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Long Travel BS Thread

Discussion in 'Long Travel Suspension' started by amaes, Aug 20, 2010.

  1. Sep 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
    Jon64l

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    Generally speaking, leafs dont rebound out like coil springs. The axle/wheel weight pulls itself back out. I would drop the rebound valving. I run 8s on my 1st gen with 2.5 bypass with rebound tube fully open. Not saying that is optimal, but it works well enough for me.
    15 comp stack seems a little much for a 1:1 ratio shock on a Taco. But it does matter how much you weigh and what terrain. Also what size is your short tube? .75 or 1"? Bigger bypass tubes obviously bypass more thus letting you run more valving.
    Its just a balancing game. Plus side is bypass shocks are real easy to remove and swap stacks.
     
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  2. Sep 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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    prerunner series 3.0 x 16 triple, not race so i think they are 3/4'

    They are just off the shelf King valving...
     
  3. Sep 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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    Staggered or overlapping comp tubes?
     
  4. Sep 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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    look staggered to me?

    kings.jpg
     
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    Overlapping. Thats good, you can run more valving overall.
     
  6. Sep 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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    Staggered is nice because it lets you tune each compression zone independently, but run less valving overall.
    Screenshot_20250909-185040_Chrome.jpg
     
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    I finally got bigger tires 2020 Long Travel Tacoma 1997 MAGNUM
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