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01-19-2019 | 01:17 PM

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Drifter

Tech Apprentice

Joined: Nov 2001

Posts: 55

From: Europe

Hi,

as a long time Associated 1/12th Racer (12i, 12L, 12LS, 12L3, 12R5, 12R6) I got a Reflex 14B for my nieces birthday. When I got it the factory kit seals were broken

. Off course I wrote the shop imediately, the answer was, that this is normal and nothing to worry about, they brake the seals often and if they thought that would be a problem, they would put on new seals

. Anybody heard that shops have original Associated factory seals, so they can open the kits and hide what they have done???

But that ist not all that went not to my liking. Today she got the car and off course we had to try it out. After about 3 minutes of running and a small jump from the pavement the car did not move any further but made a terrible noise when the motor was spinning. No problem, just adjust the gear mesh, I thought. After adjusting the gearmesh, the next drive was even shorter, the terrible noise was back again after a few meters.
Off course I investigated further and noticed, that the front bearing of the center differential seems to be shot (see picture). I can not believe that this was caused by my niece or that Team Associated sells a kit with a broken bearing. Has anybody exoperienced the same issue? I believe that the car was complained because of that issue and that they just adjusted the gear mesh without finding the problem on the bearing and sold it on.
Off Course, instead of a happy birthday it was an dissapointing one for my niece as well as me

.

Please let me know your thoughts abou this as I think this is almost criminal behaviour of the shop, selling a kit wich was complained beeing defective without adressing the problem properly. Even if they would there should be a discount on such a vehicle.

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