How to make Cheap Custom Bump Stops For Your RC Truck Shocks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- Here is a cool little way to making your own bump stops for you shocks! This trick has been out since the dawn of RC trucks...Haha. However I thought it would be a great idea to show the newcomers of this hobby how to make their own, extremely cheap.
So how do you make your own Bump stops you ask? Simple, head down to your local hobby store and pick up a few inches of Nitro fuel line. The cool part about this stuff is it comes in a variety of different colors. Next disassemble your shock so that the spring, bottom retainer, and your eyelet. has been removed leaving just the shaft of the shock exposed. Spray a little WD-40 or some sort of lubricant on the shaft. This will help make the tubing slide up the shaft a little easier. The next step is too cut the desired length of the tubing that you want to use for your bump stops. You can have them any length you desire. After you made your cuts on the tubing, go a head and slide the tubing up the shaft about halfway. Then reassemble your shock absorber and that it!
The benefits of having a bump stop on your shocks are as follows.
- Less likely to bottom out over jumps
- Less damage to the shock components over time.
- Limits how far the wheel travels towards the body preventing rubbing.
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Never use pliers on a shock shaft area that travels through the O rings it can roughen the smooth finish causing abrasion on the O ring seal leading to oil leaking . You should grab at the BOTTOM of the shaft that doesnt go into the shock body during compression.
This doesnt apply if your not using oil or using friction shocks.
I wouldnt clamp the shaft this way. It could damage the shalf and cause oil leak.
Nice very old trick. We did this in the 80’s. 👍🏻 thanks for reminding me.
Great Tip
Nice tip will give it a go. Thanks
Very good will try that
Great idea!
+RC Circle agreed! Thanks for watching
I've been doing this a while now,didn't know about this little trick. Thanks for sharing.
+ZeroLimitzRC No problem!
thank that's just what I needed
Great stuff Matt. I've done this in several builds myself. Keep up the great work here. Can't wait to see how this rig turns out. Thumbs up bro! ;-)
+CodesEmpire Thanks buddy! Glad too see you around more! need to catch up on a couple of your videos actually!
Danke für die Idee ! Daumen hoch !!! Gruß aus München ( Germany )
I'm one of the old guys I'm glad you decide to do this video because URC is not around anymore
Cool idea, but def use shock shaft pliers.
Great money saver!!! I'm making a rock crawler and I'm on a budget so my tires are rubbing and I wanted less articulation thanks!!
good idea man... nice thanks
+Shahid Anwar Anytime!
Good tip, thanks for sharing
+Noeys fastrc Thanks for watching it!
cheers dude going to do mine in the morning awesome video thanks you :)
No problem glad it help!
Good idea.
great little tip thanks. I like using nitro tubing for antenna tube for my RC's that have them stick through the body when the plastic antenna tubing breaks off. I find nitro tubing is a lot more robust and can protect the antenna more.
+Adam RCAddict Yup that's definitely another great tip! I was actuality gonna cover something like that in a future video!
I’ve tried this method on my traxxas. It is a cool idea to stop it bottoming but the car bounces a lot. I wouldn’t recommend it for jumping, but it probably works on something different.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing it. Don't have any nitro trucks, but it looks like I could use some fuel tubing.
+CCxRC™ Fuel tubing is great for several different things. im gonna try and cover those other tips later on.
I wanted to lower my rustler so i could set it up for street, and I also wanted to use the gtr shocks. Im not sure if my local hobby shop only had the one length or if they only come in one length or what but i needed to figure out how to shorten the extension travel of the shock and one of the older guys at the shop gave me this same tip. However, what he told me was to put it on the shock shaft underneath the piston inside the shock body. I thought that was the dopest idea. One thing to keep in mind though is its much more important you accurately replicate the length of tubing for each side of either the front or rears since rather than length differences only affecting the car at the end of the compression stroke it affects ride height 100% of the time unless the shock is compressed. It worked like a charm the only thing to keep in mind is that if you dont change your shocks often so as to inspect how they are holding up i found mine deteriorated some number of months later when i wanted to refresh my shock build. Hope everyone takes the time to read this novel and finds it useful! lol
thanks
nice mod!
might want to put a rag in the pliers before grabbing the shockshaft...that might eat up the o-rings in the shocks...
hes never worked on anything but toys
This video should be called "How to get brand new leaky shocks"
that guy just wants to make videos!! this is a bad one..
Pretty cool! But won't this make the shock towers and a arms break easier? Think about it, if it hit a jump hard and your truck wants to bottom out, but there is no more the shocks can go, your a arms will snap right?
+Breaking rc No not at all the tubing is very absorbing. it will actually compress down some under impact acting like another spring so to speak. Its really no worse then the shock bottoming out on the spring holder on the bottom. I can see that actually being worse over time.
ok thanks, might do this to my e maxx
I used the same idea inside the shock to limit up travel and reduce ride height
+discusdog Thats definitely another great method as well!
discusdog how is that done. Was thinking of adding limit straps somehow to my Arrma Nero but it's challenging with its cantilever setup...
DUB2DY4 put a piece of fuel line on the shaft. inside the shock.
discusdog does it work? Is it safe?
DUB2DY4 yes it does. one drawback is it stiffens the shock a little as it's like adding pre load to the spring.i made my 110mm shocks into 95mm shocks.
with 15mm pieces of tubing to lower the ride height on my scx 10.the fuel line is soft so doesn't damage the internals.
fyi you should not grab the shaft of a shock it can scratch it and screw your whole shock up
What should I use then
@@gerardoescobedolobatos7498 Look for multi purpose rc shock tools. Quick internet search, and lots of options.
@@gerardoescobedolobatos7498 or use a towel to cover it.
