The clips in the bag are the front shock or rear down travel limiters, fuel tubing works great as the up-travel limit material.


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Ah, sweet.

ThunderbirdJunkie will continue to use them as uptravel limiters until they fall out. He hates unscrewing shock ends:lol:
Question:
Has anybody successfully bolted a 1/8 motor into one of these?

When they bind up do they make a crunching noise?

Dunno, never noticed it.

REAR CRUNCHING NOISE
 

I was having the crunching noise after my build coming from the rear diff/rear slipper area. For 4 days sitting on the stand after putting in the electronics&I could not figure out what it was. It would make the sound as I accelerated on the trigger.
I took apart the whole rear of the car and took apart the diff. Everything seemed fine, so I put everything back 1 screw at a time, while running the motor connected to the slipper/diff, to see if the noise continued. After the whole process the noise went away&it sounded fine. I never found out what the noise was, but i figured it was binding of the rear transmission.?.? So i am keeping all the screws holding the rear diff/motor plate snug only/not tight!!
U definitely have to take the rear apart&rebuild it.

GL
THX

hey guys ive just brought a sidewinder 4600kv brushless combo what pinion should i run on it

same thought here. I do not think it has any to do with uptravel bla bla bla.
becouse the wobble will be there with stock setup aswell. so it is a design flaw.

I also leave it for what it is. but because of the wobble I need to refill the diff much more often, and that is not a easy task

If there a wheel hex adapter for this truck to use 1/8th scale tires?

Your SOUND could have been one of the screws holding the motor plate onto the rear diff, binding on the slipper just a little bit.

the first time i put mine together, i had mine too tight and it wouldn't move without some loud noises, i loosened the slipper off. looked at the metal pad and saw a gouge in it, so i put the screw in looser and its all good now.

Could someone please explain to me how adjusting roll centre fixed the trucking wanting to traction roll on fast sweepers.

Would i just add roughly 3-5 mm spacers under the inside camber links front and rear.

could i also stand my shocks up a bit. to allow them to have more leverage on the arms.

any help would be appreciated. If you could please pm me a response that would be better, as its a little hard to check this thread often.

thanks.

I guess lack of sleep makes ya loopy. it was my pinion gear. :lol: I fixed it but I still hear it skip a couple teeth. The mesh is hard to set, 1 too hair close and its binding. Oh well for the most part problem is fixed. Now to have fun with this thing!

Someone sent me a pic of an 1/8 castle motor but the chassis was really cut up

I have the 1415 in which is more than enough power and you can still move for pinions

I was at 3.5 mm. And backed it off to 3. But like everyone else said. It's based on your track surface and your equipment

So I am looking at getting one of these. Everyone at my local track has the Losi, and I want to be different. Has anyone noticed and major wear items yet, and what has a tendency to break first? Also has anyone had a hard time getting a 550 motor to fit in the truck? Also would their be enough room on the electronics tray to make a RX8 fit without any problem? Thanks for the input!!

I haven't broke anything. I guess it all depends on how clean you run. 550 motors will fit. I'm running the 1415 castle 4 pole and it fits with a little sanding. But it's bigger than the 550 cans. Great truck so far.

What I found! Problem for my truck was Arms hitting out-drive and putting pressure forcing drive cup into non-normal rotation angle, Inside I found shim washers grooved and concave from sun gear drive pin digging into them and almost dry, I did fill them with 5k during built and greased the orings. My fix was to turn down 1 mm off new outdrives, I also added another thin shim washer to the mix, grease new o rings real good, diff cases were fine, was expecting the bushing casting to be deformed, all good, now I have spares. I used fuel tubing as up travel limiters and it works as intended, I cut mine 8 mm and put on Cavalieri setup and truck handled great, could not tell up-traveled was limited, I did run down a Losi on the last lap. Front end was minor as only dog-bones rubbed in out-drives, fuel tubing all around.
This was the only problem found, Shes a keeper.

:nod:

top shims are from front diff, 2 damaged ones are rear.