I thought you all were crazy when you said your shocks leaked. I don't know that I read anything on this forum, but other interweb chatter had people scratching their heads. Then it happened about a month ago to me. Rebuilt the shocks with stock x-rings, and within one battery pack worth of laps, shocks were leaking ...what the heck .
I heard of people using Axial o-rings with great success, but all the online sources were out of them. I turned to HPI's 3.5x2mm offering.
Now that I have another set of shock seals to compare, I totally understand what's going on. The stock x-rings will almost slide down the shock shafts just with gravity alone. The HPI o-rings grab the shock shafts much more securely for a better seal. So far, so good . No more leaks coming from the bottom of the shocks.
I heard of people using Axial o-rings with great success, but all the online sources were out of them. I turned to HPI's 3.5x2mm offering.
Now that I have another set of shock seals to compare, I totally understand what's going on. The stock x-rings will almost slide down the shock shafts just with gravity alone. The HPI o-rings grab the shock shafts much more securely for a better seal. So far, so good . No more leaks coming from the bottom of the shocks.
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