Mine is a first batch, and short of a machining flaw that had to be fixed to even assemble the slipper... it works ok.

Remove one of the slipper pads and see if that outer plate slides on further than the thickness of the pad or not. It may be bottoming out on the round part of the shaft. If this is the case then you can add shims to the slipper bearing, this gives the outer slipper plate more room to move before bottoming out.

I'm planning out my electronics for my upcoming SC10 4x4, I definitely plan on running a 540 motor (and probably doing the saddle pack mod as well). What have you guys found to be the closest equivalents to the 550 sized motors? I want the general power/speed of a 550 4.5, I'm stuck between a 5.5 or 6.5 540 motor (I do plan on running a 13mm rotor in whatever I go with). What do you guys think would be comparable to a 550 4.5?

I think mine is doing that on the front right CVA, by limiters you mean those red washers?

@xtraman22

I love my Castle 1410 3800.

Very smooth, and once you do the torque testing it becomes EVEN SMOOTHER!
Obviously, on a Castle ESC (I run the MMP)

Plenty of low and mid-range power, falls short of top-end power, but not really necessary unless you run on a very open track. In that case you should've chosen the Losi in the first place :lol:


People say the TenShock has more top end power, but I'd rather have the high RPM range under control. And if the track requieres it, overgear the Castle a little bit and get that extra speed.

I'm still confused as to how anyone is getting their wheels to bounce up farther than when the truck bottoms out....I mean, I know that without springs and shock oil, momentum could push them that far, but in a real world situation, with the oil already slowing things down and the springs pushing them in the other direction, I just don't get it....

Though, I guess during a crash, where one wheel hits the ground....OK...maybe that makes sense...but normally once I see my truck is cartwheeling, I let go of the throttle....

Mine did the same as well on the front right. In the shock assembly bag there are little grey clips, add them as needed to the shock shafts.

very easily, tilt the truck hard to one side while its bottomed out so that the a-arm compressed all the way:)

Thanks guys...

I was looking for some setup info on the shocks and other areas of the car as well...

Thanks in advance,
LIP

Very kool ....:cool:

you're actually getting enough traction to have the truck roll so much through a corner that it bottoms out? Or are you saying that you are landing the truck on one side or the other, rather than on all 4 wheels...

I understand how to force the truck to do this on the bench, but in a real world situation, I don't see it happening....

Sc10 4x4 weights about 5lb going in a straight line ,..


Take a sharp turn and weight becomes way past 15lb due to the G forces...:nod:

At "our" track, at the end of the front straight there is a bermed (pretty steep) right hand 180* corner. There's alos a smallish roller right before the berm.

My truck was coming off the straight and hitting the roller then the berm. The problem was the truck would hit the berm pretty fast and with all the weight and force on the left front wheel, surely compressing it fully and causing the cva to get clipped by the groove in outdrive.

I added about 4-5mm of fuel tubing to counter this.

Dog bone issue = 4-5mm fuel tubing...solved

Slipper issue = MTK clutch basket, or these new AE parts that are coming out.

Pinion issue = locktight and proper allen key

Actually the slipper deal isn't that bad, it's probably saving your tires a ton of wear and making the truck easier to drive.

The losi truck is wack, same old same old, 3 diff car. Better get a bigger motor/esc and better lipos for that pig...

AAAAH....gotcha. I understand. Sorry, the track I run on has all flat corners, and the only jump that is RIGHT after a corner is a VERY steep jump that if you hit it too fast, you overshoot the next corner, and usually end up pogoing on your front bumper...not having the fortune to run on other style tracks, I had tunnel vision.

Thanks for describing that situation...I see how you could end up with this "overcompression" of a suspension arm in a real world scenario now.

I think for the items I mentioned there wont be any slop :sneaky: