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11-09-2011, 02:52 PM

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My Diff is still great. No issues. I was thinking that if you tighten it too much is it possible you are puting too much pressure on the circlip? I know there are specific ways to put it in. I am using stock balls and circlip as well. Did anybody do a apples to apples on the dimensions?

for the reason you mention, it DOES matter if one of the thrust washers is larger!! The larger of the 2 needs to be seated against the snap ring.Some of the issues people are having could be the result of using the smaller of the 2 washers against the snap ring. Combine that with having the snap ring in "upside down' so to speak so the rounded edge is the one carying the load and i can surely see where this could cause the issues some are having with the snap ring coming unseated from the groove it rests in.

11-09-2011, 03:01 PM

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Mine was just a hard flatland from about 3ft up...tower just snapped. sounds like the rear tower is breaking in pretty much the same place on everyones.

That sounds like a manufacturer defect to me, and should be replaced by Durango.

11-09-2011, 03:28 PM

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This is my finished car. Since my original body are with the painters and I am really hungry for some testing, I try to fit a JC body on it, turns out with minimal cutting, it fit quite nicely. Sorry about the color thou, that's the only paint I have left...

I know this post was a while back, but I'm curious how well it fits,like how much of a gap between the side pods and the body is there mainly?

11-09-2011, 03:34 PM

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Ill post a pic of my broken tower tonight. maybe its a weak spot and if its in the same spot, i do not see why we cant get them to change the design or material as a running change.

11-09-2011, 04:37 PM

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Mine was just a hard flatland from about 3ft up...tower just snapped. sounds like the rear tower is breaking in pretty much the same place on everyones.

Mine broke from a similar fall.

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11-09-2011, 04:59 PM

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Here is my break, look familiar? Every car has its weak spot but lets keep these coming. Oh and my bandaid that lasted a whole 5 minutes..

11-09-2011, 05:02 PM

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Mitch,
I saw two towers break at the track Saturday and both where in the same spot.

11-09-2011, 05:13 PM

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Looks like CF towers are needed. Tresrey are you listening?

11-09-2011, 05:35 PM

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Looks like CF towers are needed. Tresrey are you listening?

Tresrey? no.. this needs to be fixed by durango.

11-09-2011, 06:02 PM

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Have a couple of hundred laps on mine and yet to break anything; and I have done some crazy cart wheels. The other guy at my track broke his shock tower on the first lap . Guess i've been lucky

11-09-2011, 06:05 PM

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Mine broke from a similar fall.

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Here is my break, look familiar? Every car has its weak spot but lets keep these coming. Oh and my bandaid that lasted a whole 5 minutes..

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Yup, same place as mine broke....

11-09-2011, 06:05 PM

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I broke a tower in the same spot. I was taken out by a Slash going over a double and landed flat on the tower. Luckily the towers are one of the few spares available

11-09-2011, 06:54 PM

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Tresrey? no.. this needs to be fixed by durango.

Agreed, hopefully I won't have this bad luck like everyone else

11-09-2011, 07:16 PM

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just wondering...For those of you who are breaking rear shock towers.... are your kits from the first production run batch?

cheese-man, if you are stuck searching for RW spurs, Schumacher spurs are a direct bolt on

11-09-2011, 07:27 PM

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Thanks for the help today. I found quite a few places to get the circlips in the search. I ended up ordering from a couple different places to try some different types.

We need a first page organized like the Losi SCTE's page. Really helps to have resources like that. On this thread if you miss a couple days of not reading its like work just to catch up on info.

I also ordered a couple different thrust bearings to try also. I think I like the looks of the Schumacher one the best.