Originally posted by dr_hfuhuhurr
Ran my Bloody Knife this weekend for the first time and it's nice but fragile.
I broke in 1 race day:
2 side links
2 side link balls
Bent rear axle
Lost 4 screws from the car.
How do I:
1. Strengthen the side links (go speedmerchant style?)
2. Can the Axle be straightened?
3. Keep the screws in place? (replace with steel and use loctite?)
Blake
1. RPM makes side links identical to the CRC ones - but thicker. I think they are they RC10 or RC10T steering links.
2. No
3. Never heard of that - but yes. Use the lightest locktite you can find. Purple I think - not sure though.
You must have hit something pretty hard - are you running mod? I will proactivly change some of the parts on my cars to prevent bending parts in a race. The link pivot balls I change every 5 race days or so. Same with the left rear a-arm on my x-ray ( I hit the outside pipe on the back straight now and then.)