Threaded Shock Bodies

[jatros]

Hi,

I just wondered if anyone can help me. i race a TC3 Factory Team and have theaded shocks i was wondering if anyone can tell me how to get all the shocks as equal as i dont have any specialist equipment and cant get them all exactly the same.

[Doomanic]

Losi do a very good shock tool.

Have a look HERE (http://www.teamlosi.com) for it.

[Stew Noble]

screw the collars all the way to the top of the body till theyll screw no more, then get a permanent marker and make a line which goes from the top hexagonal bit at the top of the shick and through the collar too, this way youll know each time you do 1 exact rotation. mark all shocks.

HTH

Stew

[jatros]

thanks guys big help, will try those ideas and hopefully get a shock system

[Phil C]

The shocks need to be equal side to side an not front to back. alos it doesnt matter if the rideheight is different slightly its the preload that needs to be equal.

[Gaz_Stanton]

Go back to the clip in plastic spacers. These can be used on either threaded or smooth bodies and are a good way to ensure a pair of shocks has the same pre-load.
(you don't have to leave them on the shocks with the threaded bodies, just use them for measurement)

[Phil C]

wats the point in that? ??? Seems a very pointless and buckyish thing to do. Just mark the shocks with a permanent marker wen they are totally uncrewed an screw each down the same number of turns. Simple as.