My son 8yrs old got a new rustler bout a week ago, so yesterday we took it on some dirt with about a 5ft dirt jump, after about 4 jumps his rear shock cap came off the shock. Shock oil everywhere. Nothing broke however I lost the rubber boot that's inside the shock. Seems the cap just pulled apart from the shock. Is this common?
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Snook Man
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Very common with the stock plastic ultra shocks.
Aluminum caps will help, Big bore shocks are a better option.
Aluminum caps will help, Big bore shocks are a better option.
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Id get shocks that have aluminum shock bodies as well as caps if your gonna be punishing it.....and it deserves to be punished! hehehe
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Powerstroke shocks from Proline is a solid choice and RPM for shock towers. RPM is guaranteed for life against breakage with free replacement. Wish RPM made a whole truck!!!!
From what I've heard the Proline Powerstrokes are better but they are also more expensive, in an earlier post you said you wanted to keep the price down, I would just get the Traxxas Big Bores from E-Bay. The Traxxas are just below $50 and the Proline will be just below $80.
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MudSlinger33
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The big bores are a great shock for the price, very durable and really smooth.
