Sticky Suspension

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HenryDSouza said:
When I push down on the rear of my buggy, it does not spring back. What is best/easiest fix?
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I have FG, not any of the Baja variations, but similar to all, check out the mounts, to see they're not pulling the shocks out of alignment - is there a little free movement top and bottom or are they tight?
If tight, you might be trying to bend the shock shaft, which will definitely give you a stiff shaft ... (!!!)

Al.
 
well theres a few factors, how heavy is your r/c? heavy enough to sag your springs? and what springs are you usning? stock? lighter then stock or heavier?

mine did the same but i looked into the weight of the baja, and i went with heavier springs, i still get some sticking but it's alot better then before.
your shock oil weight is exactly that shock absorber oil,your shocks only absorb the impacts, not the ride heights
you need to look at your shock angles for any binding, and your springs rating.
 
yah i ended up using a lil stiffer spring set too i got from DDM on mine. didnt mess with the shock oil, and also slapped on a full set of the extended lower shock perches too. seemed to do the trick for mine. i think the shock perches come from full force.
 
I went to 60w silicone oil, it was a little stiff so I drilled out a couple of the holes in the pistons slightly larger. 60w was all I had on the shelf but the silicone helped a lot.
 
chitown joe said:
well theres a few factors, how heavy is your r/c? heavy enough to sag your springs? and what springs are you usning? stock? lighter then stock or heavier?

mine did the same but i looked into the weight of the baja, and i went with heavier springs, i still get some sticking but it's alot better then before.
your shock oil weight is exactly that shock absorber oil,your shocks only absorb the impacts, not the ride heights
you need to look at your shock angles for any binding, and your springs rating.
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My buggy is exactly as I bought it from King Motor. Stock weight, stock springs. It has just stopped bouncing back. Shock alignment cannot have changed?! Do the springs get weaker?
 
Lan-Ed-Tul said:
yah i ended up using a lil stiffer spring set too i got from DDM on mine. didnt mess with the shock oil, and also slapped on a full set of the extended lower shock perches too. seemed to do the trick for mine. i think the shock perches come from full force.
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So the springs weaken? It is not a lubrication issue?
What in the world is a shock perch?
 
you have to look at like your real car,if the springs are not strong enough to support the car, it sags.
the shock absorbers are just that they absorb shock, you can adjust them so they move slower or faster with different oil weights,for different reactions from the and doing some mods or upgrades to them.
but your springs do most of the work, so depending on how heavy your baja is yes they can can be under rated or weak, have your tried adjusting the spring screws? on the shock shafts
 
HenryDSouza said:
So the springs weaken? It is not a lubrication issue?
What in the world is a shock perch?
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reason i upgraded to a slightly stiffer spring is cuz i did alot of alloy upgrades topside on mine, prolly just added a lil more weight cuz of that, and my suspension wasnt poppin back up like i wanted, now when truck is sat down it still depresses down some, but when pushed down it popps back up.

on shock extension perches, ok, look at the bottom ends on the shocks as they are now, you see that lil cup like thing the spring rests in? thats a shock perch, i got alloy ones to replace the stock plastic ones, and theyre made a lil taller, so it preloads the springs a lil bit. these are a must in back depending on what bone upgrades you have done to maintain clearances,

with certain bones setup and boots if shocks are left as they are the bone or boot will catch the old perch/shock bottoms and rip the boots or worse. on mine i got them all way round all 4 shocks have the extended perches. it really helps out cuz of the way they preload the shock springs and allows you the same adjustments on the top spring collars, but adds a lil more tension to start off with.


heres a pic its from the fullforce website where i got them from
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You can also mix up the spring rates on the rear. Soft, stock & heavy can be paired in various combinations depending on how light/heavy your car is to achieve good spring rate rebound without being too mushy or hard


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Just thought about this, have you checked to make sure your shock shafts are straight? Even the slightest bow can cause a sticking point as it pushes the piston into the side of the shock body.


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biggiecamp said:
Just thought about this, have you checked to make sure your shock shafts are straight? Even the slightest bow can cause a sticking point as it pushes the piston into the side of the shock body.
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Precisely the point of my first reply.
The title is 'Sticky Suspension' not 'Soft' or 'Sagging'.
It's nice if there's a ball-joint-type mount for the shocks top / bottom - this will permit the movement you need to avoid binding the shafts.

Al.
 
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