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General / Re: What are people's thoughts on the new Afco shocks?
« Last post by justfreaky on April 04, 2023, 06:21:27 pm »
I agree with you! First thing I thought of was how easy these will be able to be modified. I did read that the 4/2 shock had been dropped.                                                                                                   Crazy as some people think I am, there was nothing wrong with the old Carerra shocks. They were 3-way adjustable. So, there were some options.
My thinking is that it just adds more cost for us budget racers.

Steve
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General / Re: What are people's thoughts on the new Afco shocks?
« Last post by Racer47 on April 04, 2023, 02:12:33 pm »
From what I've seen and been told.... the 4/2 shock is not available now and may never be. Thats a #4 compression and #2 rebound. Bilsteins are roughly 3/3. These are basically Afco series 16 shocks https://www.speedwaymotors.com/AFCO-16-Series-Custom-Racing-Shock,65922.html The top screws off. There's only a sticker on the screw off cap which will be worn off by the spring anyway. I'm guessing that these will be apart and custom valved immediately by some. They are going to very difficult if not impossible to police. And I don't think this is going to be a small advantage. I'm afraid that its going be turned into a slighly lower cost version of penske super late shocks. I would have rather stayed with Bilstein or a similar welded, sealed, non take apart shock.
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General / Re: New Inex rear axle housing issues
« Last post by justfreaky on March 17, 2023, 02:10:17 am »
Do look at the sticky topic about what parts these cars are using.
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General / Re: New Inex rear axle housing issues
« Last post by justfreaky on March 17, 2023, 02:01:55 am »
Larry,

Not all housings come from USLC. That aside, I hope it doesn't take you dealer long to get a replacement. You can't buy these Toyota parts new. They come from old Toyota Celica's, Corollas and Corona's. Same with rear brakes, front hubs and such.

Where are you going to be racing?

Steve
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General / Re: New Inex rear axle housing issues
« Last post by lemtracy on March 16, 2023, 06:01:36 pm »
Thanks Steve
we are new to Legends cars as this is the first one and we were doing some chassis updates and decided to replace the rear housing because the old one was cracked and had been welded once already. This morning I called the dealer where the housing came from and he is checking with USLC(that's where the housings come from)to see if they had had any issues but i have not heard back yet.

thanks again
Larry
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General / Re: New Inex rear axle housing issues
« Last post by justfreaky on March 16, 2023, 12:30:23 pm »
Larry,

Best of luck. Let us know the outcome of your issue.

Steve
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General / Re: New Inex rear axle housing issues
« Last post by lemtracy on March 16, 2023, 08:35:37 am »
Steve, Thanks for the reply, Yes the housing was bought new from a reputable dealer a month ago, The 3rd member isn't even in the housing I was checking to see the depth so I could put the seals in it when I ran into this issue. I will call them today and see what they say but I think the only fix is another new housing, I would say USLC has a run of bad housings with mis machined flanges on them.

Larry
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General / Re: New Inex rear axle housing issues
« Last post by justfreaky on March 16, 2023, 02:37:18 am »
Hi Larry!,
One reason that this could happen; Is first, did you get your housing from a reputable dealer, or just buy it from a private party?  Reason I bring this up is because some people advertise their junk as good usable stuff. I will also mention the straightness of the axles. Not that this may be the cause of your problems if your axles are straight; But because some people don't keep track of these things until it has damaged the housing, or whatever part. Then they sell it off as spares or good, usable parts. This happens in all types of racing.

Steve
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General / New Inex rear axle housing issues
« Last post by lemtracy on March 15, 2023, 10:27:06 pm »
Ordered a new rear axle housing and when I went to put the axles back in it the bearing wouldn't go into the housing, I measured the OD of the axle bearings with a micrometer and both measured 2.865/72mm and set my dial bore gauge to that dimension then checked the housing where the bearing goes, on the left side the bearing bore is out of round plus .0025 to small one way and .001 to small the other way on the right side the bearing bore was round but ID of the housing measured the same as the OD of the bearing. Has anybody run into that issue and if so what was the solution? It was to late in the day to call the Legends dealer where the housing came from so I will try to call tomorrow.

Thanks
Larry
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General / Re: What are people's thoughts on the new Afco shocks?
« Last post by justfreaky on March 06, 2023, 01:00:36 pm »
Hi Randy.

Our dealer is still waiting on the shocks as well. I was not aware that one of the choices had already been removed. I would be interested in the outcome of the shock dyno tests.

I agree that there are still a lot of questions. I still have a box full of the old Carrera shocks. (LOL!) The switch to the Bilsteins at least didn't have the price sticker shock! There are plenty of people with racks of the Bilstein shocks as well that have been dyno tested. I don't think that we will ever get away from people having their shocks tested to gain a small advantage. Shocks are more of a fine-tuning device. So, people will still have to be on their game for the initial setup of their cars.

There will certainly be a significant influx of money to USLC/INEX! Increased costs are going to hurt the budget racers, such as myself. There are already people dropping out and selling off due to the higher costs and inability to get tires. I am still not sure where I am going to come up with the extra money to buy new shocks. But I will continue to try to stick it out as long as I can.

Thank You for your input on the situation!

Steve
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