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09-19-2012 | 11:08 AM

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dirtydan

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Originally Posted by bigjayjay1

The motor mount is fine your have alignment issues its a tight fit for a reason you dont want any movment period. Take your time step away and come back . take the motor off and slide the mount in it will fit.

+1 try doing it with out the pinion also.

09-19-2012 | 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by the buggyman

You have too. I tried to put mine on and had to almost hammer it off. The tolerances were way off on mine. Also I do not find this car very easy to work on. Every other buggy I have ever owned was easier.

dremeled the slots on the motor holder and got it down enough to accept the motor holder, There was no way i was going to dremel the mount too. Still takes some effort to push it all the way in but it gets in and gets out. i put a thin layer of some of the grease that came with the kit as a extra chance of getting it out down the road

Your right this car does seem like it will be a PITA to work on when something needs to be replaced/fixed. Since its on road a lot less stuff breaks(hopefully)

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Originally Posted by PurevilSerpent

Guys, no need to dremel anything and destroy a perfectly good motor mount.

I experienced this during my build. The solution: after applying some blue loctite to the motor screws and securing the the motor tightly to the mounting plate (the piece that slides in), I simply backed off the motor screws 1/2 to 3/4 turn and the mounting plate slid right in like butter. Then just go back and re-tighten the motor screws.

I have nearly a dozen races since the build and have had no issues whatsoever.

I swear i was thinking the same thing but thought the vibrations of the motor would eventually start backing the screws out.

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Originally Posted by bigjayjay1

Man there was no way in hell the motor and motor holder was sliding into the mount. I dont care what angle you try it from, I tried for hours it simply does not slide in when the motor holder screws are fully tightened. If you back them out a 1/2 turn like pureevil said then yes but besides that on my car it was not happening.

My Rc8.2 has the same type of motor mount and it always slides in and out like butter. has to be a problem with tolerences from the factory because there was no way mine was going in the way it came

09-19-2012 | 05:25 PM

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SORRY not true for me. THere was no way it was going in without dremeling the mount. I tried to loosen up the screws. Mine would only go in 1/4 of an inch before getting stuck. Wish I didn't have dremel. I even took it to someone else to see how he mounted his and he didn't have this problem either. He also agreed the dremel was the only way.

09-19-2012 | 05:37 PM

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Looking to buy the S811-BE roller. Not the sport version....!

09-19-2012 | 05:37 PM

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Stop looking. Its worth every penny.

09-19-2012 | 06:10 PM

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Sorry.....I mean I'm looking for a used one. My bad.

09-19-2012 | 06:56 PM

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I have 2 so I would be willing to sell one. PM sent.

09-19-2012 | 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by the buggyman

Always remember serpent has great service it happened at times. If you have a defected part use the support line. The mount is key having people dremel without experience or common sense is asking for problems not implying.

09-22-2012 | 11:29 AM

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Anyone running Novak pinions? I ordered their 15,16,& 17th. They fit in the mount right? With Teken 1900kv...........
Also can someone point me to a good setup.

09-22-2012 | 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Toughbeard

who told you Serpent is making one????

Sssshhhhhhh dont tell anyone

Now they somewhat announced it with live R/C. Do you have any idea on a date? Will we see them by winter? Gotta have it for the indoor season

09-22-2012 | 04:22 PM

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I am going to be purchasing the new 2.0 conversion kit for my Nitro 811te and wanted to know if anyone has one on their 811E yet or if you guys plan on converting over.

09-22-2012 | 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeC

I am going to be purchasing the new 2.0 conversion kit for my Nitro 811te and wanted to know if anyone has one on their 811E yet or if you guys plan on converting over.

I plan on getting it for mine. I want to give it a try.

09-23-2012 | 06:54 AM

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Mine is on Eday if anyone is interested

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130770980425...84.m1558.l2649

09-23-2012 | 08:23 PM

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damn cowboy, nice price you got there. Thinking about selling mine now. :-) working on some 10th scale stuff for the winter for now. But will get a new car for the new season probably.

09-24-2012 | 03:47 AM

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From: ballina

Has anyone found that a heck of a lot of front toe out makes this thing alot more forgiving ,im struggling to find a good set up for a large outdoor semi loose track with large jumps, set up sheets are a bit few and far between .any idears ?