AE Hard anodised shock rebuild

[Oozzee]

Hi All, just after a bit of advise,

is it possible to use other shock shafts and seals in associated hard anodised shocks,

am I correct in assuming that the diameter of the imperial shock shaft will be different to a metric shock shaft and then therefore the orings will be a different size to Tamiya Orings/shock shafts or will it not make a difference, more concerned with potential oil leakage

cheers

[juicedcoupe]

Yes, the 3mm (#006) silicone o rings from other shocks work fine.

I have used 3mm shafts instead of the original 1/8" shafts a few times. I didn't have any problems but my cars aren't ran often.

[RC10th]

There are plenty of non OEM rebuild kits on ebay which include the red o-rings and black o-rings for the caps.

Since your in Aus these came up as the cheapest ...

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/115615352524?epid=5025004529&hash=item1aeb3646cc:g:fckAAOSwD7Jjfzmx&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4PvFbzB0paobq8bU688FzvNkEkInYwfQ6nG01%2F5NSWh7oJ9KLBrYFwQIGf9Dq64QmsVify8NQBf8NdLIpZT6PoPFBlEh3N8oFPtSjMTDdYxyH%2Bbqq42DBViGb8wyR5j3YTwoMBBFhkv%2B7xRaHKnox6llFSLsQUn01qGGjU72HWgtpvVRLetShQ2Zi3mH%2B06KY9odpZuaeBAjeqiknJZSuooVadSDhbWGp2vtkmSvdnuMniIJwxmnain0GzGAT5B9QqKdJw7qpeteFYi4pQai0xQLf7oXEgO2zAug4Iggvn5c%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5rE6p--Yg

This seller has a larger quantity.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/183909234474?epid=1217931719&hash=item2ad1d8372a:g:uFYAAOSwy6xkuW6O&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4DRzdAtqMrRQaeob3hso1LqT%2FF4GY0%2BvWsmqkIJh6Eq1FizFqDJ63al87QKGYEar6YI6dK%2F87wd10NmdvhMOyl6eKy8qVPibSF%2Fnz9qyqssJAdMZVQ8A4SxSqWS%2BmItrtrI5tLz%2F7s4dHKRSnPkYK517kxOc13GY4ja9mC0%2BNTorg9RW2oxMyEKjt%2BfWcAUMqpWpIS4WEk3YgXy05ejgcBNnMPQabz4qFNV9I04UGIU5m3QwzeppjnhCkt17j6nJU15Mepk0y%2F4iFXquTFD6FUpqh4GMVwMikQiBDpNQQ0sr%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5rE6p--Yg

[Oozzee]

thanks mate, ill look into it

cheers

[JosephS]

Hi All, just after a bit of advise,

is it possible to use other shock shafts and seals in associated hard anodised shocks,

am I correct in assuming that the diameter of the imperial shock shaft will be different to a metric shock shaft and then therefore the orings will be a different size to Tamiya Orings/shock shafts or will it not make a difference, more concerned with potential oil leakage

cheers

Associated used the same part number for the seals when they switched from imperial to metric.