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YOUR JUMPING STILTS => Setting Up & Adjusting Your Stilts => Topic started by: Jason on April 19, 2007, 10:22:55 PM

Title: Side rod adjustment
Post by: Jason on April 19, 2007, 10:22:55 PM: Bear with me this is a long one but worth trying if you feel unbalanced when jumping

I found that my right foot was kicking to one side every time I bounced two footed
Then I realised that my right knee was rubbing on the inside of the hoop

So I put a short straight edge against the ally support under the foot plate and found that the spring seemed to be to one side hard to explain but easy to try

Checked the left one and found it was well out the other way but that one seemed right so I tightened the side rods on one side and loosened the other side on the right hand PJ

This had the effect of moving the heel of the foot plate towards the inside of the spring
almost like magic I can now jump two footed easily where as before it felt very unbalanced
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: Locky on April 19, 2007, 10:29:58 PM: yeah I've found i need to adjust the rods for my right foot. Some people just seem to make do with however it comes though.

Worth playing with until u get it right, it can make a hell of a difference.
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: Jason on April 19, 2007, 10:32:47 PM: Yep it changed mine from b***dy wobbly to really solid
I've got some pics to explain better but keep getting an error message about upload folder being full
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: Locky on April 19, 2007, 10:55:29 PM: images are best uploaded to photobucket and then you insert them on the forum like this

[ img ] http://www.photobucket_address_to_your_image.jpg [ / img ]

but without the spaces :)
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: Jason on April 19, 2007, 11:01:41 PM: Thanks Ill try that but I've put some up in the past and not had any probs
Just used add ops and pointed to my hard drive
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: webmaster on May 01, 2007, 11:26:25 PM: Jason

Attachments should now work

Naz
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: Jason on May 02, 2007, 09:01:13 PM: Thanks Naz

Jason
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: mike4t5 on May 28, 2007, 10:58:28 PM: hi im kinda new to this forum iv had mine for 4 days now (its rained for 2 of then :-[) anyway iv had the same problem, i thought it was just me but now i know that its not ;D thanks for clearing things up for me

mike
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: English-tailor on May 30, 2007, 06:04:37 AM: Quote from: Uncle Matt! on April 19, 2007, 10:29:58 PM
yeah I've found i need to adjust the rods for my right foot. Some people just seem to make do with however it comes though.

Worth playing with until u get it right, it can make a hell of a difference.

I have also had to adjust my right bock and now it feels a lot better, I wish I had done it sooner
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: Sx Nutta on May 30, 2007, 09:30:11 PM: Quote from: English-tailor on May 30, 2007, 06:04:37 AM
Quote from: Uncle Matt! on April 19, 2007, 10:29:58 PM
yeah I've found i need to adjust the rods for my right foot. Some people just seem to make do with however it comes though.

Worth playing with until u get it right, it can make a hell of a difference.

I have also had to adjust my right bock and now it feels a lot better, I wish I had done it sooner

Have not needed to do that yet, but may try some minor adjustments, and see how they feel!! ;D
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: razhaz11 on June 11, 2007, 01:04:21 PM: i have no idea about this stuff getin myne on saturday....well excited! ;D
Title: Re: Side rod adjustment
Post by: Sx Nutta on June 11, 2007, 02:20:17 PM: Quote from: razhaz11 on June 11, 2007, 01:04:21 PM
i have no idea about this stuff getin myne on saturday....well excited! ;D

You will want to protect your springs with either electrical tape or a bike inner tube, and tyre socks, to go over your feet!!!