I have some tools ;)
But this hole is 3.0mm and I should made thread in air ;) ????

There is some space to made new thread M3 for longer screw ...

In PL there is no option for tc6 ;)

I post pics to my USA dealer/friend ;)


Whatever, it is still OK chassis for me. I learn how works tc5 and I will use
it for tc6 :)

Finished build
 

Had same problem as M.Abramowicz with the unthreaded bulkhead, but just tapped it and the rest of the build went smoothly.

My problem thread was the exact same spot, I'll have to check the bulkheads on my TC6 parts car. I now keep the tap in my pit box.

Shared TC5/TC6 Parts
 

Here is a list of shared parts between the two cars. If there is something I missed, please add the part# and I will add it to the list. I did not add the hardware.
Hope this helps.

Part # Item
1401 FT Blue Titanium Turnbuckles, 1.30"/33mm
1403 FT Titanium Turnbuckle, 1.65", blue
1418 FT .825" Turnbuckles, Ver. 2
2230 Front & Rear Body Mounting Posts
31058 FT Blue Roll Bar Ballstud
31162 Axle Shim Set
31166 Diff Rebuild Kit
31169 Diff Pulley, 40T
31173 Slipper Spool Pads
31184 TC5 Cam Holder Set
31185 Diff Bearing Cam
31187 Front Belt
31188 Rear Belt
31198 Arm Mount Shim Set
31200 Wheelbase Shim Set
31205 Front Suspension Arm
31206 Rear Suspension Arm
31212 Caster Block, 4°
31214 Caster Block Bushing
31215 Steering Block Set
31218 Rear Hub, 0°
31221 Inner Hinge Pin Set
31222 Outer Hinge Pin Set
31227 CVA Rebuild Kit
31231 CVA Stub Axle
31232 CVA Bone
31233 FT Axle Crush Tube
31234 FT Clamping Wheel Hex
31237 CVA Pin Retaining Clip
31238 FT CVA Bone Blade
31249 Shock Shaft Ball Cup
31250 FT Shock Bushing
31261 FT Roll Bar, 1.25mm
31264 Anti-Roll Bar Mount
31269 FT Anti-Roll Bar Kit
31280 Ballstud, short, 5mm
31281 Ballstud, short, 8mm
31286 FT Ballstud Washer, aluminum
31400 Bearing, 5 x 8mm
31401 Bearing, 10 x 15mm
31404 Bearing, 6 x 10mm
31556 TC5 Castor Blocks, 2° (Hard)
31558 TC5 Castor Blocks, 6° (Hard)
31563 Rear Hubs, 0.5° (Hard)
31564 Rear Hubs, 1° (Hard)
3897 Pivoting Body Mounts, 8 body clips
3906 D-Drive Ring
3941 FT Green Spring, 12.0 lbs.
3942 FT Silver Spring, 14.5 lbs.
5407 Red Silicone O-Ring
6465 Shock Piston, PTFE
6475 Preload Spacers, Collars, Cups
6573 Diff Thrust Washers and Bolt
6574 Precision Diff Thrust Ball, 5/64"
6581 Carbide Diff Ball, large, 3/32"
6582 Diff Thrust Spring
8828 Anti-Roll Bar Cup Set
9180 Servo Horns, molded
************* All FT Srings Fit
************* All Caster Blocks
************* All Rear Hubs

Also made me angry screws on main chassis ...

Chassis is not flat, they are a little up then chassis :(

Ugh, changed to another from my box ;)

Btw I repair bulk head :)

Attachment 680595

3.5mm thread M3, longer screw and done.

Also I wait for ae replay wtf with this part ;)

Wow, the quality seems pretty top notch from what I've seen here... :rolleyes: For TC kits to cost what they do this type of shit is absurd. Sounds like Associated needs to clean house in the quality control department and not focus so much on the quantity of kits they're getting out the door.

Let me add that over the years I have owned more Associated cars than I can count so it's not a brand flame, its fact based on observations.

I guess for a toy car that cost $400 before spending several hundred more dollars for it to become operational I may have some ridiculous expectations, like having all the hardware to put the thing together and things fitting together properly.

The screws don't bother me.. Some Tamiya, Schumacher kits were the same. I actually like them that way.. If you run asphalt it'll scrape the screws first instead of the chassis. It does not affect performance or adjustability either.

I had a Tamiya kit with the wrong bulkheads in the box.. A Xray T3 11 with burred screws and one without any threads.

I believe less than a handful have reported issues... My 2 kits were flawless.

No one is perfect. But for the performance and price it can't be beat.

I can take this job ;) in good salary ;)

swap top deck screws for chassis screws and its sorted :)

Whats the verdict on the new VCS3 shocks as compared to the TC5.

wow
 

I have one kit left in stock. I am wondering with all these problems if i shouldn't just send it back. I don't race TC so i wouldn't have built it or even known about these problems without this forum.


HMMMM

This is a good question. I think you have a 50/50 chance if your kit has any problems. I got my kit in middle november and it was perfect, no issues.

These are from november, so i hope it is good. I havent heard any bad things about the other kits, so maybe it happened during the second run of kits.??? Maybe

Perfect kit here.. :nod:

As for the VCS3 shocks- they're SLIGHTLY easier to build (not that the old ones were hard..), but they didn't feel any smoother than my TC5 shocks, so I don't really consider them to be THAT big of an improvement. Associated shocks have always been easy to build and felt smooth for me, so my opinion probably won't be worth $.02..:lol:

That being said, my only real gripe about the shocks is the pistons. They didn't come on the molded tree like they used to. They were already separated, and I had to clean up the flashing on every one of them. With the older pistons, you could usually pull downward on the pistons to snap them off the tree and about 90% of the time there was no flashing (the instructions even demonstrated the proper method for doing this). It was also nice to keep the unused pistons on the tree so that you could grab the size you needed as fit, rather than dig through a pile of individual pistons to find the correct numbers. Petty gripe, but still an annoyance. Just a note to AE- don't try to fix what never was broken.:confused: