and suspension mechanic knowledge, said my shocks weren't working right. His shocks have an inherent rebound without a spring, mine just sit in place. I filled them with 40wt, overfilled and bled as best I know how. I'm tempted to carry over the arrma preload spacers, since there aren't preload springs in the kit. Even then, I'm not sure that would solve my problem.
At this point, I'm tempted to just Frankenstein the originals with the new o-rings and hope for the best. Either these shocks were bunk from the factory or I'm too dumb to get them together right. Based on my experience, there's no way I'm getting two o-rings in. I tried pliers, lube, a screwdriver... it's not happening. Did I bleed too much oil? Are they leaking? What am I missing here?
First of all, they say to follow the arrma assembly instructions but they use completely different parts, so that doesn't work at all.
So I looked up how to put these together. No written instructions anywhere, which I think is better than a badly edited and blurry video, but whatever. Off to youtube, and good old Pat saves the day, right?
Arrma instructions say: o-ring, spacer, o-ring, cap. Pat goes in the order: spacer, o-ring, o-ring, cap. Outright, I can't for the life of me get both o-rings in under the cap, let alone get it to seal. I snap one together with just one o-ring and try to thread it together, but the cap is oversized. Sensing something was up, I tried a different shock and it went right together. So I had to empty out the body, dry fit it, dig out all the plastic it chewed off because it didn't fit right, then refill and reassemble the shock. Got it all together, bashed a bit, but there is zero rebound in my shocks. Is it because I only used one o-ring?
My buddy, with his tricked out slash and suspension mechanic knowledge, said my shocks weren't working right. His shocks have an inherent rebound without a spring, mine just sit in place. I filled them with 40wt, overfilled and bled as best I know how. I'm tempted to carry over the arrma preload spacers, since there aren't preload springs in the kit. Even then, I'm not sure that would solve my problem.
At this point, I'm tempted to just Frankenstein the originals with the new o-rings and hope for the best. Either these shocks were bunk from the factory or I'm too dumb to get them together right. Based on my experience, there's no way I'm getting two o-rings in. I tried pliers, lube, a screwdriver... it's not happening. Did I bleed too much oil? Are they leaking? What am I missing here?