Praetor

the piece that holds the oil in fell off today (all the oil spilled out the bottom; sucked) and i dont know how to fix it. ive tried to get the "o" ring (the black one) in but to no avail. are there aluminum shocks that come with caps for the bottom? my black plastic ones have caps but they break too easily. how do i go about fixing this? i would prefer to get new shocks with caps, but only if their aluminum.

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Wide Open

i think you should switch to the alluminum ones also. what car do you have? then you can go to a provider (tower hobbies, horizon, etc.) and do a search for the replacment for it.

wave waker

well, try to disassemble the other shock so u can compare it and check what's wrong with the other one.

J_D

buy new shocks.

Praetor

those are aluminum. i have a rustler. the shocks are traxxas brand. could someone tell me what aluminum shocks have bottom end caps?

Praetor

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJJ17&P=7

see the 2 black ones in the middle? is there a tool to press the 2 ends together? i need to do that then lower the ring, compressed, back into the bottom of the shock body.

Wide Open

i have no idea how you would do that. i guess you could just try different things and see if it works.

Praetor

apparently your supposed to be able to do it. traxxas sells new o rings in their shock rebuild kits.

michelob78

Yes any hardware store should have retaining ring pliers, do yourself a favor and get a set that will do internal and external rings. In a pinch you might be able to use needle nose pliers, the really small ones. [link=http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@1591711588.1132451267@ @@@&BV_EngineID=ccgcaddgffljddfcegecegjdghldgfi.0& vertical=TOOL&pid=00947383000&bidsite=CRAFT]Retaining Ring Pliers[/link]

Praetor

thanks youd think theyd make a more easy way of keeping the thing on, but whatever.