Originally Posted by primusblowsgoat
That stinks. As does the rubber band thing, i keep shooting my self with the thing when i try to put batteries in lol. Anyone ditch the rubber band and tape them in?
SpeedMerchant cars have a narrow motor box, so you can't get the angle neccesary to remove the motor from the bottom (don'y know what you were using, but I don't know of any motor you can remove from the bottom). Removing the top plate is a small price to pay for having better balance at the rear.
Yes, some have replaced the o ring with tape, as on the Rev4. Better yet, you can get a Rev3 to Rev4 conversion kit and be up to date with a better car.