FLM Savage - LST Shock Mount Kit

[jhautz]

Anyone using the FLM kit for mounting the LST shocks to a Savage? Is it any good? Ive seen some other LST shock mount kits with hokey looking plates mounted to the tower and lower arms and it looks flimsy to me. Does this FLM kit work well?

Will it work on a Savage X? I read in the store that it requires the FLM towers to work, I'm OK with that, but does it also require the FLM lower arms?

WOuld love to hear from someone who has tried it, especially if you tried it on a Savage X.

[MTBikerTim]

I run the innovative RC mounting kit and it ain't hokey. Not perfect but I prefer having plastic on the extremities of my truck to take the hits better. I have never seen anyone running the flm mounts but it may work without the arms. The FLM shock towers would have mounting positions that I think would make up for the shorter length of the LST shocks. I think I have seen trucks with the shocks mounted in the same way to flm towers but with custom mounts a few times.

[jhautz]

I agree I want to run the stock plastic arms too. Thats why Im wondering how the FLM LST shock conversion works. I really dont want to have a bunch of adapter plates all over the place to put the lst shocks on so in theory it looks like a great setup.

I just cant see how the lst shocks attach at the bottom without hitting the upper arm or the dog bones. They are alot wider than the stock savage shocks.

[Serum]

It depends jhautz; i am not familiar with the FLM setup, but i assume you need to use the FLM lower arms; since they are fair heavy, i would prefer the innovative RC setup; they also produce their own shocks, and they seen to be serious business. Only verdict is that you need to use the 'old' lower arms; they don't work with the X arms.

[lincpimp]

Any chance of a link? Just want to see how they do the conversion.

[jhautz]

http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...m30000&cat=109

This is all I got. Not a whole lot of info.... Which is why I'm askin. Id like to see some mounted pictures showing both top and bottom of the shock using the stock arms.


So nobody out there has actually tried this yet.




EDIT: DANG! 1999 posts! Better make the next one good.

I suppose I should update the kit to work with stock arms.

They look like they should work fine with the stock arms with some washers to space them out to 1mm, that is to clear the FLM upper arm. Giving the stock upper is narrower than FLM, there should be no problem.

They work perfect on the FLM tower and arm setup.

The FLM arm measures 43mm to the stock 41mm at the point were the shock will mount.

The only thing necessary for it to work with the stock arms is a metal shock bushing, to take up the space were the old shock used to sit.

Our tower is necessary unless you wanted to drill some holes.

[MTBikerTim]

I would probably run if I had the FLM towers, the FLM LST shock mounts and a set of these on the A arms http://www.innovative-rc.com/product...products_id=44. Those lower mounts do require the old style savage A arms though.

Just noticed this too http://www.innovative-rc.com/product...roducts_id=113

[jhautz]

Thanks for the info Jamie. Just the kind of input I was looking for. I already ordered the towers and LST conversion kit from Mike so I'm just making sure I will be able to install this. I really want to stick with the plastic arms. Its going on my savage X along with the tranny forward converion you just released. (Looking forward to this.)

I just want to clarify to make sure I understand...

So it was designed to work with the FLM Towers and Arms, but you think it will work with the stock arms. I would need to mount this on the outside of the arm rather than in the middle section where the stock shocks mount and put a metal shock bushing in the space where the shock would normally mount?

Is that correct? I'm having kind of a hrad time picturing exactly how this would mount to the arm.

[MTBikerTim]

This would be what you are trying to picture jhautz. It looks like you will need offset wheels as well though if you don't already have them. http://www.innovative-rc.com/product...roducts_id=113

[jhautz]

Offset wheel are no problem. I'm already runnig them.

Did you mean to post a picture with that last message?

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by jhautz

Offset wheel are no problem. I'm already runnig them.

Did you mean to post a picture with that last message?

I'm a twit I added the link.

I'm really interested in this thread, I'm about 3/4s of the way through a X SS build and the shocks and the bellcrank system seem to be the weakest spots on the truck so far. I'm not really wild about the way the IRC system looks on the truck and the FLM set up seems cleaner. Are there any pics of it on an FLM truck?

[jhautz]

http://www.fastlanemachine.com/PublicPortal/

Scroll down the page a little, the Low Budget Brushless conversion pictures have the LST shock conversion on it. You can see the top mounting, but not the bottom mounting.
I agree. I dont like the look of all of the extra plates and such. The FLM solution looks simpler and cleaner to me.


Tim,

Thanks for the link. That is exactly the picture I was looking for. I have aluminum spacers just like that sitting in a parts bin right now. I should be able to make something like that up with no issue. Sweet.

[jhautz]

One more thing I just thought of... Will the FLM towers work on a savage X? The X towers have that extra litlle hole thingy hanging off the bottom . Will I miss this?