Originally Posted by
niznai
I had another look in the manula but couldn't find the page where it gives instructions for the alternative battery strap placement. If you could scan yours that would be very much appreciated.
I have ordered some of the parts from endofline (front suspension arms and holders) but not the steering assembly. I am not sure those would solve the problem with the steering posts as the problem is with the chassis plate which allows flex (or better put with the screws not holding into much material) so i prefer the brace I made.
You can use longer screws with the alloy parts. However, they come with no instructions (assembly is not straightforward and may need some additional parts) and include a turnbuckle that is too short. I suspect they are for the glassfiber version of the car.
Now alloy bulkheads would be great, if you have more info on that as well as the Team Suzuki parts, would be nice if you'd share.
I've only seen the alloy bulkheads on a car that was being sold for way too much on an auction site. The Team Suzuki parts are hard to get but cheap if you can find them and were distributed by Yokomo themselves.
About the screws, where did you find a 40mm countersunk Ti screw?
Actually, I haven't found those yet (my YR-F2 is in pieces until I've got all the turnbuckles I need). Square makes 3x35 mm countersunk screws, which are the longest that I have found until now. Otherwise I'll use good quality steel machine screws.
As for the rear turnbuckles I am not sure I have seen something that long. I was looking the other day into Lunsford titanium turnbuckles for my crawler and the shop assured me the longest they have ever seen was about 67mm. There is a chance though some of the companies that make aftermarket parts for crawlers or some of the truggies (Traxxas maybe) may have something that will fit, but I am not sure I want something very strong there as I would rather the rods bend in a crash than break the hub carriers (or even worse, the suspension holders or the CF plates). These are all rather weak parts, so I am trying to protect them. Some ingenious way to replace the suspension holders (perhaps alloy) would be nice and would help stiffen the CF plates I guess.
Yokomo supposedly makes 90 mm turnbuckles, except that I've not been able to find any shop that actually sells them. Crawler turnbuckles tend to have 4 mm threads or larger. The suspension holders actually exist in alloy, but endoflinerc was out of stock when I tried to order them
