Yea, I had to laugh when we found it broke. I didn't even know it was broken after the hit. I drove the car a bit more and it was running out of fuel so I brought it in. Went into the shop to get some help with the sticking throttle and the guy helping me noticed it. It snapped at a thin spot but didn't break all the way through. It probably could have ran all day like that if it didn't hit anything else. The way it broke would have closed the toe a bit for me, but would still have been drivable. At least at my skill level. It hit hard enough to bend the hinge pin pretty good too. Now it has the Ti pin in that arm.

This is the exact situation in why I recommend boiling parts. If those arms were boiled there would have been a much greater chance that he wouldnt have broken that arm or bent the pin. The boiled arm would have flexed and absorbed most of the impact vs. staying rigid where the part broke and bent another part of the front end with it. Would boiling the part have garenteed he would have come away without damage? Absolutely not, but the chances would have been much better in his favor had he done so and could have saved him the cost of the replacement arm and pin.

Something is going to break no matter if you boil the whole truck in water. I would rather break an arm or bend a hinge pin.Instead of breaking a diff case or ?? I just dont see a reason for boiling any 1/8 scale losi parts If you break a losi arm then you know you did something really wrong!! I've hit things that would put others in the trash bins.

I think I'm gonna take my buggy to work tomorrow, we have a 120 liter coocking vat. That way I can boil the whole truck in one sitting.

LMAO that will magically fix everything! Boil the whole damn thing! You'll never blow up an engine again, your diff fluids will last years, you'll never even have to maintain your clutch. Hell boil your radio too, that way you'll never have to put new batteries in it. Boil your tires too, that way they'll never wear out. Cause boiling is the solution to all! I don't know what I would do if I didn't boil everything. I'd never finish a race.

Boiling your arms wouldn't have helped. You hit a fence. Which won't happen when you get that throttle fixed. Although it does shed some light into why bashers boil their parts. They're always hitting fence posts and jumping off of roofs and smashing into concrete walls. They think that stuff is fun. But if you're on a race track using these truck how they're intended to be used, your chances of breaking an arm are so slim I think we can write it off as a non-issue.

I dont plan to boil anything. If it breaks I can afford a new part. No biggie. And yea, it sucked when the dang thing took off and I couldnt make the corner. LOL I just cant wait to get back to the track and try again.

Just one question, will it make my 4s softpack Lipos more resistant to puntures?

I'm sure next time will go better. If you haven't yet, it might be a good idea to look through the included losi throttle linkage setup addendum and make sure you've got everything setup by the book. If you didn't get a copy, you can download them in PDF form on losi's site. Sometimes the RTR's and rollers aren't assembled properly from the factory. It is always a good idea to check everything over. That goes for the whole truck really. Let me know if you need anything bud. Don't hesitate to PM me with any questions.

It'll certainly make for some pretty fireworks.

Shoot your on to my secretest lipos secret ever! i guess i'll spill the beans. it not only makes them more puncture resistant but increases compacity and output.

Boiling a few specific plastic parts, isn't because of cost issues necessarily. THe main reason behind it, is that it can determine if you finish a race or not. I'd rather have a part flex heavily under a crash or hard impact, than break altogether equalling a DNF during a race. Not finishing a race, missing a heat or main because of a broken part is what sucks and can be frustrating. One gentleman I race with here had an older 8ight. He constantly broke the front left A-arm going over a large tabletop jump, every few weeks he kept breaking one, and it would happen at a frustrating time during a heat or the main. He took my friend's advice and dissasembled the arms, boiled them, didn't break another front arm or have to replace it the next few years he owned the buggy from going over that large table jump.

I know this is a Losi thread with alot of owners huffing and puffing about what supposedly doesn't need to be done, but it has its benefits no matter what the few people here want to deny or discredit. I garentee if you snap another arm or 2(especially during a race from a crash or collision)you will rethink the advice. Its free, its easy to do.

Plastic compound has changed quite a bit since your observation of an "older 8ight" breaking suspension arms years ago, though even that surprises me because I ran the 1.0 for a long time and never broke an arm. Maybe saw a total of 2 or 3 broken over the years and they were some pretty nasty collisions.

I'll agree with Trevor here. If you're breaking arms running on a race track you may need to reassess your driving style.

Can we change the subject.

Now thats a good one.

i agree, the boiling thing is getting old...LOL!!!!

new subject anyone??

my RTR is better than your RACE ROLLER!!!!!