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Old 17-11-2012
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Default supastox axle float

has anyone found play in rear axle?

if you have ive used 4 of the 6 spacers in a packet of AE spacers made for the rc12 rear axle 'axle shims' and its now perfect
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Some axial movement of the rear axle is normal and does not seem to hamper performance. Some of us shim and some of us dont...... no real difference. I know it doesnt 'feel' right though.
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nooooooooooo all that extra gram of weight lol.....

i havent shimmed mine, seems ok with a little float.
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Schumacher do à shim kit
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Schumacher do à shim kit
Thought they would ;-)
Why sell it exact, when you can sell a shim kit as well
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hahaah yeah more money to be made ha

i like it to be just right cos im a bit of a perfectionist

it does make axle bearings feel a lot smoother tho now its literally perfect
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Thought they would ;-)
Why sell it exact, when you can sell a shim kit as well
simple most solid axle cars are shimmed up
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i recently got a SS and has a diff, and 2 purple shims/spacers, no slop at all.
LOVE the car by the way. New class to me and truly awsome car....
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i recently got a SS and has a diff, and 2 purple shims/spacers, no slop at all.
LOVE the car by the way. New class to me and truly awsome car....
yeah sorry my fault its with my standard axle......put my diff on the car and perfect. should have elaborated that
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