Proline diamond shafts

[Moose]

Did anyone already order the black diamond shafts?


btw: how often do you change shock shafts on the 22? They loose the gold coating quite fast when racing on dusty clay and dont stay shiny so do you polish them or just change when it is getting rough?

[Robby]

Originally Posted by Moose

Did anyone already order the black diamond shafts?


btw: how often do you change shock shafts on the 22? They loose the gold coating quite fast when racing on dusty clay and dont stay shiny so do you polish them or just change when it is getting rough?

If your shock shafts get dirty enough that it wears the coating it's not worth replacing them, as it suggests you're not doing enough maintenance on the car IMHO. The coating wears off from dirt/dust in the o-rings. I've got a almost 2 years on my outdoor car, and they're just now finally wearing through (which I'd consider normal). And honestly, I don't think you'd notice the performance difference anyway.

[Tom3012]

22 shock shafts are pants for the gold wearing off! Personally i wouldnt bother buying new ones, and the proline ones are a little pricey, $64 a full set

[Razer]

Originally Posted by Robby

If your shock shafts get dirty enough that it wears the coating it's not worth replacing them, as it suggests you're not doing enough maintenance on the car IMHO. The coating wears off from dirt/dust in the o-rings. I've got a almost 2 years on my outdoor car, and they're just now finally wearing through (which I'd consider normal). And honestly, I don't think you'd notice the performance difference anyway.

You can do as much maintenance as you like, it doesn't change that fact that the coating on newer losi shock shafts aren't even half as good as it used to be.

One race on clay usually wears mine to grey.

[Moose]

as it suggests you're not doing enough maintenance on the car IMHO

three runs and it beginns to wash off. This means around 20 minutes. Hard to maintance the car while driving
On two shafts it is not only scratching in movement direction. Looks like two pittings with a diameter of 1.5 mm, not deep but enough to change. This happend after two hours. Maybe this was just the track.

The shafts have 3.5 which makes it a bit difficult to find other ones.
For 3mm shafts there are many O rings and Quadrings but with 3.5 it is much more difficult. Currently using the low friction Losi black ones (feels like the grey have 3.4 inner diameter and the black have 3.5 both with the same shore). Blacks seem to swell less than the grey ones. Which do you use?

The shock shaft seems to touch the shock body , maybe thats part of the problem. Do you use a teflon washer between body and first O ring to center it better like Associated does?

What about 1/8 shock shafts? Which 3.5 shafts are good?

[Robby]

Originally Posted by Moose

The shafts have 3.5 which makes it a bit difficult to find other ones.
For 3mm shafts there are many O rings and Quadrings but with 3.5 it is much more difficult. Currently using the low friction Losi black ones (feels like the grey have 3.4 inner diameter and the grey have 3.5 both with the same shore). Blacks seem to swell less than the grey ones. Which do you use?

I use a combo, one low-friction and one regular/stock o-ring.

As someone else mentioned, I just can't see $60 for shock shafts.

[Moose]

Some guys seem to have tested them and they work great but have some wear too.

What I currently do with my shocks at the moment after testing some stuff are water bomb ballons. Just like on 8 scale shocks. I tested fingers from gloves too over the whole spring but the water ballons work best, there is no groove to hold them but they hold very well.