Originally Posted by
kdeselms
What was the wreck like that caused this break? Looks like a faceplant off a big air jump lol
Not too bad of a crash, just a tender spot on the chassis.
If you have one of these you'll see.
Better (way better) drivers than me have broken them here too.
One even happened at the RCX Expo. OUCH.
This will surely prevent this or just repair it quickly/permanantly.
Originally Posted by
verticalpilot
for 20 bucks, you should at least engrave your 'f n racing stuff' and not just sharpie'd in.
Yeh Dude, it's all about the sharpie, gotta be done just right or it won't work.
Have fun changin your chassis, you do have one of these right?
I broke my chassis too today.
It was bad landing,off of a jump on a 1/10 scale racetrack , but it was not THAT bad of a landing.
Not a big deal really , I hope Team Associated will give/sell me a new one quickly.
AE will hook you up for sure and F N Racing Stuff will keep it from happening again.
Originally Posted by
CaptainHowdyt13
I've noticed that when I take a turn at high speed with my sc10, I hear a
Grinding noise. I know my mesh is correct, so I'm assuming it's the diff. When I take off In a straight line, it doesn't do it. It's not a major noise, just slight. This is normal for a new gear diff right? Once it breaks in, it will not be as bad right?
Me and my buddy both had our trannies making the same noise yesterday.
He took his apart and found nothing, regreased it, ran it again and killed the teeth on the diff gears inside.
I took mine apart and also found no damage to the gears but did find that after many, many battery packs the shim on one side of the diff gear under the pin had become "dished" which would allow the gear to move away from the 4 gears in the center of the diff makin the mesh loose and allowing it to slip under acceleration.
I reshimmed the one side, 2 shims under the pin, and reused the original gears.
Practiced and raced today, and had no issues at all.
My buddy not so lucky, he tore up all the teeth and the replacement set is $16 on top of all the tear down and rebuild.
I think the 2 shims will also hold up to the dishing better.
I used boat trailer wheelbearing grease (cuz that's what I had handy) to relube the diff since the black grease I put in there looked pretty thin after this much use.