Maiden fail.

[justatree]

What weight shock oil was stock on the rear of the fury? first run, first 10 mins after I come home from school I run the fury into the curb, popped the shock cap, no oil left on the rear left....

plz halp
any brand you would recommend as well?

 

[MSgt]

I have Associated 40w in the rear of mine. 30 or 35w in the front. Arrma shows 350cst for shock fluid, but I don't know how that equates. The 40w really settled mine down over the rough stuff.

 

[justatree]

on the manual it says to fill it all the way to the top, is that true?

 

[MSgt]

Yes. As you turn the cap back on, slowly push the shaft up. You'll have a small amount of fluid leak out as the cap is tightened. this is good. Once the cap is tight, let go of the shaft and it should extend 3-4mm on its own.

 

[justatree]

need to take the springs off?

 

[MSgt]

Yep. That's the 1st part of the tear down.

 

[Skaxis]

This video might help. Keep in mind there are different types of shocks. The Fury uses an aeration style shock but there's no bleeder hole so you have do like MSgt says and let the excess oil bleed out past the threads of the cap while your screwing it on. Bleeder holes make this job much easier and less messy because you know exactly where the oil will emerge. Other shock types use a diaphragm which I find preferable. They have much less mess and are way easier to balance left/right shocks.

 

[justatree]

For all who also want to know how much 350cst oil equals, in losi shock oil it equals 30 weight and for associated it equals like 27.5

Thank you @MSgt for giving me the oil number/weight! I wonder why they would use cst over the norm?

PS. Here is the link to the conversion chart: http://www.rcrcr.com/index.php?opti...hock-oil-cps-vs-wt&catid=31:general&Itemid=46

 

[Skaxis]

That's probably because Arrma is the basher division of Team Durango which is a European company. CST is a more accurate measure since it is consistent. Wt can vary from brand to brand. So if you've swapped from a CST oil to Acme brand 30 wt I would strongly suggest staying with Acme brand always. That way when you try to tune your shocks you will be able to accurately judge if you are going up or down in viscosity and by how much.