Yup it was "one of those nights " for me had been since turkey day since I last hit the track and I was prepped ready for some fun.

I had just installed a brand new esc in my truck ,did a full complete teardown and overhaul , dropped in the rc shox ball diff, ack bar and was all fired up to see how it would run. Like wise with the losi 8ights, did full rebuild over hauls , got the rc shox 2 stagers in with new oil as well as the diffs , new jr 9100t servo in as I cooked one last run out due to a backed off servo saver that caused 300oz + of binding and fried the unit .

So I was ready for a fun night of dialing them in in prep to hit the races this weekend

Then the fun began , got a couple laps on 1st losi I must not have used enough lock tight on shock piston screw , but it comes loose after 2 laps , pulls shaft , dumps oil everywhere and beats shaft into everything for half a lap. ok bench that onefor now .

Truck time , get it going , 1st lap ball diff to loose , in to tighten , ok now it feels kind of wierd with new ack bar , in to chance ackerman angle , out for another lap. to much ride height , in and adjust , out again and hey this thing is feeling ok now, 3 laps into the fun new experience for me

Needless to say the esc was pretty fired up also about this maiden voyage. Got in about 3 laps when i came into the double -double rythem section all was good on first double , but when I set down and got back into throttle for second double the excitment began. The truck came to a quick stop , jerked and shoook like a tweaker on payday , then came the slight hint of the magic white smoke , then the full on mushroom cloud errupted. By the time i was able to run over and grab ole smoke dawg the small LRH facility had been filled with smoke with that oh so distintive smell of cooked electronics. I call it the smell of money as it was a couple hundy that went up in the wrong kind of smoke. So I was able to reach in and switch off , nothing, still smoking and getting hotter and I am waiting for the flames to arrive , i grab the deans wires and proceed to burn my tender little fingers and when I do get it unplugged it also had unsoldered itself from the esc.

So now that I have EVERYONES atttention at the track ,even the slackers in the office come out to see whats cookin , I take my smokey little hooptie to pits to investigate the future investment. I am treated to the view of a very black and unsually twisted up from the heat esc , a belt cover that is mildly heat deformed and that overwhelming stench. The body is pitched into the dumpster as it smells like hell and has a super sweet black tumor on top from the heat deforming it , and my center tray has a nice shiney black corner that has been heat treated / glazed and that imbedded stench.

so stack that stink bomb up with the silicon oozing losi with the blown out corner and grab the last survivor , my outdoor set up 8ight.

Give her a hug and a kiss and beg her to treat me right as I have been at the track now for 2 hrs and have run about 8 laps and have got about a hours work to do on losi 1 and about 200 bucks and a hr work to do on truck .

Out she goes on the tight track of LRH ( not her best here as she is set up for big outdoor revelation) man handle her around for two laps when she decides to jump on the death wagon and out of the blue the plastic bell crank on the servo saver decides it wants to become 3 pieces instead of one . Sweet as our ole friends from Queen once sang another one bites the dust .

So I drag the last of my fallen soldiers to the pit toss it into the now growing money /time mound of oozing silicon and smell of electical death. I pack up all my pit set up and toss it into my truck along with the mass of rc destruction.

I go back in and live my rc dream vicariously through the others running problem free lap after lap untill I tuck my tail between my legs and head home .

NOW WHAT IS THE TRICK TO GETTIN RID OF THAT SMELL OF ELECTRONICS DEATH. MY REAL TRUCK REEKS OF IT AS DOES MY GARAGE. ANY TRICKS OR DO i RUN IT AS TEAM THE SMELL OF MONEY OR DO i GET NEW CENTER SECTION.

Smellin like death and spendin money
O&S

Dam thats terrible, sorry for ur loss man!!! But maby now is a good time to buy the exoteck chassis center piece

does anyone know when the Factory Team version is going to be released??? I think it is soon

Hey I like the way you think. Maybe if I set the truck in living room the wifey will get all bitter over the smell and yell at me to do something about it.

Only logical answer would be to get new center section.... planning out scene in head.....


wife .. Your damn stupid toy truck is smelling my house up do something about that !!!!!!

Sneaky me... Well , honey pie , i have tried everything to get rid of that smell but it is going nowhere.

Wife.. Well do something it reaks like hell...


Sneaky me ...welllllll... i could replace the center section with that new exotec aluminum chassis but that is a hundred bucks and i was gonna buy you a massage at the spa with that , so I guess we will just have to deal with the stinky smell overtaking the house till I can get it switched out .

Wife oh hell no I am not dealing with that smell in my house, do something with it now!!!!!

Sneaky me .. oh ok just hit place my order button online to order new chasssis he he hehehhe

What do you think , will it work ???

O&S

Name calling too....
Your just a pleasure to deal with eh! LOL

I read the post.. did you?
He already stated that it doesn't fit. So he's NOT asking if it will fit without mods. He wanted to know if anyone has made modification to the B44.1 saddle to make it fit in the Exotek. (probably so he could then decide to do the mod or not) If someone said Yes to his question... how would that of helped him? It wouldn't... he would of asked how it was done. And again... RCShox showed how to modify a saddle pack mount to work with the Exotek!

FYI. Canadians speak English... we just don't spell all our words the same way you do.

LoL your luck sounds like mine.

ball diff grease/lube: schumacher and AE red label are best by far

Coyote: Is it possible your ball diff is set alittle too tight?

It's pretty quick but kind of "notchy" compared to Tekin and castle motors. Worth running if you have it for right now.

yea my d rate is at like 80 so if i go up in shims then it should take some steerng away?

Ok guys, got the truck today from UPS Before I tear into it, is there any things I should be looking out for during the build? I also got my clutch basket today in the mail and ordered the garodisc.

Thanks!

My new Method RC SC practice body for the Pacific NW Showdown this weekend.

how do you make the lines look so good?????? where the orange and white meet

Tape and patience.

friskett through hobby store

Yeah I am a SIMPLE painter. Just green painters tape and press down all the edges with my finger nail just before I spay.

My daughters room has pink strips from ceiling to floor one foot wide all the way around her room. Not one bleed through mark. It did make me crazy doing it though.