proxpilot

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a couple of my buddies have been having trouble breaking the shock right by the exhaust header. must be on hard tail landings the shock tower flex's and pushes the shock into the header, they have had it happen a couple times a piece. just wondering if this happen to alot of people.

s-maxx-basher

do you have any piuctures of where its breaking? i doubt its from hitting the exhaust.

proxpilot

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no i dont have pics but its crushing the shock body.

Buzzbait

I had problems with my Savage 4.6, where the header was pressing against the shock and melting it. I ended up grinding down the TVP where it meets the header. This gave me more clearance between the header and shock.

You could also use a zip tie around the exhaust coupler, and run it through the TVP. This should help keep the header from moving on you.

gerwen

Just saw it happen at the track on Friday. A guy's shock shaft got melted by the header.

youie

Yeah, is sure does happen. Fortunately for me, the screw which supports the top part of the shock was the main contact point in my case and the header suffered repeated dents and eventually i had to replace it. I am thicking of cable tying hard foam between the point of contact and to overcome the problem of heat generated by the header, you can buy heat resistant cloth from a plumbers merchants and it can withstand heat upto 600 degrees celcius. It is 10 inches X 6 inches and cost around £5.