F. Alonso

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I use a butane powered Soldering Iron and it works great. Completely cordless and only requires lighter fluid to run. You can pick them up from Jaycar if you are interested Brainteased.

BrainTeased

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requires lighter fluid to run?
how much are they simon?

F. Alonso

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Yeh, it's made from Portasol. I got the Super Pro kit. Great Iron which can be used in sooo many ways. You can cut rope, use it as a blowtorch (blue flame looks nice) and all sorts of stuff. Check it out. Not sure on price, I got mine wholesale.

BrainTeased

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oOo i see its sort of like a blow torch!!! ill check out jaycar some day! still haven ttouched my evo 4 from step 7 last nite!! im so lazy!

F. Alonso

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Hahaha, I built mine the day I got it!! Which was Day 1!!

Galifrey

Wot Wyd said with the Q-Tip and thin cyano... Do the whole chassis along the edges and all the carbon parts...

Stops them splintering...

BrainTeased

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i've finished it today at around 2 pm ... straight away went to the tracks lol!!!

but with the current gearing its very slow for the 540.

also how much do you file off the slots? has anyone got a pic of their slots in which i can zoom in ?

Galifrey

just file a chamfer on the top, both edges, 45 degrees about half way down the slots, dont leave a sharp edge on the bottom

BrainTeased

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thanks Gailfery!!

looks like i need a bigger file!!!

Galifrey

I used a dremmel wheel the same size as a cell

BrainTeased

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understood!!! ill goto repco tommorrow and get meself a dremel bit pack

cheers
gailfrey

BrainTeased

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also guys after putting my car on a setup jig i noticed the rear toes ins are uneven!!!

left side has 2 deg toe in and right side has 3 deg toe in!
and i thinnk i now know why people complain about the small 950 bearing in the hubs.... they give too much play! you can bloody wobby the wheels so much!!! maybe coz its c hub design!
with out nitros using pivot ball suspension we dont suffer that kinda play!!! also with c hubs like that when the car goes forward the toe ins get toed out!!! making the car only approx 1 deg toe in. thats with the stock rear toe blocks A + E

Galifrey

Mine never had that much play, probably why the bearings are now shagged...

Have you used the shims?

My pivot ball suspension has no play either...

In fact the only bit that has play is the c-hub onto the front suspension arm....

overall the evo IV is quite a tight car and the balls joints have very little play compared to others I have seen/driven

hierog

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change out to the aluminum C-hubs. that helps a great deal. Also using front aluminum knuckles helps with the slop

vic