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My build has started.
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:17 pm
by CCC
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:19 pm
by GoMachV
You'll want to pull the rear shocks back apart and fix associateds mess up. There should be approx 3 spacers in the shock making up about 5/8". Bitd it called for fuel tubing. Without it you will pop dogbones and it will not be fun
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:32 pm
by SteveK
From an RC Car Action article on setting up the Team Car:
2 • Shock travel limiting.
Limit rear-suspension travel by installing spacers over the shock shaft (under the piston). There are three different plastic spacers from which to choose: the shock O-ring spacer (.125 inch thick), the rear dogbone spacer (.062 inch thick) and the shock O-ring washer (.031 inch thick). These three will give you numerous combinations for controlling suspension travel. Associated now packages all of these together (part no. 6466).
Cliff suggests that, in the rear, you start with 1.32 shafts and two .125-inch spacers, one .062-inch spacer and one .031-inch spacer; up front, use one .031-inch spacer. Don't use silicone tubing for shock-travel-limiting spacers; it will compress, and your drive shafts will eject
The information on the front shocks doesn't really apply, but the rear suspension geometry should be more or less the same.
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:49 pm
by CCC
I have a rear shock from my original RC10.
All of the seals for the shock are on the outside and held with a c clip. I forgot about that.
Here's the shaft and spacers.
It looks like a lot more than the two black spacers on the new kit. So one extra black spacer enough?
Thanks Curtis
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:32 am
by clm
... Your shock collar on the original shock is upside down
Chris
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:44 am
by GoMachV
One extra black spacer should be a good start. Try to get it close to the original shock, or around 5/8"
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:13 am
by CCC
clm wrote:... Your shock collar on the original shock is upside down
Chris
Lol, you are right. I had disassembled the shock years ago, and hastily put it back together so I didn't lose any parts. After I did all that it appears I lost the thin plastic washer that AE supplied as a seal for the end cap. The other three still have theirs.
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:14 am
by CCC
gomachv wrote:One extra black spacer should be a good start. Try to get it close to the original shock, or around 5/8"
Okay Thanks.
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:17 pm
by CCC
I measures and from the top of the piston it is .287
At 5/8 it should be .625?
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:29 pm
by jwscab
a 5/8" spacer is added below the piston. so 5/8" plus whatever thickness the piston is, if you are measuring that way.
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:39 pm
by CCC
Okay thanks.
The stoppers in the kit are not even close then. The black spacers that come with it don't even equal the size of one of the black spacers from AE 6466 replacement kit.
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:03 pm
by R/Cat
Great build so far thanks for posting. It's nice to see the parts, manual and experience of guys up close before I start the build myself (mine should arrive today!). Very helpful.
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:54 pm
by GoMachV
Wow yeah those spacers are waaay too thin. Wonder if they were going to put 1.02 shafts in and changed their mind?
Re: My build has started.
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:47 pm
by CCC
I called AE tech support. They are not aware of a problem (or at least the tech I spoke with). I am going to email them the pictures. I will pick up the 6466 kit when I get the bearings for it.
I will report back what they say.
