Originally Posted by jimjav

Hi everyone,

I've just bought a second hand s411. It's my first TE. My s411 came with a 48p spur, as I'm going to run 10.5T blinky as I'm going to change to 64pwhat spurs can I use? I have some kawadas, but they don't work. Will the Xray ones work? and the K factory ones?

Regards

Originally Posted by JamesReilly

I'm sorry but expecting a delrin part to hold up to the torque reversals that the outdrive goes thru is impossible. Even the Xray delrin ones break and they offer aluminum outdrives to stop the breakages, you however have to replace blades all the time. So there is no perfect answer.

Originally Posted by Johnny Wishbone

Jim I thought I had this issue fixed a couple times now but the rack still seems to move every once in a while. Even after locktite the bearings they seem to work their way loose. I think Serpent should re-do the rack with a shoulder in the lower pocket for the bearing to rest on and then use a flanged bearing on the top, but since that isn't happening, here is what I did.

The spare washers that come with the Xray car for the shock build, the real thin ones that are big diameter, just slightly bigger than the bearing diameter of the steering rack bearing, I use those with a brushed motor shim washer. So its the screw, the big washer, the shim washer, and then thru the bearing. Use some blue locktite on the screw, this will prevent the rack from moving up and the lower arms should keep it from falling down. Its not perfect but it works.

Oh and I did some back to back testing of the 2.25 versus the 2.50 chassis and "Numb" is the perfect description and also the 2.50 seems to plant the car a little better, no appreciable time differences between the two. If anything the 2.5 felt a little more predictable on turn in on high speed corner.

I also took a straight edge to the 2 chassis I have, and although the 2.50 is flat, much to my dismay my 2.25 chassis seems to be wavy making it very difficult to set consistent ride height. Its about 0.04mm out in places.

Originally Posted by Johnny Wishbone

I also took a straight edge to the 2 chassis I have, and although the 2.50 is flat, much to my dismay my 2.25 chassis seems to be wavy making it very difficult to set consistent ride height. Its about 0.04mm out in places.

Originally Posted by Johnny Wishbone

I also took a straight edge to the 2 chassis I have, and although the 2.50 is flat, much to my dismay my 2.25 chassis seems to be wavy making it very difficult to set consistent ride height. Its about 0.04mm out in places.

Originally Posted by Johnny Wishbone

The spare washers that come with the Xray car for the shock build, the real thin ones that are big diameter,

Originally Posted by Benzaah

My Le kit is tweak free until I put on the sway bars.



http://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/pro...%20%20%2810%29

Are these the washers you mean?

Originally Posted by xtaiji

I had Xray and no problem there, but serpent's break too easy compare to Xray's. I hope serpent's have same strength xray's. :-(

Originally Posted by pcar951

Thanks for the tip on the steering rack issue Gary, seems like a good fix for now. Does the rack typically only move upward or will it also drop and cause binding?

I'll be putting a straight edge on my 2.25 chassis' tonight!

Originally Posted by MarcusEngdahl

Welcome too The Club mine 2.25 is also tweaked right out of the box ;/

Originally Posted by Benzaah

My Le kit is tweak free until I put on the sway bars.



http://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/pro...%20%20%2810%29

Are these the washers you mean?

Originally Posted by Julius

0,04mm???? That's awful! No way you could drive that

Originally Posted by Johnny Wishbone

I could get the tweak set, but getting ride height was tough. it was like I had rake build into the car, where the back was higher than the rest of the car. The surface is more like a wave than a twist, with high and low spots thru the length of the chassis.
LOL