Jmuck69

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Will there be a B4 Garolite pad for the B4 and not the extra big SC10 4X4? Also, how do the 2 stage pistons work?

916bdogg

the old white pads and the new vented plates make for a great Combo !!!

Jmuck69

iTrader: (14)

Why is that? Do the old pads not glaze over like a doughnut?

916bdogg

Yep . WHITES

Oso Negro

I'd try anything that keeps me from having to sand my slipper pads every other race day.

It really messes up my fingertips.

I could get away with doing it less often, but I hate it when the slipper feels less than perfect.

Ryno B4.1

iTrader: (4)

Just look at the bright side. If it messes up your finger tips/prints that much you can go rob a bank and buy as many slipper pads as you want. LOL

ANiznik

what i do is keep a old spur gear and a sheet of 400 grit sand paper, then put the slipper pad in between the two and hold down the sand paper while moving the spur with the slipper pad in between the two. that way your not sanding your fingertips. it only takes a matter of seconds per side of the slipper pads! wish i could take a picture of it, hope u get the idea. oh and yes u will be sanding a little off the outer section of the gear, thats why u use an old gear. pretty much the same process as sanding diff rings using a old female outdrive to hold the diff ring in place while sanding!

t4mania

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Emailed JConcepts about doing hex wheels for the B4 & they said yes but it will be a while. Don't really understand why so long as they always seem to be right on top of things AE does to their vehicles.Anyway thats what they told me.

Jmuck69

iTrader: (14)

I did the same thing. Hex dish wheels will be coming out along with Inverse style wheels sometime next year.

Read this post...

http://www.rctech.net/forum/9633171-post4248.html

Jason testing the Inverse wheel at a Florida race.

Oso Negro

Thanks for that tip!

I do the same thing you do with the diff rings so I don't know why it never occurred to me to try an old spur for the slipper pad. I imagine the more you use that old spur the better it gets for sanding a slipper pad too.

Wild Cherry

Should not have to so offen, I have not even touch my slipper in a month or more cept to adjust.

Using Yellow pads,4.1 spring & new vented slipper plates.....

Oso Negro

Just to clarify: I don't have to, I just choose to. I don't like any glazing on my pad at all. I am actually trying to do it less often.

Wild Cherry

The pads don't need to be sanded like you are doing so offen , just adjustment which should be checked after every few runs....

GuiltyByAssoc

iTrader: (6)

Most of the setups I've seen the pros tend to run weights in the rear of the car, whats the rationale behind it? Wouldn't that just make the car go nose way up on jumps?

Jmuck69

iTrader: (14)

With lipos the weight is reduced and need to add weight back in. It also helps settle the car and make it more predictable. I tried running the b4 w/o ballast weight and it's a handful. I think with time you could run the car w/o the additional weight with a different setup, but it's easier just to add weight.