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  • cgs
    Member
    • Jan 2009
    • 91

    #1

    car hopping down the track

    my car hops going down the track. what causes this? i was told too much bar angle and not enough rebound on the left rear. bar angle on the left arent drastick at all, 17* at ride hight and 32* at full drop. only use 4.25 drop. shock has minimal gas presure and 4 valving on the rebound. should i take more angle out of the bars? how about tire pressure? 10lr and 14rr is what i run. can not having a pull bar shock cause this? any input would be appreciated.
  • JustAddDirt
    Senior Member
    • May 2007
    • 1893

    #2
    4 link on both sides?
    what are bar angles on right side if so?
    do you have a chain on the RR to control drop?
    no having a 90/10 shock on car will NOT cause that problem.
    I think there should be lifeguards in the genepool.

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    • cgs
      Member
      • Jan 2009
      • 91

      #3
      yes 4bar both sides. 16* on the r.u. and 8 r.l. bar. the right side is controlled by the frame as of right now. just need to weld a bracket on the tube for a chain as i jusst replaced the rear end. ran a chain last year on the rr and had this problem towards the end of the year.

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      • cgs
        Member
        • Jan 2009
        • 91

        #4
        2.5 inches of drop on the rr from ride hieght to full drop

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        • bob75
          Senior Member
          • May 2007
          • 2814

          #5
          sounds like a bird cage starting to freeze up. or a bad bind

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          • cgs
            Member
            • Jan 2009
            • 91

            #6
            well i went thru the bircage bearings cleaned them and put new grease in them and bought bsb's new rings that go between the bearing and the collar to keep the collars off the side of the birdcage. the metal ones that hit the inner bearing race. not the old plastic ones.

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            • 3dracer
              Senior Member
              • May 2007
              • 421

              #7
              I had the same problem on a three link at the en of the year

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              • jasjenh
                Member
                • Dec 2011
                • 61

                #8
                hey stock car driver could you send me a pm on how you fixed it. I had the same problem last year but the car was pretty fast so I just left it after we tried a bunch of things. Sure feels like the crank is going to end up on the front straight some nights. lol

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                • stock car driver
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 3233

                  #9
                  Originally posted by avenger1
                  Never seen BMS cars hopping before, you must have won a lot of modified races last year if you figured that out. Wonder who told 97M what to do
                  You must not have seen 97m last year?

                  He was a hopping fool at the spring race in hays, smoke rolling off his tires at every bounce all weekend. The only other time I saw him race was at salina 5000 to win and he hopped right off the end of the track a few laps into the race and finished a place behind me....

                  Im friends with Dave are you?
                  Last edited by stock car driver; 03-18-2014, 09:59 PM.

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                  • jonnywhoop52
                    Member
                    • Apr 2013
                    • 35

                    #10
                    spring oscillating faster than shock can control?

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                    • stock car driver
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 3233

                      #11
                      Im sure avenger1 is going to enlighten us all.

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                      • stock car driver
                        Senior Member
                        • Jul 2007
                        • 3233

                        #12
                        Originally posted by avenger1
                        I was just kidding, never seen the brands of cars that win BIG races hop, and you seem to know ALL about every subject. One year and a Legend
                        1 year? I bought my mod in the spring and it sat till after july 4.. 15 nights is what I have in it.

                        Its amazing what you can learn and figure out when you look at something for the first time...

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                        • kilroy be here
                          Junior Member
                          • Feb 2014
                          • 26

                          #13
                          you accidentally get the miley cyrus shock package????? sounds like its twerking to me.... lmao!!!!!!!

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                          • cgs
                            Member
                            • Jan 2009
                            • 91

                            #14
                            what about the chain too long or too short on the left rear? or bar angles?

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                            • oldtrackchamp4x
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2009
                              • 270

                              #15
                              Don't think its bar angles or drop. I run up to 49 deg at full drop with a 2r 9c shock and don't have any hop. I tried 52 deg at full drop and got hop so don't go that much any more. You aren't running enough drop or angle, in my opinion,for that to be the problem. Also i only run that angle on dry slick tracks. JMO

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