What are the pros and cons of using shock limiters?

[avconslt]

What are the pros and cons of using shock limiters? Where do you get them? Thanks,

Richard

 

[Rossco]

If your'e talking about limiting straps,,,,there aint no cons I can think of.

Their main purpous is preventing the shock ends from being ripped off in a rollover & to stop the dogbones from being spat out on the ground.

DDM should have em,,,,,or use a bunch of cable ties,,but they don't look so good

 

[sperera]

I think my FG MT comes standard with this. Like Rossco said prevents allot of 'further' damage in a roll. Cant see a down side to using one at all.

 

[avconslt]

I have an FG MT and it does not have them! I also have a Baja 5T and it does not have them either! I was just wondering if they would be a useful addition to my trucks! It sounds like a wise investment! Thanks.

Richard

 

[cryptonblade]

More or less travel, just turn it in or out.
It shoud be possible on your MT .

 

[zouz10]

FG or HPI do not come with them standard. They are aftermarket parts. +1 on what the guys said above, they are very beneficial, if you can, you should get them.


Chris

 

[Bigger the Better]

nono, straps...

http://www.davesmotors.com/s.nl/c.885035/n.1/it.A/id.6593/.f

No draw back unless you are running a dominator on a baja.

 

[pipeous]

the screws in the front lower arms and rear upper arms should be called droop screws. limiting the travel depends on what you are trying to achieve. on road you want much less shock travel because you are trying to get low and not have much body roll.

off road you will want a little more travel to work the suspension up bumps and down into holes.

limiting the suspension travel is also good for saving the shock ends like mentioned above, but also for keeping the suspension from extending too far and binding up the drivetrain. you can snap a pin or a cup/axle easy if you are on power at full suspension and something binds and locks

many kinds of ways of limiting travel. up travel with nylon or plastic spacers on the shock shaft outside the shock body, o rings work too or a hard rubber to provide some dampening when bottoming out. down travel spacers can be put inside under the shock piston (fine if you aren't jumping stuff with a long suspension travel), droop screws or limiting straps. I've seen limiting straps used on rc bikes too

 

[pipeous]

I will copy and paste some info from my bible, the xray xb8 manual, setup section
http://rcdocuments.com/XRAY_XB8_Instruction_Manual.pdf copy is here. I highly recommend saving a copy and even printing out just the setup pages. it teaches a ton about what every single adjustment does and how it affects your car...

Droop is a very sensitive adjustment, since it affects and alters weight transfer,
and all aspects of chassis performance are affected: braking, acceleration, jumping,
traction and rough track handling.

Droop height Front/
Rear
Characteristics
Less droop =
turning the screw in Front · less on power steering
· better for smaller jumps
Rear · less off-power traction
More droop =
turning the screw out Front · more on power steering
· better handling on rough tracks
Rear · more rear traction
· better handling on rough tracks

it has all this in charts, so easier to see the real thing

 

[avconslt]

Thanks guys! I ordered set of straps from DDM and a set from Killer RC yesterday and am looking forward to putting a set on before we end up doing any jumping!

Richard