jcrouse

In all fairness to K-factory, my steering rack is a GPM and I don't remember where I got the drive cup. It's aluminum, not stock.


BB........I don't know what the receiver box is made for. It came from Tower. Do a search on GPM and box. Like I said, the receiver is a bit tight and the cast plastic is convex inward just a few thousandths. I used two sided tape and put it in a Kurt milling machine vise on a bridgeport and took .005 off the inside of both long sides. The receiver then fit perfectly. I thought it would be a little cramped with all the wires but it wasn't that bad. It also has a nice built in antenna mount but the way I mounted mine is was slightly under the drive shaft. I made a plexiglass sub-plate, mounted the box to it and mounted the subplate to the chassis using the two existing holes in the chassis.

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Jim,

Did you get my email from the other day?

Andrew

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Hey all I was wondedering what is the best way to stop the servo connectors from freying when i pull them out of my reciver? I was thinkning that if I put some epoxy on the tips of the servo connector where the wires plug into the connector, waht are you thoughts on this?? Also do you all get this problem after time??

Thanks Jason

bbntc3

Ok I'll do a search on the tray. I'm using the Futaba digital rx and its pretty small, almost as small as the novak xxl . I see you are using the K tank and the rd pipe like me, did you have to space the engine for the header to clearthe rear of the tank ? My RB's and Sirrio had to be spaced to clear the tank.

jcrouse

BB....I apologize. It's an RPM box not GPM. Duh! Anyways, no, no spacing was required for the engine or pipe to clear the tank. I am running the Novarossi NS12 5 port. It's not broke in yet but seems very fast. Murnan worked it for me before I fired it up. I am also running a Kfactory centax which caused all kinds of clearance problems. Good thing I'm an ex-tool and die maker and work in a manufacturing facility. If you have any questions feel free to email directly if you wish.

Jim Reeves

Jcrouse, that looks awesome! Pretty sure that Rx box is the RPM hopup for the Team GT, I like the looks of that much better than stock. We found that the left rear tranny brace has to be shaved for clearance with the centax setup and the engine mounts need more clearance to allow for the endplay of the clutchbell. Those issues and the clearance of the throttle servo will be fixed in the next run.

Hooked on, got your message and sent email, thanks!

Number 11, I used a carbide cutter on my dremel to take out the rounded spots next to the servo blocks and that seemed to cure the tightness trouble at the steering servo.

Thanks to all for your suggestions and advice!

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Jim,

I seem to be having trouble getting my throttle servo in? I have both a Hitec 303 & a Futuba 3003. The futuba goes all the way in, but sits high off the alloy mounts, do i need to use a couple of blocks and the Hitec is worse? What servos were the chassis designed around and would getting another servo be the best option..

Andrew

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Oh and with the receiver box, we use the nuts and screws supplied with the chassis?

xray vision

Andrew use two spacer's to fill the space between the chassis and the servo ears.

Boy are you in for a treat.........

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Do i need to use the spacers for the steering servo?

xray vision

Charge the battery pack up and bring all down the track either sat arvo or sun.
Or call me!

Jim Reeves

Here's the problem I found (see pic) so I took my carbide cutter bit in my dremel and cut the curves out so the corners are square, now any servo should go in there. My Hitec 605BB fits and it's bigger than most. I'm doing this to all the Chassis's I send out from now on. You can probably do it with a small grinding stone bit if you don't have a carbide bit. You still should use the kit spacers though or the servo will be flush or even lower than the bottom of the Chassis. Sorry I didn't pick up on this sooner!

Jim Reeves

Yes, that's what those are for.

Jim Reeves

No spacers needed on the steering servo, here's the pic of the setup for that...

alucard13

i would put some threal lock on it as well.