Green Slime?

[mikegigabyte]

So I complained to horizon hobbies about my shocks leaking from the o rings, they said to use green slime. So I got some but how exactly should I use it. I assume I must again take the shocks apart and drain the oil. Do I need to clean the o rings with anything, the shock shaft? I dont want to do this wrong, or have to do it again. Any suggestions.

 

[flm_savage]

i believe you just coat the o-rings with it. its thick and gooey and should help stop your leaks.

 

[abadk9420]

O would start with fresh O-rings and oil to be safe, When I used it on my Losi crawler shocks I put some on each o-ring before installing them into the cartridge, I also put a little more on the opening that I was sliding the shock shaft through and a little on the end of the shock shaft that was being pushed through the cartridge. I am not sure what shocks you have but my past experiance is that most shocks seem to leak a little, Hope this helps.

 

[mikegigabyte]

I have the mrc, with losi threaded shocks. They have always leaked at the o rings so I found some brand new replacement o rings installed in the endcap, so I carefully had everything clean when installing them, 2 hrs later they were wet around the o rings. Basically they are brand new so I will just reuse them. I'm just so pissed they leaked I contacted horizon hobbies and they recommended the green slime.

 

[slowngreen]

They leak because their Losi's. Thats just something the majority of losi crawler shocks do, mini or 4".

 

[robmob]

Green Slime should be used on all o-rings. I use the stuff in shock and diffs no matter what scale I am working with.

I have never had a Losi shock leak after I rebuilt one using Green Slime.

 

[mikegigabyte]

I've never had shocks leak before 10 years ago when I was into rc cars, so I was shocked to see new ones leak. Maybe the quality of these parts have gone downhill over the years and everyone just lives with it.

 

[hamz9561]

Losi shocks are the only ones I have ever found that really leak. All of the others don't leak after using Green Slime.