FLEX and EDFC
08-01-2009, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by danvuquoc,Aug 1 2009, 07:48 AM
I know this is a post from 2 years ago, but my Monoflex driver side was doing the same thing. I thought about adding a bracket like this, but umm -- doesn't this kind of defeat the whole purpose of having a Tein tophat with a pillow ball mount since you're restricting all movement up top? This could also be bad as well...
Looking at SRC's right now.... and I have a set of flex.
Make the holes on the brackets where it mounts to the towers larger then needed.... then you can shift em around and run a big washer on top
08-03-2009, 03:11 PM
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Not quite my point, my point is, the bracket itself is stopping the pillowball mount from doing it's work. While yes you're stopping it from rotating, you're also stopping the shaft from pivoting around the pillowball, and introducing a restrictive side load on the damper shaft at the pillow ball mount area. I really can't imagine that's good for the shaft of the damper.
08-03-2009, 03:59 PM
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can u define 'restrictive side load?' i understand that holding the top of the shaft is preventing rotation, but the shaft can still spin freely inside the shock body. I dont see where the restriction is.
10-06-2009, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by danvuquoc,Aug 7 2009, 07:45 AM
I am not talking about shaft rotation. Repeat, NOT.
Your coilovers come with something we call a pillow ball, it's a spherical bearing that allows your shock rod to articulate around the mounting point of your shock mount. A picture is shown below to help me show you what I'm talking about. Without it, when your suspension compresses and it moves outward in an arch under compression, you start to bend the shaft rod. Over time this will at the very least create uneven wear/unpredictable dapening, or worse maybe some sort of failure at the seals.
Stock suspension has no such spherical bearings, instead they do have a big mushy rubber mount which allows some amount of articulation.
By putting a bracket to hold the shock shaft in place -- you are effectively turning your tophat into a solid mount with no play whatsoever. So what's going to happen when your suspension compresses and archs outward? It's gonna bend
that's the side load.
Your coilovers come with something we call a pillow ball, it's a spherical bearing that allows your shock rod to articulate around the mounting point of your shock mount. A picture is shown below to help me show you what I'm talking about. Without it, when your suspension compresses and it moves outward in an arch under compression, you start to bend the shaft rod. Over time this will at the very least create uneven wear/unpredictable dapening, or worse maybe some sort of failure at the seals.
Stock suspension has no such spherical bearings, instead they do have a big mushy rubber mount which allows some amount of articulation.
By putting a bracket to hold the shock shaft in place -- you are effectively turning your tophat into a solid mount with no play whatsoever. So what's going to happen when your suspension compresses and archs outward? It's gonna bend
that's the side load. 
