XT Shock Travel & Front Drive's

[ImminentFailure]

So I was bashing the XT on some killer jumps this weekend. Three times I had the universal drive shaft at the diff cup end (going into the front diff) slip out on hard landings on the left front side. I couldn't figure out how this could be until I collapsed the shock until the point it bottoms out, sure as shit the drive shaft slipped out. I was able to get it back in the third time by collapsing the shock again, and just slipping it back in as i let the shock out. It only happened when landing un-level.


Anyone have any thoughts on correcting the amount of travel?


The current setup for my front shocks is stock other than I moved the mounting location on the lower suspension arms to the inside hole to gain a bit of ground clearance (stand the shock up). Could this be the root cause?


The pre-load is currently all the way down (max).


I read some threads here looking to hi-jack one for this post before making a new thread. I saw some people talk of moving the fronts to rear, then getting 5B or 5T back/fronts to go in the back???

 

[Triggerman77]

Should Be a Simple fix! Adjust your upper A Arm IN a little Bit This pulls the Dog bone in the cup a little more but Do NOT Tighten ity to much BC It will Bind (BOTTOM OUT) In The cup and cause Damage


Good luck Bro !!

 

[Triggerman77]

Also if your Going huge On the Jumps !!Stiffen Up your shocks Or Get Better Shocks !! BC they will not Last

 

[ImminentFailure]

Thanks for the reply and tip.


I'm browsing those other threads on shocks. I saw the general idea was the XT rears up front, and 5B fronts in the back, but I hate to keep the stock ones at all.


Anyone have a shock brand they have come to love, or are the ones from the 5B/5T good?

 

[zack24]

where can u find better shocks