What size fuel line tubing is that for the shocks
what is the best proline power stroke for the traxxas stampede 2wd vxl or xl 5 ?
What works even better is believe it or not lego's they are a little sloppy but the height does not change I had to use them because I make homade sheet metal body's
Wd 40 isn't a lubricant
its slippery enough for what he's doing.
What are the parts required for the suspension and shockups ? ....Reply me
great idea as I think I might do this to mine. this should work with stock shocks as well right?
Yup works on every shock ive ever tested!
My shocks are to short but trying to raise it up
yep Great tip ;-) thx👍
+RC VHX 22 No problem!
isnt thay going to scratch the shaft?
Nope its a rubber tube
I mean the tool that you used to clamp the shaft
What about the ECX barrage where everyone thinks you should remove the 'bump stops on the shocks to allow more travel...what's the deal???
I have a Traxxas UDR all stock, what lenght do you suggest I cut the fuel line for the suspension? I’m not going to bash it, just sand, gravle or snow 1foot jumps.
shock sock!!!
I was just wondering how fast the Yeti is if you could give me a ruff guess
+DA_EPIC_Bi11Y If i were to guess id say around 30-40 maybe. depending on what size battery and setup your running.
You're right.... I'm one of the "Old Guys"! We did this in the 80's it's also better than the original stops, because it's much softer. If you hit something HARD (like landing jumps), the Silicone Tubing will *give* a little, taking the harsh jolt out of the Suspension, possibly saving parts!! 👍👍😎
*ONE THING....* I CRINGED when you grabbed the Shock Shaft with those chewed up, RUSTY Pliers!!!! 😱😱😫
First, if anyone can't afford a decent pair of Shock Shaft Pliers - specially made to NOT hurt the Shafts..... at LEAST grab the Shaft at the very bottom. That way, SHOULD you scratch the surface of the Shaft, *it will be where the Tubing will cover it,* and you WON'T damage the Shaft, which will also damage the O-Ring Seals, causing LEAKS!!
You have a great Channel, and you very often put out invaluable Advice and Tips! This was the only one that I felt was truly detrimental.... I don't want people thinking that this is common on your Videos - it's NOT.
Merry Christmas, Carmine 💥 ⛽
PoorManRC Will this mod handle “big” jumps ? I have a 2WD electric traxxas slash that I jump over a cooler and it bottoms out. Caused my motor to fail. Maybe a 3-4’ jump. Thanks
@@speedfreak0920 I haven't Bashed in quite a while... It was was with a very heavy T-MAXX, which had 2 Shocks per Wheel...
But, I know that any high jump isn't good b design for any RC.
The Fuel Line Mod DOES take some of the shock out of Landing Jumps.....
A 2WD Slash has the motor in the rear, if I remember. Stiffer Springs would also be a good idea. You're hitting the ass TOO hard, it sounds like.
If someone has told you this before, putting extra preload rings on your Shocks *does not make the Springs ANY stiffer!!!* They will always be the same rate, compressed or not.
@ 1:23 Thumbs UP if you care about Bump Stop colors!!
Thanks brotha. This hack has been around since the 80s but I've never actually tried until now. My sons losi mini rock crawler just got a esc/motor upgrade, and these little rigs are known for torque twist after a certain amount of torque. Sometimes when he crawls, the axle articulation is so huge, his axle will be as high as his body, still trying to throttle out of the bind hes in. Idk how it didmt break yet but I'm guessing these bump stops are my answer. Along with some free mods to reduce torque twist. Keep them comin!
Get some swaybars
What else can I use besides fuel lines?
bubble gum!!!'
I keep stripping my Eyelets, the shock shaft just becomes loose and then my springs fly off and i need to go around look for them.
What could it be? I was told to try this but on the opposite side, inside the Shock so that the piston doesn't bottom out. I mainly bash
+Fábio Castro Either method should work. seems like to me the eyelets may just need to be replaced with something a bit beefier. What kind of shocks are you using?
I'm using Stock HPI E-FireStorm shocks.
if you're doing both, I really thing that doing one shock is NOT a option
Try to drop test bro
does anyone know how to tell if a nitro rc has been broken in
Not sure but to be a 100% sure if it’s either second hand or brand new let the engine run a full tank by itself (let it sit on a brick or box) and then run a second tank driving around slowly increasing acceleration every now and again
Work this 4 onroad to?
+Gijs Van soest yup!
And squirrel
I like to use fish tank air tube for this. It has a larger inner diameter making it easier to slip onto the shock shafts.
I must admit, I died a little when you used those pliers on the bare shaft.
+Shawn “TheSilentLurker” Kerr Yup any tubing will work great for this. and i know a few of my viewers probably did as well. I like to keep you all on the edge of your seats. lmfao!
Thanks a lot for the tip!! 👏🏽👏🏽
I've put more spacers at the upper side of the socks so the springs became kinda "pre-tensioned". I guess this may be also a way to avoid fully shocks cylinders compression, letting the springs do the hard work. I didn't see that around, just came from myself. Do you think that is a good idea as well? I will also install your bump stops!
Jus use silicone for carp rigs been doin this since 98 😉
A brand new one is really hard to remove you're going to damage Don't even think about it they're going to dementia brand new shock Just buy shock what you need for your rc
And now you have leaky shocks from the pits in the shaft. You also lost about 10mm of potential travel before bottoming out. This will cause your truck to excessively pitch
WHAT THE SHOCKS FOR TRAXXAS STAMPEDE 2 WD
thanks ratboy
if a shock is botoming out all you need here is a stiffer spring.. or you can just run the preload down some more and make it stiffer... you dont need a bump stop on a 5 pound plastic toy like this.. ever!!! the guy is completely wrong!!