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Originally Posted by entjoles
those springs should be ok, i used purple frt and rr on my g3r revo and it was great with 60wt oil, but it was heavier then the stock chassis conv.
also something to think about,i noticed that no matter how stiff i made it , it wouldnt come back up, i had to fit my suspension arms , they were binding and i had to ream the pin holes and lightly sand the end of the arms to get free movement, no binding at all after i did this , w/o shocks i could lift arms and they would drop free as could be, no resistance at all
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf039
Yup, I noticed that too after I had run my revo for 3-4 gallons. I reamed all the pin holes and polished the shafts. The suspension was really free, at least for a while. I usually run in a big sandpit, so my revo takes a lot of abuse.  |
This happened with my revo too, if you cbf removing the pins and cleaning it properly, a spray with some silicone lube with one of those thin directional tube things around the hinge pin joints makes about 1000x better - its just dirt etc. getting trapped. Or you could take it a step further: my brother got a heap of tiny ball bearings and completely bearing-nated his savage suspension (shocks and inner/outer swingarms at least) and it had unbelievably smooth suspension - zero difference if you pushed it down a let it come back up compared to lifting it and letting the weight of the vehicle compress the suspension.
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Originally Posted by Revracer
you could always get some compressed air cans and just spray the dirt off and make sure to really spray those tight areas. always works for me
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Be careful here around bearings (and not crazy bearing suspension bearings, wheels any other bearings, motor and wheel for example) compressed air will force little bits of dirt into your bearing seals - I learned this the hard way. Air compressor is great with a spray bottle of metho for cleaning your nitro vehicle, now I always do anything near a bearing with a paper towel though.