Originally Posted by Cain

thats good info that the spares are making their way out there.

Well this is funny. Tower hobbies has raised the price of the EB48.4 . If I recall correctly it was 549.99 yesterday or the day before, now showing up at 569.99

Originally Posted by hawks

Yep Cain you are right. It has gone up $20 overnight.

Still heaps bit cheaper than the HB E817 at $659 which is ridiculous.

Originally Posted by littleZEN

What. The. Heck!!!! I had it in my cart yesterday but didn't pull the trigger. Bummer

Originally Posted by Norse

This kit looks like it comes pretty much loaded. I can't tell or I should say confirm wether it comes with aluminum vented shock caps or not? Also the center diff bulkhead braces which looks to be composite? I am not an 8th scale racer but with our local facility having a huge outdoor 8th scale track I definetly want TP partake this season.

Originally Posted by wdesign

Cut 1 cm of "tooth picker" sharp side connect to screw, then slide micro o-rings in place.

Originally Posted by vwduud

The new shock caps are aluminum and can be built for emulsion, bladder vented and bladder sealed. It comes with O-rings to build the shocks as emulsion. You will need to only buy bladders if you wish to build either of the bladder builds. The single shock cap will accommodate all 3 builds.

The 4 piece center diff mount is composite (3 pieces) and aluminum (the motor mount), which works well as is. You can optionally buy the 3 other pieces in aluminum if you want a full aluminum center diff mount.

Originally Posted by jmcelroy42

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I noticed the inside of my front wheels rubbing on something, I was thinking that it was the front side of the outer hinge pin, but the scrape marks inside the wheel were pretty smooth so I think it may be somewhere else. I cant get it to rub on the bench but it is really close in a few spots so I imagine its happening when the wheels are flexing some.
A couple of times I had a weird thing happen that I cant figure out, the buggy would dart off in one direction (mostly to the right IIRC) a couple of times it was while i was on the brakes, and a couple under acceleration. I cant tell if it was because of the bump steer or a by product of the front wheels rubbing on something.

Originally Posted by jmcelroy42

Here Is some pictures of what I am talking about with the front wheels rubbing on the outer hinge pin.
I am using DE Speedline Plus wheels, and I measured the I.D. to be around 80.5mm. I measured some AKA I had (79.5) and JC (78.5) so they have the largest inner diameter of the wheels I currently have at least.
I could move the hub spacer to the other side, but that will lengthen my wheelbase and change my ackerman. I was also thinking I could grind down the thread a bit for a little more clearance.
Anyone else notice this?

Originally Posted by anr211

Moving the hub spacer won't change how much of the thread sticks out there anyways. I would just grind the threads down until they're flush with the top of the nut.

Originally Posted by jmcelroy42

Here Is some pictures of what I am talking about with the front wheels rubbing on the outer hinge pin.
I am using DE Speedline Plus wheels, and I measured the I.D. to be around 80.5mm. I measured some AKA I had (79.5) and JC (78.5) so they have the largest inner diameter of the wheels I currently have at least.
I could move the hub spacer to the other side, but that will lengthen my wheelbase and change my ackerman. I was also thinking I could grind down the thread a bit for a little more clearance.
Anyone else notice this?

Originally Posted by Thunder Trail

Shoot Lutz an email. He will have the fix. They do make some thin locknuts. That would allow you to grind off a couple mm. Should not be dealing with this on a new buggy though.

Originally Posted by Cain

Curious what wheels they were using during testing as I am assuming they didn't see this issue.

Sounds like first run teething issues however. Could be worse ...