Should I add oil to lubricate them? I know it will leak but should I still do it?
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These are vintage reds, i currently don’t have any shock lube right now.Kyosho reds are oil shocks. There will be very thin seals under the caps around the threaded part of the shock body.
Get some shock lube like Green Slime or Losi shock o-ring grease and put on the o-rings in the lower end around the shaft.
The vintage reds are oil shocks. They are anodized aluminum right? There are o-rings around the shaft in the lower cap to seal the oil in. If you run them without oil, you are going to wear those o-rings out.These are vintage reds, i currently don’t have any shock lube right now.
Nope, plastic, i am putting oil in them to see what happens.The vintage reds are oil shocks. They are anodized aluminum right? There are o-rings around the shaft in the lower cap to seal the oil in. If you run them without oil, you are going to wear those o-rings out.
Not those, mine are plastic black body. Is yours a new one?
I got a Kyosho Raider ARR, not pro, maybe that’s why.2014 re-release. But even the 1986 model had these shocks on it.
Yeah, i am testing the oil, though.Well, you can put a little grease in there if you want. So they are air shocks?
Yea my kyosho pro X shocks are oil filled. Need oil in shocks for damping and lubrication.. If the shaft get really dry with no oil the springs will have a hard time rebounding.. but they also use a different oil thickness scale. Then the USA oil wt. Scale.. I run. 30wt in my Pro X...Yeah, i am testing the oil, though.
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