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Old 12-10-2012
BeachBuggyPhil BeachBuggyPhil is offline
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Originally Posted by neallewis View Post

A tip. The new caps are ali, so I decided against mounting them on the blue FT top shock bushings, opting for the old/RTR plastic shock bushings AS6473. They fit perfect, just need a 2mm spacer (included with shocks) and a 4-40 nut against the shock tower.
I had a car that had alloy bushings and alloy shock caps.
Both wear out and need replacing instead of just the very cheap plastic bushings.
Metal on metal is bad.

Might treat myself to some of these for my X6 next season. I've never had new fresh FT shocks on a buggy.
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