mistergrumpy
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 05:59 PM |
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Shocker Lengths
Okay I've been searching but can't reall find anything, can't sem to word it right I think. What I'm after is the length of
the shockers I need for standard chassis with GTS front bones and De Dion. Or how do I figure out what I need?
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rayward
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 06:15 PM |
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set your chassis up at the desired ride height, then measure the distance bewteen the shocker mounting bolt holes, get shocks that range approx 1-
2" either side of that figure.
hth
Ray
[Edited on 7/10/06 by rayward]
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 06:19 PM |
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Ah right. Thought there was something more complicated to it than that.
Thanks
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JoelP
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 06:49 PM |
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shocks usually are specified by their open length, and as ray says, you want about 4 inches of travel at the wheel (3" on the shock will give 4
at the wheel due to the angles). Hence if the length is 10.5" when the bones are level, get shocks that are 12" open.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 09:31 PM |
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Cheers Joel. Appreciated.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 8/10/06 at 07:24 AM |
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Std GTS shocker lengths are:
Front: 12" open, 11.25" ride height and 10" closed
Rear: 11.5" open, 10.5" ride height and 8.5" closed
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 8/10/06 at 09:37 AM |
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Thanks David. That helps. Was thinking of buying in advance you see as there seems to be a lot on EBay at the moment.
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