intercede007

Any tips to servo horn attachment? Just did it for a 3rd time, still ended up having to trim to the right. I'm as close to 90* as the horn and servo gear will let me get when I attach it.

Are you guys going 1 tooth to either side?

JC8390

Had the same problem. I found that if you pull the 4 bolts out of the bulkhead and the 2 from the top plate and sort of lift the plate up so you can see then adjust the horn you can get it right that way.

soniccj5

I am running that in my B5M FL and it would make a 10 minute main. I had to add weight to it though to get traction. 35 grams.

My plan is to buy the AE lipo weight set.

https://www.teamassociated.com/parts...ry_weight_set/

With the battery and added 35grams it comes in at 1496.

thecman26

iTrader: (112)

Due to low turnouts the last few weeks we have been doing three 8 min quals and a 10 minute main and it is a BLAST! In a 10 min main you don't have to stress out about a crummy start or 1st turn pileup!

tekin112000

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For mod racers is it better to run a square Lipo that weighs about 300gm or go to a shorty or even a slim shorty that weighs around 145gm? Does weight reduction make a difference in mod racing?

Socket

iTrader: (61)

Weight always has an impact. Whether it's positive or negative is up to you. Some people LOVE a heavy car, IE Maifield, some really like a lighter car, IE Tessmann.

You'll only know when you try it.

Scooter79rs

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I ran my B5m lite in 17.5 Stock for the first time last night, holy balls this is an awesome car. Coming from 2WD Short Course (10.5t motor) the buggy feels so freakin' nimble and so much turn in compared to the truck.

So far the only things I've done to setup and lowered the top hole of the rear shocks inward, using a slipper eliminator and gone up 4 teeth on the pinion. Still yet to to change the rear springs to the Greens. 2WD Stock Buggy at my local track is all B5m's except for one Tamiya and already up there with the fast guys.

xfbaap

Has anyone else purchased an Aluminum Bellcrank Set for there b5m or even t5m? Ive got the associated version and had to trim the servo case and chassis with a hobby knife to have enough clearance for the servo horn and ballstud. Im running a low pro savox and still had to trim. Now ive seen 3 other brands,jconcepts,rdrp,strc and every review is saying that they all bend and dont fit proper. Does anyone have any feedback??

Matt Trimmings

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You may have to trim the servo case depending on servo. You should not have to trim any part of the chassis. When the T5m came out people started bending/breaking them and many went back to the plastic. JConcepts stopped production on theirs to revise it but havent seen anything come out stating that its been done. Most run the plastic version with no issues.

xfbaap

OK thanks. Im j in the process of building a b5m from scratch. I just got the protek screw kit, fast eddy bearing and a prime waterfall brace. Ive heard that some bodies dont fit if you want to run a fan on the brace. I know that the jconcepts finsisher fits with no issues but I kinda like the proline phantom with the center spliter. Any idea if that would fit

Matt Trimmings

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Doubt it, but couldn't tell you. The finnisher sits the highest so thats what most use with the waterfall brace fan mount.

Tim Johnson

I'm just starting my B5M Lite. Any tips or things to watch out for during the build?

JC8390

I would get the caged thrust bearing just because I don't like to mess with building the kit bearing. If I were doing it again I would build it with the titanium screw kit to begin with but that only applies if you want to drop weight.

RCBuddha

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I'm in the process of updating and verifying all the links in the first page's Aftermarket section (found a few that didn't work).

If there any links you want to see for products that are not already on there, please PM me or post to the thread.

40yoCaliRacer

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I just finished my B5M CE a couple weeks ago. My advice on the ball cups is to use the boiling water method instead of the squeezing with plier method. I just heated up a cup of water in the microwave for a minute or two. After installing the turnbuckles to the ball cups, I put a mini screw driver head through the ball cup and just let them sit in the the water for a minute. Flipped them over to the other side and did the same. When I put them on the ball stud they moved freely. Unfortunately, I didn't do this the first time around and had to do some breakdown when my front suspension was so tight it would just stay up when I pushed it up.