Yokomo GT-4 Thread
12-04-2003, 07:24 PM
#572
My guess would be the suspension and arms geometry could not allow for a lot of camber change that is needed for foam setup due to the very low roll center. Just guessing here... I know that rubber tire setup does not like a lot of camber change.
If you get one you wont be disapointed.
Thanks,
Steven Muller
MPP Palmaris Racing
12-04-2003, 07:54 PM
#573
Originally posted by Randman
I have had the Impulse, and 705 in the past, but could never get the arms to be free moving, always binded. What is the hot car out there right now?
I have had the Impulse, and 705 in the past, but could never get the arms to be free moving, always binded. What is the hot car out there right now?
Currently, the hottest cars are the Mugen MTX-3, Kyosho V1RR EVO, HPI R40 and the Trinity / Team Magic G4. Used to be the NTC3. When the Serpent 710 comes out, I would figure that it would be a hottest car to get.
12-04-2003, 08:42 PM
#574
Originally posted by InitialD
I saw you posted a few times on the 705 forum. You could have asked help as we would have willingly showed you how to solve your problems.
Currently, the hottest cars are the Mugen MTX-3, Kyosho V1RR EVO, HPI R40 and the Trinity / Team Magic G4. Used to be the NTC3. When the Serpent 710 comes out, I would figure that it would be a hottest car to get.
I saw you posted a few times on the 705 forum. You could have asked help as we would have willingly showed you how to solve your problems.
Currently, the hottest cars are the Mugen MTX-3, Kyosho V1RR EVO, HPI R40 and the Trinity / Team Magic G4. Used to be the NTC3. When the Serpent 710 comes out, I would figure that it would be a hottest car to get.
The quality and fit of Yokomo stuff has always been good, I'm running their electric car, so I thought of going to the gas car before anything else. I hear that they are testing prototypes of a new gas car in Japan, but I guess that's a year or so away.
Is there any disadvantage of the pivot ball suspension?
12-04-2003, 09:18 PM
#575
Originally posted by Randman
Is there a fix to the suspension binding problem? I found that every arm, upper and lower had bind in it...
Is there a fix to the suspension binding problem? I found that every arm, upper and lower had bind in it...
The shock pistons are also a culprit. Take the shock shaft with the piston assembly and mount the shock shaft onto a dremel to rotate the plastic piston onto a fine grit sandpaper. Not to much. The shock shaft and piston assembly should drop into the empty shock body assembly by it's own weight. This will give you binding free movement of the suspension arms.
12-04-2003, 09:22 PM
#576
Originally posted by InitialD
Perhaps this is not the right place to answer this question. But anyway... What I do is to ream out the flashes in the pivot pin holes in the arms with a 3 mm drill bit and a dremel. Be very careful when you do this. Some even polish the pivot pins. This will give you a free movement of the suspension arms and they can fall under their own weight.
The shock pistons are also a culprit. Take the shock shaft with the piston assembly and mount the shock shaft onto a dremel to rotate the plastic piston onto a fine grit sandpaper. Not to much. The shock shaft and piston assembly should drop into the empty shock body assembly by it's own weight. This will give you binding free movement of the suspension arms.
Perhaps this is not the right place to answer this question. But anyway... What I do is to ream out the flashes in the pivot pin holes in the arms with a 3 mm drill bit and a dremel. Be very careful when you do this. Some even polish the pivot pins. This will give you a free movement of the suspension arms and they can fall under their own weight.
The shock pistons are also a culprit. Take the shock shaft with the piston assembly and mount the shock shaft onto a dremel to rotate the plastic piston onto a fine grit sandpaper. Not to much. The shock shaft and piston assembly should drop into the empty shock body assembly by it's own weight. This will give you binding free movement of the suspension arms.
12-04-2003, 09:47 PM
#577
Originally posted by Randman
I went as far as to having .125" hinge pins made, and used a .125 reamer to ream out the holes for the pins, but it still wasn't free, it was almost like the holes in the arms werent aligned straight, on my Impulse, and 705...
I went as far as to having .125" hinge pins made, and used a .125 reamer to ream out the holes for the pins, but it still wasn't free, it was almost like the holes in the arms werent aligned straight, on my Impulse, and 705...
12-04-2003, 09:54 PM
#578
Originally posted by InitialD
Like I mentioned earlier, it's not just the arms... The shocks needs to be smooth too.
Like I mentioned earlier, it's not just the arms... The shocks needs to be smooth too.
12-05-2003, 07:03 AM
#579
Originally posted by InitialD
Just curious how do you mean by that since there's nothing special about the 3 belt drivetrain system...
Just curious how do you mean by that since there's nothing special about the 3 belt drivetrain system...
a lot smoother than the other belt driven cars ive owned in
the past anyone who's owned different belt cars and also
owned a gt4 will agree on this
12-05-2003, 09:15 AM
#580
Originally posted by jwf_frani
i guess it is a standard 3belt system but i can tell you it's
a lot smoother than the other belt driven cars ive owned in
the past anyone who's owned different belt cars and also
owned a gt4 will agree on this
i guess it is a standard 3belt system but i can tell you it's
a lot smoother than the other belt driven cars ive owned in
the past anyone who's owned different belt cars and also
owned a gt4 will agree on this
12-05-2003, 12:14 PM
#583
I have run both and I really did not feel that there was much between the two cars. there is one down side with the yokomo that I realy wish that they would fix and the main reason I'm not running there car is the diffs are not sealed, thats fine if you run there diff grease and then you only have a few option to what to run.If you run anything else in them you get a big mess all over the place.
