Hornet rear suspension mod - no 3rd shock needed..

[Bananasmoothie1975]

Hi, owning both original and re re Hornets, I know the rear suspension torque load problem well.

While a lot of clever thinking has gone into improving the Hornet rear suspension, I reassessed the issue from my frugal technical perspective and came up with this..

Aim: to reduce the rear suspension torque binding under load, while not impairing suspension roll or compression (as simply and cheaply as possible!).

Solution: Fishing line

Method: Secure one end of the line to one of the resistor mount screw holes (A), then pass back and under the upper rear-most screw head (B), the forward again and secure in the other resistor mount screw hole (C).

Tension until it just starts to pull on the rear shocks.

I used self tapping screws in the resistor mount holes to secure the line ends. I also backed out the rear g/box screw to get the line under the head, wrap around once, then retighten.

If you wanted to centre the gearbox anchor point better, you could make a small hole through the screw boss, so the line passes under the screw thread. I didn't bother and it still worked well.

This mod wouldn't work using a rigid link instead of flexible line, as it would resist gearbox rotation/shock compression in the desired direction as well, hence using a tension-only line.

This won't make your Hornet handle like a modern race buggy, but it WILL stop your rear suspension binding up under torque (THROTTLE!) loading.

Go on, try it, it's easy and CHEAP like me!!!!

[mongoose1983]

I like simple solutions. It worth a try!

[Nobbi1977]

An interesting thought. I will have a look later.

[taliesin]

Looks interesting. I'll try it.

[kontemax]

This is close to a 4 links set up I believe.

Max

[shenlonco]

there are a few easy ways to do this.

I glued a L shaped flat plastic on the chassis in place so that the other side is just few mm or so above the center of the housing in the center where you would connect the bottom of the 3rd shock mod and it worked great.

You need to grind the plastic L shape thinner where it rides over the axle so you can get the side to side twist.

also can just put a plastic nylon crew and nut through the chassis and let the threaded part extend out and go just above the gearbox in the center again where you would connect the bottom of the 3rd shock mod and it will work also.