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Old 02-15-2013 | 05:44 PM
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SouthFloridaApp
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I have a few questions for experienced owners.

This is what I wanted to purchase, but it seems out of stock everywhere so I purchased a Hotbodies product ... see below.

http://www.amainhobbies.com/advanced...=67168&x=0&y=0

This is the serpent one that was on backorder...


http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...Horn-24T-Hitec

After trying many many many configurations I got it to work (Hotbidies part), but there is approx. one mm (only) between the drive shaft and the servo horn. As of now there is no drive shaft wobble, but who knows what will happen in the future. The stock servo horn did not do the job as the plastic part that goes into the servo is stripped (I purchased a near new vehicle from someone).... We all know that the plastic (stock) servo horn/lever is not a great solution. I basically have about 1mm of clearance on both sides of the servo horn, and button head screw on the top of the servo horn lever... What should have taken about fifteen minutes to install took hours of trial and error. In fact I had to take out the rubber grommets that go on the servo ears due to clearance issues. I don't know if this will be a problem.
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My questions are as follows:

Did I purchase the correct Hotbodies Servo horn? Should I purchase the Serpent servo horn now and if so where can I get one? Did anyone dremel out their radio tray?

The quality of this car is great, but what a pain dealing with this issue....

Thanks in advance.... fyi I don't know how to attach pics on this site...
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