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I have noticed some flaws with my rc10's suspension. It seems that the rear shock shafts must be shorted (either with spacers or shorter shaft) in order to insure that the dog bones do not rub against the rear A-arms. This may insure there is no friction on the dog bones, but this causes the shocks to be less adequate. Also, the front shocks can not be adjusted to such a low position causing the front end to be high. The only thing I can think of is to remove the front adjusters completely.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so what have you done to fix it?

limiters in the shocks.

if you don't have limiters they will do two things, rub as you have seen or completely fall out.

it's really not an issue though, just the way it is.

if your front is too tall you may want to change to a softer spring.

If you are currently using the gold spings, try the silvers, they're softer.

limiters are what I meant by spacers and I do have the silver springs. The front is only sitting a little high, probably a mm high. I just like my cars to be perfectly level. I think a shorter shock shaft would be a much better solution than limiters but that's just me. It is just a little disappointing to have to make the shocks smaller.

It is strange that people turn these into truggies when the suspension has to stay as low as it does. It is still an offroader but there is no way this could be classified as a truck even with bigger wheels.

1mm? Really? You are going to change shock shafts for 1mm?:lol:

Push the shock collars down on the rear 1mm at a time until the chassis is level. Problem solved.

I know what you mean about the spring limiters though. I have always thought "Less suspension=less good".

But over time I have come to realize that following the instructions(adding limiters where they say to) is always the best policy to start with.

And really....are you going to miss that extra 2mm of travel? Maybe but you will definitely notice when you're dog bone falls out in the middle of a race.

Later team cars came with shorter rear shock shafts so fewer spacers would need to be used. Sounds like you have the original longer shafts in your car.

Too much travel can be as bad as too little travel. Look at some of the racing setups for the RC10, and you will see that in most cases the travel has been limited for racing purposes. -Jeff

thank you jeff I was just about to post this

It is 4mm high or so on the front, the rear shocks needed about a 3cm reduction. if I raise the rear any higher the dog bones would rub and most likely fall out. Also, I would hate to scar my new alloy arms from atlas. The only thing I can think of that will fix the issue is to remove the front adjusters to level out the car(it is a little over 5mm in height).

the front does not need a shorter shaft it is the rear shocks that could use them. as it is now the shaft is half way in the shock at all times. I find it to be better to have a shorter shaft insuring that the piston will always be immersed in oil. the squeaky shocks will be silenced and l believe overall function will be improved.

Is there a specific shaft length that works best for the rear shocks or should I just go to my lhs and hope there is one that will work?

also failed attempt at smiley ha ha I did the same thing in another thread

man I feel stupid. I completely ignored the fact that the shock tower had multiple mounting holes for the shocks. All I had to do was mount the fronts higher and more towards the inside. Problem solved!

I still plan on buying some shorter shafts for the rear for obvious reasons.

that's how it should be set up, inner upper hole, outer lower hole on the arm.