Cheers for the excellent tutorial! Great videos mate, much appreciated!

Thank you very much!

Thankss for this video! Really informative 🙌💥

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers dude 👍

Good stuff as usual bro

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers bro

Very good and precise tutorial

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy

My shocks are terrible back bottoms out so easily so I got upgraded springs I only have 350cst atm but would 600-650 be about right for a dirt race track with a few jumps.. standard seems way to soft

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

Hey buddy yeah 600 or 640 with the upgraded springs will be good I'd be tempted to try the 350 first with the uprated springs see how you like it easy to change if not

This video is great bud 👍 I've just filled a shock and closed the lid and the piston only pops out about 5mm smaller than yours in the vid, it's full to top and clear you can see right through no bubbles is that OK only 5mm piston popping out ? Thanks mate

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

Yep as long as it fully compresses and pops back out when the springs on it will be perfect

@krisstoney6892

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 cheers bud

Great video! Thank you for all the effort you put in these!

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

No problem thanks for watching

I was wondering what weight oil to use. 50w seems pretty good. The stock oil is terrible and one of my shocks didn't have any oil in, well if it did it all escaped somewhere.

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

Mine had zero oil in the first car zero in the upgraded black shocks and my 2and car had far too much in its madness quality control or lack of lol.yeah I've found 50 weight to be really good especially with a set of upgraded springs which are under £3 on ebay type in L2040 1/10 in ebay worth the money

@SPEXWISE

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 Thanks buddy I will defo get the springs. I've got a full metal replacement kit in grey/titanium coming so Ill do that to the new shocks. I noticed you said the upgrades are the same as the stock shocks but internally the upgrades have a circlip holding the piston while stock have a pin through holding the piston. It probably makes no difference but do you know if the shock shafts are the same diameter, stock ones are weak.

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

@@SPEXWISE I think they are but I will try and measure them for you

So shocks should be fully fill and then put to the half a way and than screwed?

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

Yes then once top screwed on push the piston all the way in and out

Thanks for the vid, question tho, can I use any silicone based wt oil? Like if there's any real car shock oil can I use that in an rc if it has wt on it

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

I don't see why not,I've seen people use olive oil before now

@mrdangerdanger2189

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 Can i use 100% synthetic front fork oil from my pitbike?

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrdangerdanger2189 I do t see why not

@mrdangerdanger2189

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 Ok i thought ful synthetic oil is maybe not good for the seals into the shocks?

cool!

i have 2 shocks staying not strong with oil on my wltoys 144001. other two stay strong. how is that posseble. are these shocks defect? i see no leaks

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

Could be a small air hole in the diaphragm or needs a little more oil

@mrdangerdanger2189

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 I think two of them are to tight. can't press them halfway

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrdangerdanger2189 if that's the case take some fluid out of the 2 that are tight and try again the shaft should push all the way in and push itself out slightly without the spring fitted

@mrdangerdanger2189

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 thanks for help, that works. but why is it that I have to fill one half full than the other completely full to get the same strength?

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrdangerdanger2189 if you fill to the top then push the shaft in half way screw the top on then push all the way in and try it it should work on all of them the same

Damn I just picked up some 30 and 40 weight thinking it would be good. Guess I’ll experiment a bit and go mad with shocks 😂

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

30 front 40 back would be ok

@amszulu

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 word. I was just checking a forum and was thinking heavier in the front before hand. But since it’ll be a SCT build I’m gonna have to experiment a bit to find that perfect balance

@amszulu

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 hey so I changed my rear shocks, and it was 35 weight, not 40, that was my mistake; and now the rear end actually sits considerably lower, I haven’t done the front yet, and it seems to be sitting at full extension on the shocks. This is normal due to being overfilled right? Or did I screw up? The rear is actually sitting with the “a” arms and dog bones almost level, as you said they should be in a different video.

@bigbeardrc4145

3 жыл бұрын

@@amszulu if you are running droop screws and its a speed run car the rear dog bones should be as flat as you can get.if its a basher you'll need travel it could be the shocks need the spring nut winding down or the springs changing to these there the best mod for shocks www.ebay.co.uk/itm/L2040-1-10-Scale-Car-Shock-Absorber-Damper-Spring-40mm-Long-x-16mm-Diameter-/361073232892?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

@amszulu

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbeardrc4145 turns out it was the spring nut. I was able to bring the height back up, but I don’t want to run it like that. I’m definitely gonna get some stiffer springs for it.