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K1 (Small Bore) Shocks+Durango springs?
Hi everyone,
I bought a K1 recently, and on arrival of the car I was surprised to see how much bigger the K1's spring diameter is compared to the Durango Big Bore springs I usually run. As a result, the Durango Big Bore springs don't fit on the preload adjuster. The TD springs have a 15.5mm inside diameter. The K1 springs have a 16mm top inside diameter, 17mm main inside diameter and 13.1mm bottom inside diameter. The bottom spring retainer is an easy fix: I'll just use a Durango cup and shock ends. As for the preload retainers, I could have someone machine it down to a 15-15.25mm diameter to make the Durango springs fit, but I'd rather find a standard part that solves it. Does anyone have suggestions/a fix for this? |
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Buy the core rc spring kits fir the k1
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MBModels - Schumacher Racing - Vapextech.co.uk - MRT - Savox - SMD |
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You could try turning the upper spring collar upside down, and then use the upper spring seat from Traxxas 3768 set.
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Core RC do some spring seats that may work, you can find them here;
http://www.rccarshop.co.uk/index.php...to-13mm-4.html Maybe you could contact Schumacher or MB Models to confirm. |
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The core collars allow schumacher big bore springs fit the old small bore shocks, they don't fit the k1 shocks as they have large collars already.
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MBModels - Schumacher Racing - Vapextech.co.uk - MRT - Savox - SMD |
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Thanks for the suggestions
Unfortunately, spending 40GBP on two spring sets doesn't fit in my budget. The Durango shocks are a bit longer than the Schumacher ones, so reversing the adjuster and add a Traxxas spring seat results in a big preload on them. I can reduce that preload by 3.5mm if I cut off the current spring seats entirely. Seems I'll just have to try it out! |
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If there is only .5mm difference in the top diameter of the spring, could you not just push the spring onto the seat?
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With my financial situation, I can't risk damaging sets of springs |
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