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hdrider281

hdrider281

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I put aluminum rockers and steel cv drive shafts... I tried to adjust the pushrods to the outer hole because the shafts... this is the only position that the driveshaft will stay in the sleeve. but by doing this is appears that this lowers the suspension but my question is about the shocks... they need adjustment because of changing the position of the push rods... but i read that the springs should only be tightened so much and the springs are different. anyone got any ideas?


apparently the cv shafts wont work with the rpm tru trac rear... I did get the fronts to work but the pushrods have to be adjusted to the outside of the A arm... but the rears wont so i put the original drive shafts back on the rear. and adjusted the rear push rods back to the original inside A arm hole... now the fronts... do i need to change the front springs?, adjust the front springs?, or go back with the original drive shafts ?... by adjusting the pushrods affects the ride height and the shock tension... what is my best course of action?
 
Sounds like you dont have the correct parts better do some homework.Shouldn't have to change all that if the parts are of the right sizes.
 
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I have the RPM tru trac rear and front A arms and carriers. I got alum rockers and the cv drive shafts. the drive shafts are a hair too short and dont want to stay in the pocket on the differential sides. the rear is much worse. I adjusted the fronts with the pushrods and it seems to put the shaft in a better position but it didnt seem to work with the rpm tru trac rear.

I got a revo 3.3 and its my 1st... i keep trying differnet things but looking for more input
 
I put the original rear drive shafts back on with the rpm tru trac...

1st. why do the rear wheels have a toe in facing forward? i dont see the adjustment on here but both rears wheels equally have a slight angle facing in. not leaning on one side just like its steered in
 
They need slight toe in to keep it going straight otherwise it would get squirley.:D
 
I guess that makes sense... it seems a bit to the extreme from the factory settings though... but there is no way to adjust the toe in on the rear... out of the box all 4 wheels were straight ... i put the whole new rpm suspension on and I've been playing with it ever since... its been trial and error... lots of errors , when i had it pretty damn close i hit the fence and ripped the whole axle carrier out of the ball sockets... then had to start from scratch... now i fianally getting around to installing the roll cage so its apart for different reasons and i got alum shock parts and titanium rods coming ... its gonna be killer when i get it all done... I'm noticing now that i shoulda built one from scratch instead of out of the box. but i guess the revo has a pretty good starting platform... its not hard to work on ... just got to figure out the general rules... lol
 
That's about the size of it. I almost had a heart attack when I started adding up the price of the upgrades on my Revo. I stopped counting after I doubled its price.
 

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