Apex

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Anyone know the height difference b/t the short and normal neck ball studs?

syndr0me

iTrader: (32)

You might also consider looking at the ends of your axles and see if they're catching on the boards and causing a snag. A few people have reported this, and the axles are a bit longer than other cars. It seems a problem like that may be more or less of an issue depending on the wheels you use, and the boards at your track.

mojoman

iTrader: (11)

The hieght of the ball studs will change your camber gain or bump steer. Where long necks will give you more gain the shorter will give you less gain. A minor adjustment to make when you don't want to change your camber or steering linkages.

L.Fairtrace

iTrader: (24)

Maybe Todd or someone can give you an exact answer but when I caliper the 2 different ballstuds there seems to be about a .75mm or .030 difference in the 2. Thats what I have always used as reference when comparing anyways.

hamster778

Many thanks there for the plug. cheers

yeah that one of the reasons i started doing my page, as i couldn't find any setups any where,

If any one has a setup they would like hosted, feel free to send it in

[email protected]

Cheers

Tim

RussB

the aluminum castor blocks on that site are not the same... if you look closely at the latest revision of castor blocks that started coming with the jrxs, you will see there is a chamfer on the leading and trailing edge of the castor blocks. this is for spring clearance. the xxx-s had different shock angles and did not need these chamfers, but the jrxs and type-r DO.

aluminum castor blocks will only lead to breakage of something else, probably something more expensive. it's possible that the ea3 blocks that came in the kit were not right, the graphites have held up a lot better for me. they will still break in a bad crash, but a simple tap won't be a problem. the graphite material seems to "stay together" better when cracked as well, i've finished a few races with cracked blocks and didn't really notice the problem till i was in the pits.

syndr0me

iTrader: (32)

Yea, I actually did find a graphite one that was split on its seam during routine maintenance, but it never broke, and didn't cause a DNF. They seem pretty tough. I'll definitely stick with graphite going forward.

Fastforward

iTrader: (5)

How many washers do you have to use to make a noticible difference with Anti-Squat? I had the front blocks flipped over but I am wondering if that is too much.

Any help will be appreciated.

BBB

Apex

iTrader: (51)

Thanks Larry!! I bought a bunch of the short neck titanium ball studs and don't want to have to buy the std\long neck ones when I can just shim out the short neck studs .75mm to get the right height. I don't have digital calipers so that's why I asked the question.

L.Fairtrace

iTrader: (24)

You can use the losi .030 gold washers to make up the difference. One washer should be really really close. No problem.

Mike Haynes

iTrader: (2)

Sounds right to me

J@UNE

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Flipping the block seems a lot to me. In my case, I used .060 shims (about 1.5mm)
I wanted to get rid of the tire sqweeling when I was entering a corner off power... I did helped a lot.

Now I just changed the shim with .030 and used the #1 hole in the front tower (instead of #2). It didn't felt right using that shock position when I was using the 15F/12.5R spring combo but now that I swich to 17.5F/15R It may be better. I will see how it work on the track later this week...

J@UNE

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I replaced the layshaft with the JRXS one. Like Jeffb stated, Its 4mm from one end to the other. Now I push on the spur, it bend but dont affect the gear mesh like before. After two practice nights and several crashes, my spur is still in good shape.

I know It sux to have heavier componend on the drive train but now I can afford to hit walls without ending the race with the sound of a TL01...

Here what it looks like with the bigger shaft.

vabroom

J@une, if those are aluminum screws on that top deck, a hard hit in that area can easily shear off the screws. Leaving you with the main body of the screws still inside the bulkheads. A very expensive repair and/or replacement.

smojoe

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what batteries have to tried, clearance wise? aka, do the orion 4800's fit? I believe losi took out material because of battery clearance but I am not 100% sure.