Thanks Slot! I need to get as much track time in under my belt as I can, especially if I'm racing against that Casey character

If I get my Mini to work I might have to pull double duty that race weekend. Need a few more things for the Mini and it will be ready. I could have it ready to run this weekend but I need some rims and tire inserts for sure and mini Tamiya prings would also be nice. No hurry as I will get the stuff soon.

WYD - I know HTUSA in GB has tires and rims in stock. I might be able to pick them up for you. If you're not in a hurry, you can call and reserve them fo rlater pick-up. LMK.

if you are looking for Tamiya cooper hop ups and tires. the best prices I have found is RCBOYZ. they have an ebay store and a website. I just wish I had sombody to race with here. I have my car all set up and nobody to play with. Now that I have 2 set up I will get my neighbor to play with me.

Call hobbyworks in Rockville, MD.... They carry them or one of the other HW will have them. If need be, I can alosi pick them up for yee...

Thanks Mike appreciate that. If it comes down to that I will let you know. Thanks again for the help.

Thanks I also appreciate your help to. I think I will give RCO a try one last time and see if she has anything in stock. Might roll down Friday since I'm off work.

OK... I'm getting &%%&%)*^$#@#%^

I bought the Tamiya universals ( tamiya 53597 ) for my M03 and I can not get them to fit right.... They bind up in the out drives, even with out the rubber o-ring.....

WTF am I doing wrong here??????

nm

think the drive cups are a different depth from the gear diff to the ball diff, but I forget which way





I thought so too I've tried it both ways and then using the ball diff and well as the stock bevel set... I spent close to 4 hours trying to figure this out..
I tried the following combos..

Stock steering arms, Tamiya universals, metal bearings, stock and ball diffs
Stock steering arm, Tamiya universals , plastic bushings, stock and ball diffs
metal arms, Tamiya universals, both types of bearing, stock and ball diffs

I broke one of my stock dogbones.....

There are different drive cups between the Manta Ray/TA03/Gear Diffs.. I have the TA03 diff, and the drive cups themselves are right up against the plastic of the gear case, give a mm or so... Is there a space in between yours? I remember seeing another ball diff kit with slightly longer drive cup shafts, and my LHS noted the difference in lengths before i bought the wrong one. Mine are shiny metal cups, and some others I've seen are had a kind of dusty-coated cup. Not sure if there was a difference with those or not...

BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The "longer" one with the stud is about 4mm away from the gear box....
I'll have to see if I can find the "shorter" version of the drive cups..
I have the Tamiya ball diff hop-up...


THX

Have dremel, will modify one of the old drive cups....

AND it worked...... Well, I'll let you know tomorrow after racing....

Glad you got it fixed.

If it'd not one thing then it's another.... The "homemade" fixed worked great.. No problems with that..... BUT...

Servo, servo saver, wrong servo adapter.... Did I mention a problem with a servo today....

Loking forward to a testing session next Wednesday.....