Originally Posted by symmetricon (Post 11929408)

At Mikes Hobby Shop in Porter Tx, there is regularly 8-10 teknos now. I have yet to see or hear of any broken parts except the shock shaft I broke last week. I believe any of the issues seen here are isolated incidents, besides the over hardened batch of axles.....

Originally Posted by virgilj (Post 11926369)

I have been in RC a long time and have rarely seen a manufacturer admit that they have produced a substandard part. It happens to them all,but most just ignore it and turn a deaf ear to the racers that have a problem. Others announce the new "Race" version you can buy to replace the poorly designed part they put in the kit.

For Tekno to man up and jump right on the problem and publicly announce that some stub axels may have been overhardened is commendable. For them to stand behind their product and offer to "make it right" proves they are a class act and in my estimation sets them a level above the rest of the pack.

I'm just an old man playing with a very expensive toy car, but for what it's worth you have certainly earned my respect!!!

Originally Posted by ScottKelly911 (Post 11929033)

Quick question for you Tekno guys. I drove Kuya's and loved it. The Tekno has been doing very well at my local tracks too. My buddy was in the market for a new 4wd sct and I recommended it to him after having driven one as I myself was thinking about purchasing one. But he's broken 3 axles so far in less than 2 or 3 full battery packs (I know, I did read that there were or may have been a bad batch of axles and and yes Tekno is taking care of you guys who've had the axle issues). He's getting frustrated about the axles and then he actually broke an outer rear hingepin when working on it to put in the new axles. I keep telling him to hang in there, these are just teething problems and should be expected of any new vehicle to a certain extent. But now that he broke the outer rear hingepin, I'm getting gun shy as to whether or not I want to go this route. No shops or tracks in our area are carrying parts for this truck yet. So now that he has a broken hingepin, he's faced with either not racing this weekend while he waits for Tekno to send him one or he could use a hingepin off of another brand that may fit. I guess my question here is, has anyone else broken hingepins? He hasn't driven the truck very hard, he's only got a half a battery pack of "getting to know you" time in practice, then 2 heats of racing (broke axle near the end of second heat), a couple laps of practice at another track and broke another axle, fixed it, then finally broke a 3rd axle after he replaced that one in less than a full pack ending his race day before it even started. I have faith in the truck and that Tekno's going to get through this. He doesn't have the same faith that I do and is contemplating selling it for a SCTE 2.0. Anyone know of which hinge pins he can use in the mean time to get him back on the track for the weekend? So far, he's missed 2 weeks of racing due to the axle issue and lack of replacements available. His truck we think is a second batch truck. First batch if I'm right, doesn't seem to be having these same issues, but I could be wrong. Come on guys, help me keep him in the drivers seat of his Tekno! I keep telling him he's just had some bad luck and going to love his truck once the wrinkles are ironed out, but his patience is wearing thin. BTW, He has spoken with Tekno and they did send out axles to him that were definitely different than the ones in the kit or the ones he got from Amain, so hopefully those wont break. But the Hinge pin deal has me scratching my head as I haven't heard any issues about them yet. But i don't follow this thread that closely either. Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by Slotmachine (Post 11929299)

There is another way to repair the hinge pin problem until you get a new one. Drill a small hole in the pin area of the arm and put in a set screw, grind a small flat spot on the axle for the set screw like the older Associated cars had.
Paul

Originally Posted by Acill (Post 11929402)

Since there isn't any racing here with 1/8 e-buggy much I took all the light parts from my EB48 and put them on my SCT410 after a bit. I will say the truck is much harder to drive for me at least this way. Coming from an SCRT10 to an SC10 4x4 and now this truck I would think it would be better lighter, but thats not the case. Ive heard several others say the same thing. I now have the stock chassis back on and got my truck ready to run at just about 6 1/2. Its much more forgiving. I just keep thinking back to how I wanted to add weight when I was running my SC10 4x4 and realized I dont like light trucks.

If you like to through the vehicle around and drive it aggressively go for lighter, if your like me and like the weight of it to help keep it calmer stay close to stock.

Originally Posted by suby723 (Post 11929914)

Just for the record for people on the axles.. I have a first gen car from amain and I'm on stock axles with at least 30 packs thru the car now. Only thing broken was a spindle and that was with a bad landing on a high speed off camber jump. All has been 110% the past few weeks.