Droop Setup

[JerseyCrawler]

New to RC Rock crawling and was wondering if some of you Droopers out there have any suggestions on how much of the lower half of the shock is exposed . I am runnin a 50wt oil atm and a internal light spring but i feel the shock is too compressed and i see none of the piston at all if anyone has feedback or suggestions that would be a big help thanks

 

[uberalles]

fuel tubing should do the trick


i went back to almost a stock set up, semi droop

the full droop caused me to bottom out to much

 

[coolkidjf7]

By lower half of the shock do you mean the shaft? It shouldn't show unless your flexing. I am confused by the piston part too, the piston is inside the shock body and isn't visible unless the shock cap is removed...

 

[JerseyCrawler]

Shaft

Yes i mean the shaft part of the shock is completely inside the body of the shock i am runnin a 1/4 inch of fuel tube on the bottom for a bump and some clearance but i feel that is too much fuel tubing. And to reply to the other one what is a half droop setup and how does that work

 

[coolkidjf7]

Half droop uses spring both above and below the piston, helps on clearance but still give the low CG of droop. It works quite well if setup correctly.

 

[JerseyCrawler]

thanks for all the help ill post some pics soon

 

[Trike Kid]

I have mine sitting so the links are level, just a small zip tie around each shock shaft right now. Seems to work pretty well but I ran out of battery and time before work to test it on my real rock pile. Currently no internal springs as they haven't arrived in the mail yet and I need to bum some oil from my buddy to do that anyway. I did drag belly a bit, but that doesn't bug me.