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truckyeah Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2015 Posts: 23 Location: San Jose Ca
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:57 pm Post subject: Running no shocks? |
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Hello all, I have a swing axle buggy with custom tubular frame horns welded on the vw pan..
I went offroading this weekend and didn't run rear shocks because one was missing and now the camber looks to be pretty negative.
It was a great offroading trip, except the ride was very bumpy.
so my question is, do i need to run rear shocks? if so then what type.
I assume that rear shocks are necessary but the spring plates already provide a good shock already. |
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jsturtlebuggy Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2005 Posts: 4496 Location: Fair Oaks/Orangevale, CA
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:17 am Post subject: Re: Running no shocks? |
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Do you have pictures?
What kind of suspension stops do you have?
The spring plate is attached to a torsion bar which is the rear suspension, it not a shock absorber.
The shock controls the compression and rebound of the suspension. _________________ Joseph
Fair Oaks/Orangevale, CA
Elrod Motorsports
Motion Tire Motorsports
Having fun with Dune Buggies since 1970
Into Volkswagens since 1960 |
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SamT Samba Member
Joined: April 17, 2009 Posts: 1761 Location: Rule, Tx
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:42 am Post subject: Re: Running no shocks? |
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You have to get some shocks. Without them it will pound the stops on the housing and the spring plates to death. Just some cheap oil shocks from autozone are descent for cheap, they are excellent front shocks, ok rears unless you tighten the bars. Good shocks for the rear will be the kyb gas adjust for a little more money.
If you want more ride heigth (better camber) the gabriel air shocks work pretty good on the rear. If you dont want to tighten the torsion bars. |
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: Running no shocks? |
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Torsion bars and spring plates are DEFINITELY NOT shock absorbers. They are SPRINGS that will bounce. Run without shocks only if you want to join the pogo stick boyz.
The suspension should settle back into it's normal position by just a little manual bouncing in place. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
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