Rebound Valves...a must or?

[Molgorain]

Got a secondhand X10, and rebuilt the shocks. When I noticed the front shocks didn´t have the rebound valve. Are they a "must-have"?

Going to drive on fairly bumpy dirt-tracks.

Otherwise I liked the construction of the shocks, very easy to rebuild and maintain(sp?).

One thing I noticed was the frontshocks had different angles towards the centershaft. Need to recharge the camerabattery, then I post a picture.

[Garry Driffill]

You dont necessaryarly need them in the shocks, Jim Dixon said on the www.the-pred.co.uk forum that they make the car more consistant using them.

Also with youre car being on bumpy tracks the idea of a shock re-bound valve is to let oil through slower upon impact then relase the oil faster back the other way i beleive studying them on a site, so maybe on a bumpy track maybe not using them if they maybe cause maybe a tiny bit more pack making the suspension slightly stiffer upon quick pounding on bumps on hard rutted areas may make the car "Loose" or make the front end rise more, Not using them could be worth a try first off then see how you get on. If you dont like it just pop them in and try it see how you go

I asked about this a good month or so ago if they was needed and i got some helpful comments back on this thread:

http://www.the-pred.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=332.0


Garry

[Molgorain]

Thanks for the link, going to try it on a offroadtrack. Only tried it on the asphalt outside the house, only bump there is a speedbump


Good to know, its not a vital part of the shock.

[Garry Driffill]

No problem. How close are the shocks to the centre shaft ?

[Molgorain]

Here´s some pictures about the angle.
The blurry picture, is almost straight above.



Better picture, but not 100% vertically over plane.


Almost as one of the shocks is more compressed than the other one.
But it still happens, if I switch the places.

[footey]

this could be the rocker pivot which is tightened up and is a diffrent angle to the other
i would be looking at either a new gear box top or id go for the new x11 upgraid part