Originally Posted by
Arakon
The shock towers are supposed to hold the hex-shaped part of the shock mounts and prevent a turning of the mount when installing the lock nuts on either side. All four of them ended up spinning freely because the plastic was too weak to hold the hex. Any known fixes? I had to claw down on them with needle nose pliers to be able to tighten the nuts.
Course it's not strong enough. Why did you let yourself do it to 'all four'?
use the 5.5 Nut and thread it to the end, and counter turn as you tighten the other one. When you're torquing down on it, it's got to go somewhere. The locking style of that plastic is so that when you remove the 5.5 nut that holds the shock on won't spin, it's not for the 7mm nut.
Originally Posted by
Arakon
I hard a really hard time tightening the slipper nut.. is there anywhere to stick an allen key or something to block it from turning the top shaft? I ended up having to crush the slipper together in order to tighten the nut without spinning.
I held the standard little P.o.s. one and rolled the truck, but if your slipper is correct, you're not going to hulk it.
Originally Posted by
Arakon
Is it just me overlooking something, or is the only way to access the diffs to basically disassemble most of the truck?
If you read the thread, you'll find a Diff removal Guide.
Originally Posted by
Arakon
Is it normal for the body to (almost) rest on the rear bumper? A big "boo" towards Team Associated for that body, btw.. I've never seen one that thin before, along the sides I just cut clean through the lexan with a scalpel when I was just scoring the surface without much pressure.
The body holds up awesome. Don't boo it before you oose it, bro.
Originally Posted by
Arakon
Edit: I just noticed that in the current manual (downloadable from the AE page), in the section for the diff assembly, it says 20000 front, 5000 rear? Did they change it from 3000/3000?
Read the thread man. Use the search option, your world will be enlightened. Yes, We run 5k rear, 30k front majority, some run even higher.