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21-06-2015
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210 (V1) Rear shock towers breaking?
My two boys are running Durango 210's and I have now lost count of how many rear shock towers they have broke. They broke 3 at one meeting last week, I watch the cars (which are slow as they are learning) and they broke even during low speed rolls, when the car just tips over mid corner.
I'm concerned and have bought the remaining stock from MB (7 towers) but we broke another one today. Cars are running well and not breaking anything else - Just Rear towers. Its getting silly, are they all floored? I've crashed my 210 when I ran it - at far greater speed than my boys are running, and can never recall breaking one. Last edited by andys; 21-06-2015 at 07:31 PM. 
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21-06-2015
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It'll be the tip of the shock tower digging in, then flexing/breaking against the spur gear cover mounting lug. I broke ~half a dozen plastic towers, then about 3 or 4 carbon ones.
Spacing the tower out from the gear box with 1 or 2mm shims helps, makes the failures far less frequent. But you can see witness marks after big crashes...... i think it is a design flaw with the car TBH The RDRP aluminium tower is unbreakable. Buy one and never swap again. It doesn't seem to cause any problems down the line either. (There is a fairly sizeable thread on this i started about 2 years ago.......) Last edited by mattr; 21-06-2015 at 07:24 PM.
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21-06-2015
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21-06-2015
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I've heard the rdrc ones after handling due to there weight and rigidity. I would be buying the new v2 towers, the rear is much beefier, otherwise get the exotek 5mm carbon one
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21-06-2015
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I've never had a problem with the Cream carbon tower. Mind you I also run the shocks behind the tower which seems to help too.
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21-06-2015
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V1 rear towers were always prone to breaking,
Fairly sure the V2 rear tower is lower for the revised geometry of the newer backend so using that may give you epic droop unless you put the 410 shorter shock shafts on as well. I heard of people spacing the tower from the motor plate but mine always stood clear anyway, I only ever had the cream and exotec carbon rear towers and there both excellent, never broke either but changed from one to the other for differing applications.
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