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02-28-2009, 10:12 AM

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wheel hop

does anyone else have wheel hop when they spin through 1st and 2nd?
also it seems i can hear a vibration or loud bearing noise.(not loud but i can hear it)

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02-28-2009, 10:21 AM

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Stiffer sways seems to help......Turbo makes it much worse

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02-28-2009, 02:30 PM

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Your launching it too hard.

You can easily damage the rear end doing this.

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03-02-2009, 08:22 PM

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wheel hop, shocks?

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Originally Posted by Razz1

Your launching it too hard.

You can easily damage the rear end doing this.

yah its not a fun thing, maybe that is the humming noise i can hear from the back. i think it sounds like a bearing.
will shocks help more than swaybar?

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03-02-2009, 08:30 PM

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i've got the same problem. my problem was i was launching from to low of an rpm. what rpm do you launch at.

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03-02-2009, 10:13 PM

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sway bar does help and feather the clutch a little bit when you launch to prevent from breaking something. burning the clutch is better than snapping something in the rear end...