Leaky big bores...

[Lamar]

Morning everybody.

We are all well aware of the glitter-in-the-shock oil situation. I scrubbed my shock bodies very well before assembly and I still have this this issue.

My front shocks are leaking. All o-rings were coated in Associated Green Slime and the rears have not leaked a drop yet. If I clean all of the crap out and refill them, they're usually good for a days worth of racing. If I just top them off, they leak like there's no tomorrow. I will be completely rebuilding them today, but has anybody else had these issues?

What I find odd is the the shock shaft on the worst offender is still a nice uniform gold color. All of the others have little gold coating left.

[stefke]

Originally Posted by Lamar

Morning everybody.

We are all well aware of the glitter-in-the-shock oil situation. I scrubbed my shock bodies very well before assembly and I still have this this issue.

My front shocks are leaking. All o-rings were coated in Associated Green Slime and the rears have not leaked a drop yet. If I clean all of the crap out and refill them, they're usually good for a days worth of racing. If I just top them off, they leak like there's no tomorrow. I will be completely rebuilding them today, but has anybody else had these issues?

What I find odd is the the shock shaft on the worst offender is still a nice uniform gold color. All of the others have little gold coating left.

It looks like there isn't enough pressure on the o-rings of the "the worst offender", making them leak (but preserving the gold color). I would check the build of that shock.

[ulrich]

Originally Posted by Lamar

Morning everybody.

We are all well aware of the glitter-in-the-shock oil situation. I scrubbed my shock bodies very well before assembly and I still have this this issue.

My front shocks are leaking. All o-rings were coated in Associated Green Slime and the rears have not leaked a drop yet. If I clean all of the crap out and refill them, they're usually good for a days worth of racing. If I just top them off, they leak like there's no tomorrow. I will be completely rebuilding them today, but has anybody else had these issues?

What I find odd is the the shock shaft on the worst offender is still a nice uniform gold color. All of the others have little gold coating left.

Had the same problem with the "glitter" and leaking, the glitters had damage the o-ring and after I change to new o-ring now more leaking. I am using Associated orange o-ring which works very well with Asso Green Slime.

[Lamar]

Originally Posted by ulrich

I am using Associated orange o-ring which works very well with Asso Green Slime.

Good to know. I'll pick some up at the track tomorrow.

[DCM]

you saying, since you bought the kit, it has partially worn the Nitride coating off the shock shaft on 3 of the shocks?

[Lamar]

Originally Posted by DCM

you saying, since you bought the kit, it has partially worn the Nitride coating off the shock shaft on 3 of the shocks?

Yes. I've been running the car for 2 weeks now. 2 race and 3 practice. I can provide pics later.

[DCM]

thats not right, either the coatings wrong, or they specifying a soft coating. The B4 nitride shafts on the rear of my B4 are still very gold.... same with my Tamiya shocks.

[Matthes77]

Hi,

regarding glitter:
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I had the same problem.
After some racing weekends and 3-4 times oil-changes, the problem is gone - as well as the coating by some good amount
However, the shocks are still perfect, so don't mind this issue.

regarding leakage:
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Just again, I had the same problem although everything was build perfectly.
There are different workarounds.
I simply replaced the black plastic-washer between these blue o-rings against an older red Asso o-ring. No leak anymore and still a very smooth shock. I didn't re-worked them for the last two racing-weekend and they are still perfect

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After many weekends driving this car, there just one issue, which is really anoying: The diff-outdrives are made of bad steel and look very used already

[burgie]

Originally Posted by Matthes77

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After many weekends driving this car, there just one issue, which is really anoying: The diff-outdrives are made of bad steel and look very used already

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yes, my sons outdrives are showing signs of wear after only two meetings - there is already a small concave area where the driveshafts rest. According to Schumacher not only is this normal, it is perfectly acceptable wear, even after no more than 90 minutes of use!

[Lamar]

Well they also say that an ill fitting transmission housing, and an improper gear mesh are perfectly acceptable, so shouldn't we be used to this?