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Old 04-16-2014 | 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by sour powered 05
Anyone had any trouble with diff housings breaking?? I was a little over zealous with my throttle control and wheelied out of a corner right before a jump.. the front end shot straight down off the jump face and went straght into the face of the landing... it was a direct hit to the top of the front shock tower.. It ripped the bottom screws out that connect the shock tower to the diff housing... it was a pretty vicious hit for any vehicle to take?? Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them?
Originally Posted by Dont Hack Me
Did that once with my EB48. Same thing pretty much except it was a wood wall barrier. Nose down so my tower lead the way. It was bad, $100 bad Honestly, I expected a lot more damage. I broke my diff housing, but it broke where it should have.
I've only seen the yahoo above break that part (it was pretty spectacular), but I'd imagine a vicious hit like that would TKO that area. I'd rather the $14 part break than the $40 part.
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