B44.1 Ride height issues please help!

[kevden45]

Hello I purchased the above buggy off this forum a few weeks ago, I'm trying to adjust the front ride height back to 21mm because it's at 40mm at the moment, I tried putting changing the suspension arms to the inner one but that hasn't made much difference is there something else you can do to change the ride height? I appreciate any help cheers.

[stegger]

Can you post a pic or give us the setup that is on the car at the moment ?

[kevden45]

Yeah of course the photos below, I've managed to get it down to 25-26mm from adjusting the shock springs to the loose setting,here's the photo
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[MiCk B.]

Hi,

What shocks and springs are on the front.
The springs look like they are too long.

MiCk B. :-)

[Pitman Ed]

Ride height doesn't look 40mm. Drop the car and when it settles measure the ride height at front and rear of chassis. If it was 40mm I think your drive shafts would pop out of the outdrives!

If the front shocks are standard you might even need limiters inside to restrict the travel to keep the drive shafts in the outdrives when landing from jumps.

Having said all that, your front shocks and/or springs look non-standard. The springs are at their lightest loading, yet the drive shafts are pointing up toward the centre! Those drive shafts should be horizontal in line most of the time at the correct ride height. Compare the car to someone else's to see where yours has non-standard bits causing the problem. If you have a manual you should see the problem; if not, you can download one from T Associated web site.

[mattr]

How are you measuring ride height?
If the B44s I've seen are anything to go by, that's more like <20mm. Probably nearer mid teens.
And I've just had a play with my 410, the only way to get 40mm is to disconnect the shocks altogether, even putting the rears on will only give around 30 ish.

[cutting42]

Hi Kevden

This is my sons car you bought from me. The shocks are Losi V1 with Losi Big bore springs on them. We routinely ran ride height of 18mm or so for indoor. I also ran the same setup on my 2WD with no ride height issues. As has been mentioned, drop the car from 12 inches onto a flat surface and measure the height from ground to the front of the carbon chassis, The method to control ride height is the shock preload screw as you have found out already.

Also don't forget to measure in race conditions ie with the batteries installed.

[kevden45]

Okay cheers for the responses guys especially cutting 42 for clarifiying what shocks are fitted, Like I say I managed to get the ride height down to 25mm without the batteries in with having the springs on the slackest setting so with the batteries fitted it will probably's be lower and I didn't drop it from 12 inches only placed it on the table so it's probablys my bad for doing it wrong thanks for the advice guys.