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10-13-2005, 03:11 PM

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izzy!!! your alive. what's up, are you retired too?

10-13-2005, 08:06 PM

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10-13-2005, 10:08 PM

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Am I missing something? How the hell do you apply enough pressure to the 2x25 & the 2mm nut to get the diffs together? I've been futzin' with the friggin things for the last hour!!

10-13-2005, 11:18 PM

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LOL eventually u will. ROFL. and think about it u gota mkae 2 of them. LOL. have fun.

10-13-2005, 11:26 PM

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Hey, thanks buddy!!

Seriously, what a PITA! Reminds me of installing the sway bar links on my BMW 2002... equally frustrating, but in that case I just bought longer bolts!

10-13-2005, 11:32 PM

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make sure the nut side gets pushed in as much u can. u will feel the tip of the bolt touch the nut.

10-13-2005, 11:57 PM

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Aaaahhhh.... THERE's the rub

Thanks, crzy... Now I can finally get some sleep.

10-14-2005, 01:07 AM

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LOL..... funny moments with a TA05. thank you tamiya, thank you.

10-14-2005, 08:08 AM

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My TA-05

Well here's my almost completed TA-05, I can't wait to see how the car drives. Also I wanna thank everyone for there help because I know I'm going to have some more questions like next week mainly again about those suspension blocks.. Also Mr.Madskillz I want you to look over the car once it's
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10-14-2005, 09:06 AM

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Thanks for the great advice MobileIT! I've changed the holes and I'll be testing the change at my local track tomorrow . . . .

You have not mentioned anything so I will assume the problem has been solved, but I have been reading the recent messages about filing the rear arms when installing the rear uprights (part "E1") in step. 10. If you did not file enough material then the uprights will bind, and that could cause oversteer. I looked back and yours are the only comments about significant oversteer, so I thought this might have been a problem on your car. You might want to disassemble these and see if they assemble easily. If there is any resistance, then you should file them a bit more. You do not want to file them to the point where they are really loose, but the parts should not have to bend or be squeezed at all, they should just slide together.

10-14-2005, 09:21 AM

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easy way to check, take off the shocks, raise the suspension up, and drop it. If it drops freely, your suspension is good, but any binding will show up, making the suspension slowly go back down again. In really bad cases the suspension is so tight that the suspension wont go down at all. You want your suspension to be loose enough that it freely falls down when doing this simple test. My 05 should either arrive today or monday

10-14-2005, 09:45 AM

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hey key500 can i ask u where u got ur blue screws? i want them but i cant find them.

10-14-2005, 09:59 AM

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I PMed somebody about them, ive heard you can get them online from GS racing. Ill be placing my order when my car arrives. unless anyone wants to list the sizes of the screws required for me?

10-14-2005, 10:04 AM

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im not sure but i think tamiya makes them dont they?

10-14-2005, 10:08 AM

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I dont think ive seen a set of blue tamiya screws. id prefer to get them if someone can locate them. The ti screw set should have been released in blue!!