zx5 front springs on the short side?

[dave p hall]

hi all,anybody found front springs to short? ive had to wind the ride height adjusters onto the last thread just to hold the spring in place,no thread left to compress spring for ride height kit ones are fine.ive only tried light greens and found this problem anybody if this is normal im considering buying rear blues and cutting them to length to use on front.

[jim76]

think this is the reason people did the front ball cup mod. I can't remember the part number off hand, but i you search in the kyosho area it should be listed in the older zx5 thread.
basically it uses a longer plastic ball cup on the end of the shock giving the front end more droop and ride height. You hopefully won't have to wind down the adjuster so much to get the nose off the floor.

But yes, the front harder springs are very short. I only ever run the kit fronts as they work better than the rest anyway.

[niggs98]

the light greens you are asking about do seem to be a bit to short so we stuck with the kit ones and got them working very well. the part number jim is on about is la43 which gives a longer ball cup for the front to improve droop although 3 mm needs to be removed.

[dave p hall]

i use the longer ball joint ends,but still found it a problem with the light greens,i got round it by using a plastic o ring under the adjuster,which give me a bit of adjustment. wonder if the softer springs are the same length as kit ones.and its only a problem with light greens cant understand kyosho's thinking on this one.

[niggs98]

all the other springs are the normal lenth

Originally Posted by dave p hall

i use the longer ball joint ends,but still found it a problem with the light greens,i got round it by using a plastic o ring under the adjuster,which give me a bit of adjustment. wonder if the softer springs are the same length as kit ones.and its only a problem with light greens cant understand kyosho's thinking on this one.

[dave p hall]

cheers boys i will now buy the percific front blue springs safe in the knowledge they will be the right length