Monday , 22 April 2024

RC18 Building – Shock Rubbing

RC18 Building - Shocks Rubbing on the Shock Tower
Make sure your shocks have a free range of motion.
Shocks Rubbing the Tower
In some instances, your shocks might rub the towers, especially if you are using shocks with threaded collars. There are two ways to fix this:

1. You can shim the upper ballstud out, away from the shock tower, using .030″ shims (I use the AE Part #9630 washers). This will help, but will change the angle of the shock slightly. This should not be a problem.

2. You can shave the tower where the parts are hitting. This works great but has two downsides. One, it doesn’t look the greatest & two, you can’t do this to an aluminum tower without some sort dremel or grinder.

Once done, pop your shock back on and you should be good to go!

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