This is what happened to me yesterday after a typical bad landing and roll over on my local track. I hope I just got bad parts and this will not happen again. Crashed like this a hundred times with my Losi, Mugen and Asso cars. Was stunned how this car handles and suprised how it broke, with just my second pack... I emailed Tekno but I live in Poland, nobody besides me run Tekno cars here so don't think they will react in any way...

http://i.imgur.com/pxmjKgl.jpg?1

wow
never saw an arm break in the middle ! and I broke dozens on various other RCs !
I will soon have a eb48.3. I will surely break some arms

Arms break, I know, it happens. But the tower also? That's too much!

Never had an arm broke in over 2 years now. Ive put it through all sorts of abuse.

The Front shock tower is another story though .... Ive lost 3 from the exact same points always. EXACT same as where yours has broken. Comes to show their shock towers are fairly weak from the point where its broken ... I even felt like complaining directly to TEKNO as I had to buy 3 separate shock towers apart from the one i got with the kit just to keep it running. One was a crash, the other two on hard landings .... how does that even happen. Anyway, i ended up just buying new ones as I live in Pakistan and thought they wouldnt help me. But please tekno this is for you guys ... shock towers are weak from the point where shock is attached as shown in the picture. Make a note of it. Work on it. Fix it. I love the truggy overall though. Total beast and very durable. Plastics especially are super impressive.

Actually it looks like the tower only broke because of the arm breaking. Without the arm to keep everything in line, the shock was pulled backwards and snapped the tower.

That sucks. I think you did the right thing emailing Tekno. They are usually very responsive and I think they have great customer support.

Sweep Racing Road Crusher. They're the only belted tire made in that size.

Man, if you are in the market for a new Tekno ET48.3... you really can't beat this price! Only 4 days left though... Currently $479.99 + $20 shipping

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/tekno-e...ion-truggy-kit

Massdrop is a pretty cool site! :nod:

Awesome, thanks. I would like to have some for testing in the street!

I use the Protek 170T. I wanted the most torque I could find and I've had excellent performance from my other Protek servos in the past (150T for 4wd short course and 130SS for stadium truck). All three of these servos are extremely quiet, strong, and fast. I've had zero issues with an of them. If I bought another truggy servo, I would try the 170S, I like a fast servo.

Thank you so much for this video. I "was" one of the guys that didn't know what he was doing with diff shimming. It makes sense now. Just like I set the mesh on my motor to spur but accomplished with shims instead with the diff.

Has anyone used VRP shock pistons with the ET48? I'm interested in trying them and wondering the hole/diameter you would recommend. I use 700/600 cst shock oil with the 6 hole (I think) with one hole glued.

Question, I just bought a eb48.2 my first 1/8 ebuggy. I have the Reedy 2000kv motor in it and want to run 2s lipo with it, what gearing and suggested setup would i run on loose dirt track?

You're not going to go anywhere quickly running 2S with a 2000KV motor, that motor is designed for 4S voltage. You could gear really high but then your amp draw would murder your 2S battery. If you run 2S you need a motor with at least 4000KV.

Thanks the guy I spoke too said he did it that way to teach his young son how to drive the ebuggy. Thanks for your response I will go with a 4s lipo then.