ball joint beam - torsion leaf removal

Started by laurie18, April 22, 2015, 08:34:41 AM

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laurie18

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In the past I have removed torsion leaves from each of the front beam tubes to soften (but not lower) the front end of a buggy. For some reason I now can't remember how many, I think it may have been just the narrowest top and bottom leaf but not sure if this will be enough. Any thoughts? It is a Manx this time round.I would prefer to get it right first time rather than by a process of trial and error.
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laurie

grissley

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I,ve never run with less leaves , its the shocks that are the problem with having a soft ride, std boge oil shocks give best results.
test ! take your shocks off and see how easy it is to push the front down its usually very easy to push down. if not its either your ball joints or bearings in the beam.

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I always remove all of the thin leaves, the spring rate is way too strong after such a weight reduction. There are two packs of x3 thin leaves in each tube, you can safely remove them all. No cutting and re-packing is required on a ball joint set up. WHS^^^ about oil damped shockers. Standard Boge or Cofap are fine.
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laurie18

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Thanks will be going with Boge oil shocks and pulling out the thin leaves.

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