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Urgeoner · **Good shocks? -** 08.01.2009, 08:35 PM

I keep striiping my rear shocks.

Any good aftermarket ones for the Revo?

brushlessboy16 · 08.01.2009, 08:41 PM

define stripping of shocks. could mean alot of things

Urgeoner · 08.01.2009, 10:47 PM

The threaded parts that connect to the plastic ends keep stripping. Are there aluminum shock ends that we can buy?

Snipin_Willy · 08.01.2009, 11:31 PM

Something is wrong if you're stripping the shock ends off the rods.

brushlessboy16 · 08.01.2009, 11:33 PM

Are you running a rear sway bar

Semi Pro · 08.02.2009, 12:10 AM

the best shocks you can buy are the aluminum GTR bodies

are you ripping the caps off? sounds like you have striped threads

BrianG · 08.02.2009, 12:18 AM

Back when I had a converted Revo, I noticed that if the rear end was too soft, the shocks would bottom out easily on jumps. This puts a lot of strain on the shock ends.

shaunjohnson · 08.02.2009, 01:27 AM

yeah something has gotta be wrong.
if you put ANTI strain on the suspension...like land a large jump dirty side up hard on one wheel it will tend to pull either the shock end or the push rod ends off.

mostly my rod ends have been stretched so i just replaced mine today.
yes you can buy ally ones but make sure it isn't something more that is causing the problem.

Finnster · 08.02.2009, 01:32 AM

These are decent. Rod ends can rip off on jumps/ hvy springs or crashes as there are no downtravel limiters on the Revo, and the shock ends take it. Had a problem a few years ago and these took care of it. Bit of a pain to get in tho.

Bondonutz · 08.02.2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Finnster

These are decent. Rod ends can rip off on jumps/ hvy springs or crashes as there are no downtravel limiters on the Revo, and the shock ends take it. Had a problem a few years ago and these took care of it. Bit of a pain to get in tho.

In the picture off the link whats the bronze colored washers for ? or are they bump stops ?

Urgeoner · 08.02.2009, 06:16 PM

Okay thanks. I'll buy these ASAP. I am not using a swaybar, but should I?

brushlessboy16 · 08.02.2009, 06:32 PM

no, the rear sway bar is what caused mine to fail

Finnster · 08.03.2009, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Bondonutz

In the picture off the link whats the bronze colored washers for ? or are they bump stops ?

There are tiny bearings in the shock end and the brass things are bushings to act as spacers to fit in the rocker arms properly. My bearings eventually failed after a couple years, so I used a vice to press some 3mm spacers into the hole, and just ditch the bushings. They were the spacers included w/ the tie rods for the bearing carriers for bumpstop adjustments. I only ever used one setting (the tall hollow ball) and put the spacers to use.