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Bent Skids (RC-Solutions vs railroad tie)

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Just thought I'd post a couple shots of my front skid that I bent today. You will notice, the integy bulkheads bent quite a bit too... At least the skid will pound back out (I hope).

I hit a railroad tie that was sticking out of the ground about 2 inches upon landing at almost WOT. The truck did about 4 flips in the air, but it's still drivable. My engine slid forward some and is now grinding the CB bolt into my transmission case... I can't let it idle, it dies from the extra drag.

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ouch.I ripped my whole front right tire off broke top bottom A-arm and a bulk head. it sucked
 
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WoW... That had to be some shot.... I would also check all your screws on the chassis. I bet you'll find a few sheared off from impact.. Damn..
 
Ouch!
Ill almost bet that if you didn't have the rubber baby buggy bumper installed behind the skid that the damage would have been much less. The bumper wasn't able to flex and do its job properly. The RCS Skid is designed to absorber the impact. If you look at how its bent you will see it tried to flex but wasn't able to resulting in the damage you see.
 
I want to believe you, but I can't... I did run without the rubber thing for a month or so. I hit a tree and it completely trashed the front end. The rc-solutions skid folded up like sheet metal and smashed my al bulks completely to where it wasn't even drivable. At least this way, it's still driveable, just ugly. But my trucks start out pretty ugly anyway.

As for sheered screws, I looked and couldn't find any. I have a few that are bent, but not sheared. I'm going to order a new set of acncm bulks sometime this week. They are pretty cheap and can take a pretty good beating. I would prefer GA's 7075 bulks, but I can't afford them.

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Ouch!
Ill almost bet that if you didn't have the rubber baby buggy bumper installed behind the skid that the damage would have been much less. The bumper wasn't able to flex and do its job properly. The RCS Skid is designed to absorber the impact. If you look at how its bent you will see it tried to flex but wasn't able to resulting in the damage you see.
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Nice! I know I've seen it somewhere, but how did you get those baloons around your springs? If that is what they are.
 
They are shock socks made out of Lycra. Ok, they call them shock "boots".

You can find them here: Shock Boots

To make installation easier, you obviously take the springs off the shocks. Then I wrapped electrical tape from one end to the other, with just enough overlap to not create any gaps between the spring coils, then I just slid them on. I cut mine a little bit as the extra they give you is too much extra, but I guess it's better to have them to long, than to short. Once you have the boot on, you grab an end of the tape and pull while spinning the spring. It worked pretty slick. The first one I put on without doing it and it took me at least 4 times the time.
 
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I think I saw a trick in a mag. or somthing where they uses a baloon to do about the same thing. Can't ramember it exactly though. It's been a while. They do look sweet!
 
They are definitly worth the time, $ and effort. My shocks have yet to be rebuilt and I've run them on both my savage and my maxx in sets of 4. I have about 6 gallons through the set that are on the savage and about 4 on the ones that are on the maxx. I took a couple apart not to long ago just to see how well they work, there wasn't hardly a spec of dirt on the shafts.
 
Ouch, that was a solid hit! Nothing is indestructable, but you should be able to pound that out.
 
I intend to, but I'm awaiting new bulkheads before I take it apart. I'm fairly certain that if I take it apart now, I won't be able to get it back together. The bulks are pretty mangled... I don't think my new bulks will show up until next week, so I'm going to hobble it along this weekend or not drive it.
 

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