MartinSorlie

I polish mine with a metalpolish from a local scandinavian supplier, but I'm guessing anything you can get would work. Autosol will work just fine, as an example. I feel this helps quite a lot. Also, I feel the aluminium hubs help. The plastic ones feel supersmooth statically, but add pressure and they feel a bit sticky. I'm not sure if I notice it on track, but it gives some extra peace of mind.

Also a thing that can never be stressed enough, and that Robert also mentions in his videos, is that the rear pod should always be checked for tweak. Or, let me put it simpler. After every tap of a board, track marker and competitor, if your car acts a bit weird, don't worry about the front end or anything else. Take the rear pod off the car, loosen every screw, and retighten in a systematic sequence. I always tighen the motormount side first, then I tighten everything else.

There is no need for putting it on a glass board, or applying pressure in different points. Unless your crash was noted on the richter scale, the parts are straight, but they absorbed the energy of the hit and got tweaked, so they need to be relieved of their tension and reset.

I do two things, I have a steel ruler to see if the chassis is straight, and I do the pod. Then your car should be straight and true every run

MartinSorlie

The front bumper plate(U8462), a few front pivot balls(U8475), a few of the plastic steering links, and a bigger load of bearings :-) Usually the car can take a severe beating, so not much you need. A few diff rebuild kits(U4861) is nice to have.
Then you're mostly golden.

AdrianM

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Thank you Martin! I ordered a lot of spares and some option parts. I did not get front pivot balls but I will get some on my next order.

MartinSorlie

Also, order some of the O-rings for the pivot balls, U8133. When the plastic cracks, the O-ring that holds it goes flying Having a beam, U8372, is not a bad idea, but I have yet to change one.
I do not crash a lot, but I do run 6.5 Efra modified, so when I crash it's usually quite a big one

AdrianM

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Does anyone have an E5 carbon chassis they are willing to sell?

Robbob

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I have one of these with a couple months of black carpet only on it.
https://krazedbuilds.com/shop/schuma...10-chassis-kit

AdrianM

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AdrianM

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Ready to race!

MartinSorlie

Awesome Adrian! Have fun out there!

choisan

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there are 6 x droop spacers black 0.25mm (U8476) in step 8 of instruction manual, i just did the maintenance to the front, and they are not 0.25mm thick, instead they are all 0.2mm each.
was the kit shims undergone running change like a12 to 0.2mm instead

chjosi

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Mine are definitely 0.25mm.

92mnstanger

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How do you keep the steering from going over center on the servo saver and locking into a full lock position in a board hit? X ray xtra stiff servo saver (all springs).

Maybe its been covered and I didn't find it. I did a search...

Robbob

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That was my biggest problem in the beginning. The inside steering collapse.
If that is happening to you then two things are going wrong.

Youre using too much dual rate to get the steering you feel you need.
Also your clipping something that causes the suspension to compress and lift it up past the cf front plate.

You could try running a longer thread ball end then put a spacer and/or nut on the bottom of the arm. Check wheel clearance.
This could help it not get stuck on the front plate.

Bigger problem is that this car when its doing this is literally putting the brakes on.
We noticed/found this a while back. The inside wheel will just drag into the carpet and slows the car down to a stop.

We worked on setup to make the car naturally steer and cut our dual rate almost in half by doing so. Picked up laps, not just tenths.
Soften the car up to let it steer,
Try the nickel bump spring and gold front springs with battery all the way back or 1 spot forward.
This should show a difference. Also try 12K in the sides and 20K center to help it generate bite.

High bite we found the Gold bump spring was super easy to drive and fast in the corners.

Roken

The only thing I found to work was to add posts to the lower plate.

92mnstanger

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Thanks!