Finalist

My CE kt's ball cups were fantastic. They were as free as can be. They've done something recently.

Gearhead82

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I got my CE kit yesterday and have it about half way assembled. My steering assembly feels somewhat "notchy" when moving it by hand. It kind of catches a little bit in a couple places when cycling it back and forth. I even added a drop of Tri-Flow to each pivot point. Even if I back off the screws until there's some slop it still isn't very smooth. Is this normal, or do I need to look into it some more?

RcJunky76

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I'm thinking I got a bad batch from the first set. I've heard and seen reports of some getting smooth in the newer kits. I emailed and hope to have something figured out soon.

Interesting..
My kit is smooth in every point till I connect the links. I've never seen them this tight before.
I hope you figure out your binding and when you get to the ball cups yours are smooth.. I suggest building one and checking before you build them all..

Finalist

My CE steering assembly was odd. When I first built it the whole thing wanted to pivot to the left as if a spring was pushing it there. It would not settle in the center - given it does have the weight of the one side with the servo link ball stud there is a little bias, but it was a springy feeling that kept it left - not a weight feeling. I ended fixing it by making sure every screw was absolutely even with it's counterpart screw. Even a thread of difference between a left and right screw seems to throw the balance off.

Gearhead82

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Yeah I'll play with it some more. When I first put the screws in I put them in a little bit tight with the intention of making sure the bearings were pressed all the way in. Then I backed them off a little at a time to find the sweet spot but it still doesn't feel right. I wonder if I might have damaged the little raised lip that butts against the inner bearing race or something. I think in practice it will work fine but if I can't figure it out I might order replacement parts just to make myself feel better.

JC8390

Any advice for someone new to running this car and new to the class as well??

I picked up a losi 22 2.0 and ran mod buggy the first weekend. Decided I wanted to switch over to this car. Ran it this past weekend and like the car but Im planning on changing over to stock buggy now.

We're running an indoor clay track, that's pretty tight with good traction. I am running stock setup other than I had to switch to the 30 degree bulkhead because I broke the 25!

SO:

- What does the 30 degree bulkhead do to the handling?
- Is there anything I should do to the car to make the switch to stock buggy other than the appropriate motor/ esc?
- What pinion is good to start with for stock buggy?
- Any general setup advice?? Unfortunately I really don't know enough about the car to say that it needs more or less of anything. I was surprised at how much traction it had vs the Losi 22 2.0.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bubonic-X

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Motor spray

tc5 man

Il take a look at that whats the part number of the newer ones ? I have the team Factory B5M updated .

The plastic rod ends on the steering are the only ones giving me sticking issue even if i squeeze them il try to polish the metal ball end.

joncmack

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Is it sticky on the rack side? If so, have you tried removing the o-rings from the ballstuds?

RcJunky76

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For me it's a new CE kit but I don't feel these ball cups are any where close to right. After reworking them with all the tips and fixes I got them to work better but not like I would expect from a racing kit. Hope they loosen after some runs but only time will tell.
On a good note I'm basically done with the build tell I get some tires and wheels as well as figure out what system I want..

tc5 man

I'm running the stock setup on the Factory team 3 degrees anti squat/1 degree inboard toe. Defietly think i can do 2 degree anti squat on Med traction .

I thought about taking them O-rings rings off the steering rod ends seem like it would free them up its the rack side yes.

Update just took off the O-ring on the steering rack totally free the ball rods up just a tad more play but not a lot.

Matt Trimmings

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You have that backwards. It's 3° toe in and 1° anti-squat.

mblgjr

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This is correct.

RcJunky76

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I thought about this and think as soon as I have time I will pull them and see if it frees up the front.
Ordered some Barcodes in black and 2 SMC lipos this afternoon. Interested in how they work in cold weather like they claim..

lee111m

Its very track dependant, one track that is 3 hours away from me uses them to great effect in winter.