Shock Building

[Richard_Griffiths]

Hi Guys any tip on putting together a good shock i always seem to mess this up. I almost alwats get no rebound and some times i get to muchc.

Please help

Ps what would you say was an ideal rebound

Cheers

Richard

[RogerM]

kyosho shocks are easy to build ...

1)fill with oil to just below the threads in the body, allow to stand for a couple of minutes to get the air bubbles out.

2)slowly screw fully in the cartridges with the shafts all the way out. The shock should feel solid at this point with no movement in the shaft .... if there is any you still have air in them.

3) unscrew the cartridges 1 turn and slowly push the shaft in till it bottoms out ... nip up the cartridge finger tight. You should be able to move the shaft through it's full travel smothly with no resistance at the end of stroke ... if there is then you still have too much oil in. In that case pull out the shaft to full extension and slacken the cartridge 1/2 turn .... slowly push in shaft again.

4) check the rebound, it should be even across a pair and about 5-7mm.

That's it. I find them super easy to build, far more so than top bleed shock like AE and because of the metal cartridge easier to gauge "tight" than Losi shocks.

The Kyosho shocks are the best 1/10th shocks I have ever built, no question in my mind!

[Richard_Griffiths]

Cheers for the information.

I have been looking around a the kyosho velvet spring but havent a clue on which ones are needed for the rb5

Any ideas

Cheers

Richard

I think its W5195V rears and W5194 Front or is it W5197

HELP

LOST AND CONFUSED

[RogerM]

Stock ones are W5194V and W5195V ...... I think the W5197 is the new shorter rears, best avoided at this time as there is no tower available to make them work on UK / European tracks!!

[Richard_Griffiths]

Cheers for the information rog just another question. I have now build several shocks and all work lovely.

The problem i am having now is the top of the shock cap breaking. To date i have broken 4 shock caps in the space of 4 weeks.

Am I building them correctly. Or is it my driving style.

Cheers

[jim76]

the plastic caps can break if you land badly on them. Not much you can do about it except improve your landing from jumps etc

[Richard_Griffiths]

Looks like i will have to hone my driving.

Is there no alu version or would this just pass the problem onto somthing else.

I see that kyosho make some diaprham for the zx5 what benifit does this have and will they work in my rb5 shocks

Cheers

[RogerM]

I personally wouldn't bother with them, just use the shocks as supplied ... they are the best shocks I have ever used on any scale in RC!

As for top caps breaking, I've done 2 but in both cases it was due to a major impact (usually other cars head on) and to be fair anything would break.

I am not aware of any alternatives but it is worth boiling them first, this definately seems to help!

Heat a pan of water to the boil .... drop in the plastic parts, bring it back up to the simmer for about 5-10 mins then turn off the heat and let the parts cool in the water until it is back to room temp (overnight normally for me). This helps lessen any stresses from the moulding process.

Hope that helps you.