Fox shocks

[Freeezen]

Originally Posted by BiggJim

X1000 as everone else stated....shocks will make or break your how you feel about your LT purchase. Do yourself a favor and wait until your ready and buy it all at once so you can make sure you get the right parts. Also there is always someone selling a MTS kit to upgrade so watch the forums...just make sure you ask the right questions before you buy it used.

For those of us that don't have long travel yet, what would you consider to be the right questions to ask if we were to buy a used long travel kit? Thanks.

[BiggJim]

Originally Posted by Freeezen

For those of us that don't have long travel yet, what would you consider to be the right questions to ask if we were to buy a used long travel kit? Thanks.

one of the main questions for me would be:
Were the shocks tuned to the kit, If so is there a way for me to verify this.

example: If the OG owner bought the kit from LSR,Magnum, Cognito ect ect. If so ask that it be proven.

Trying to save a couple of buck and piecing it together will just cost you more in the long run.

Or if you buy a kit new ask if they went out and dialed in the shocks.


I have had a badly vavled lt kit and let me tell you it will make or break a LT kit.

Another good question is how much ground clearence is there at full compression.

I ended up with 2 compression fractures from jumping a rhino with bad valving and not enough clearence at full compression.

Last but not least... do your research. (example)If you find a used cognito kit with king shocks....odds are someone pieced some shiz together....go with the shocks the LT manufacture reccomends because more than likely they have have done tons of testing with with.

[LSRGreg]

well said jim!

So other questions to ask:

Are the pivot points worn (ball joints, heims, uni-balls, bushings etc)

Some of the manufacturers that jumped into this industry a few years ago, are no longer around, so you more than likely will have issues finiding replacement parts if needed. So i would stick to a well known manufacturer that is still in business if your going to go used.

Ask them how it worked, and why they are selling it. If they aren't selling it because of money reasons, than most likely they weren't happy with it, or they out grew it.

G-

[BiggJim]

Good point Greg! Also if its a kit by someone that is no longer in business if you need replacement mis-alignment or taper pins you might be up a creek. Everyone with a uni ball kit uses these and they arent all 100% the same. We have 3 different misalignments for 3/4" parts here at cognito. Not all spherical bearings and heims are the same.