Originally Posted by
eevul
I'll have to check if I can take a picture but I normally don't keep any broken parts in my pit box. It's the pushrods that keep breaking and they seem to split on the ends. I have broken 3 out of 4 of the uppers (20 and a 19.5) as well as 3 out of 4 the bottom long pushrods. Either they are splitting during installation or they are splitting from stress. I haven't been paying attention to them splitting during installation but I will do so moving forward.
I love the car and it's ingenuity but if it's this unreliable for me, it may be time to move to another brand. This is my first Serpent that I have purchased and may be the last. It was either this car or the A800 and I'm starting to regret my decision by going with Serpent. I hope I can get this resolved and start enjoying the car.
I have personally built two 4x's, and I have not seen this on the cars I built. Further, we have had at one point or another 5 or so cars built not break these parts. I am wondering how you are building these parts.
I use a part a purchased years ago to build 1/12th scale cars called a pivot ball installer, it pushes the ball into the joint evenly and during this process, as the two parts are joining the other, the force is being applied evenly and not just being pushed in harshly. I believe I paid 15.00 about 20 years ago.
Can you explain how you build these parts, it help explain what's happening.
Steve