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 Post subject: how often diff and suspension silicone have to be replaced
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 17:56:05 
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hey how often you replace your diff and suspension silicones, is because when you are racing suspension and diff get a lot of heat and silicone oils loose biscosity, so how often you should replace it?

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 Post subject: Re: how often diff and suspension silicone have to be replac
PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 00:09:14 
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ok, seems to be it never has to be replace it, what a marvel of silicones. for a life time use. hope real car used those lubes on their diff too. so you never have to replace it.

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 Post subject: Re: how often diff and suspension silicone have to be replac
PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 22:44:26 
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I replace the shock oil at least two times per race. For example, before practice, and then again before the main final. Especially the rear shocks require regular maintenance since the oil will attract some dirt and dust, which will pass through the o-ring into the shock.

As for the diff oils, I know some team drivers who can run the whole racing season without a rebuild, and the diff will perform equally well as with new oil. Personally I prefer to put new oil for every race since new oil is always better no matter what, same goes for shocks - fresh oil always has more traction. Since the gear diffs will leak slightly depending on the condition of the o-ring, it will be necessary to refill them after a while anyway.


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 Post subject: Re: how often diff and suspension silicone have to be replac
PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 13:16:09 
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For every race I start with new diff oil and soch oil.

Diff I don't change for the whole weekend, unless I have to change settings. As for the shocks for sure I rebuild for the final. For qualifiers, I use to test a few options, so eventually last thing on Friday is decide what I like most and use that for qualifiers.

What's very important is to keep o-rings in perfect shape. No dust comes in and no leaks.


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