Originally Posted by
Granpa
Finished building the M05 on Friday and ran it on Saturday. Overall impressions were these.
1. What a PITA it was to build compared to the M03. There's twice as many little parts and plastic pieces. Maintenance will be much more difficult and time consuming. The ball diff is going to need tightening on my car and looks like you have to do an almost complete tear down to get to the transmission.
I think it is funny how everyone is saying it is a pain to get at the diff.
4 screws for the front bumper (same as M03)
2 screws for one side of the steering (1 for the servo one the M03)
4 screws on the front of the chassis and 2 in the rear (3 on the M03 front and 2 in the rear)
front left side seperates off of the right side and rear (just like an M03)
So can someone please again tell how much more of a pain this is than the M03? 2 extra screws to get to the diff
HMMMMMMM
P.S. please lube the slot where the front sections slide over the rear sections like the instructions say. That is the only pain I have had.