Looks balanced to me. All cells equally waiting to explode

I would get that fireball weighting to happen as far away from any and every thing!!!

Holy moly! I've never seen one blown up that bad!

Whats the problem? Did you not order a saddle pack?

hahah this was a great way to showcase a shorty lipo. a few AE drivers were present and the track owner was the one holding it while i took the photo. just sent that picture with a brief email to AE just now.

thats what i said lol

[QUOTE=derbrylac;12427034]speaking of shorty packs this was a new "out of the box" reedy 65c shorty. this is what happened last nite while balancing for the first time right before the race.
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Hideeho
HOLY CRAP! I don't think I would want my hand that close to those cells. I had a Reedy do something similar while it was sitting in a bag at storage levels.

Don't take my instance as a bad review for Reedy though because I got the saddle pack used with a b44, so there is no telling how old or how hard they had been run previously. I can tell you they were really loosing an edge so I had gotten new SMC saddles before this happened.

And thats a brand new pack right from the box after breaking the seal and putting it on the charger for balancing. My other reedy shorty's has never looked or even done anything close to this so it was a surprise to me.

[QUOTE=Waflet;12427073][QUOTE=derbrylac;12427034]speaking of shorty packs this was a new "out of the box" reedy 65c shorty. this is what happened last nite while balancing for the first time right before the race.
i think their QC in china is not doing a great job matching cells. sucks cuz i needed that battery for an upcoming race event in phoenix.

Hey guys,

Anyone there that also runs the Jconcepts axles??
I recently fitted them and it seems there is a clicking noise..

I fitted new bearings and it's the same.. Any suggestions to solve the clicking.. it's driving me insane that stupid noise..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWLTbV2gLuk

I also posted a message in the Jconcepts thread a few days ago but haven't gotten an answer yet.. since there is a race sunday, I want to get it fixed asap.

My B4.2 kit should be here in a few hours, anyone have any building tips? This is my first kit.

[QUOTE=derbrylac;12427087][QUOTE=Waflet;12427073]Hideeho
http://smc-racing.net

do you have the shims that are provided with the kit on? sometimes if you have hexes in the front it could be too close to the bearings or vice versa

Use

ceramic diff balls
C-hub
grind down the U brace
don't use the ball cups
remember to pump the shocks before checking rebound

if you take the wheel off and turn it with your hand, can you feel it? did you take the bearings out and make sure they are smooth. I doubt that noise is coming form the bearings. it kinda sounds like the rim is rubbing the hub.

Yes, I can feel it.
They are brand new bearings. I made sure they were smooth.

I'll look if the rim rubs the hub.