You may need to take the dremel to that center brace to make room for a 15T pinion. It doesnt take much, just a little off the plastic will allow it to fit. As for the M2C brace, I use it in mine as well as the M2C Center brace. I dont race (yet) just bash so I need the bracing, if you are purely racing you'll lose some flex when using the M2C braces.

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Hi Guys,

I'm new to the Tekno line and just got an ET48.3 for my boys to run together. They are inexperienced at the track so I hope I made a good choice in a truggy that will take a bit of a beating for a while during their learning curve.

With that said - what have you guys found to be the high failure rate parts? I'd like to get a good little collection before heading to the track. The nearest one to us is 2 hours away (they are all 2 hours away in any direction for the most part).

Thanks in advance for the advice!

PS - I searched through the thread and found some suggestions from 2016 - was curious what those suggestions may be in 2019 :)

YES! Finally!!!!! I am going to broke thanks to you guys. Already earmarking funds for the NB48 and now this..

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I installed the .4 ackerman, bell cranks, and shorter turnbuckles however the bell crank is hitting the center brace. Any ideas as to what im doing wrong? I've installed it in my SCT410.3 with no issues im not sure whats going on here.

I think you made a great choice and will find that an aluminum servo horn is all you really need. I'd hold off buying spares or back ups until you actually break something and then go from there,

Does anyone know of a company that sales pre-painted bodies? I don't have any where inside to paint and with the weather staying all over the place I can't go outside trying to finish this truggy up so I can be completely ready for the warm days. I have tried messaging a few people and most either don't want to mess with basic paint jobs (first season racing and part time basher no sense in a pretty body) or just don't respond. Just wondered if anyone did sell pre-painted bodies for these trucks

Short answer, no, nobody makes prepainted ET48 bodies. You can always send it out to a painter such as KG and the numerous others here on rctech.

What size batteries are able to fit into the stock battery tray? I know tekno's Webster list max size at 148 long, but I already have a few batteries that are 155 long. Has anyone had luck getting this size battery to fit? Mine are HRB and goldbat soft packs.

Thanks Steve, are you saying the tray would get deformed or the battery? If I need to I may just end up 3D printing a new tray.

I think I want to run monster truck tires on this car, will the +2mm extended hexes be the only mod necessary to run the proline Badlands 1/2" offset tire and wheel combination? I am using a sensorless hobbywing max8 2200 kv combo. Am I going to run into trouble getting the gearing right with the oversize tires and higher kv motor? I am plannig to run 4s and 6s batteries.

The 1/2" offset will push the wheels further out. You wont have gearing issues as that motor is a regular sized 1/8 motor. If anything if you need to gear down, you may need to clearance the center diff brace a bit. It will be just fine with 4S, running on 6S with a wider wheel setup is going to put strain on your drive axles and your hubs / bearings. Given that the Badlands are a heavier tire than a standard Truggy race tire.

That Center Diff out drive will destroy your battery more than anything if you open up the end of your tray!