Heheh, yeh you're right on that, like shimming the bulkheads to make sure the bearings aren't squeezed down, cleaning & lubricating the uni joints every week etc.

You didn't order the batteries & balancer from the global warehouse? I'll have mine with me on Fri night, and they also balance F1 rear wheels nicely (a little bit fidley).

Cheers
Rob.

aparently so, im not sure how i managed to do that as i thought they had both items stocked locally

That's a bummer, hopefully they won't take too long to get to you. Usually if it's the NSW warehouse you'll get the "auspost" option for your shipping - that's a good indication that it's from the AU warehouse.

I haven't tried to balance F1 front wheels yet, as I think the bearing would also have to be in the wheel at the same time to get the balance closer than having no bearing in??

Also, just a thought, could even try the different battery chargers with one of my older packs (12+ months) to see if it makes older packs perform better too?
That could be another plus to spend the extra $ if it can prolong the batteries "working" life.

Cheers
Rob.

Rob. What charger are you looking at getting should you buy a new one ??

Here's the chargers that I'm looking at

http://www.rcmart.com/skyrc-6x80-blu...?cPath=52_1271
http://www.rcmart.com/racingstar-rs1...?cPath=52_1271
http://www.rcmart.com/professional-b...?cPath=52_1271

The first one interests me because you can control it with a smart phone, and you can set the end voltage - although I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not.

The 2nd one due to it's compact size, high charge rates and end voltage setting (see above).

And the 3rd one appeals to the geek in me with the pretty touch screen, motor & servo tester, ability to hook up to a PC to give more options, and free shipping.

Cheers
Rob.

I think they sell the second one at riverstone.

The 3rd one is very nice, compared side buy side to an orion the orion balance charges faster, but not by a lot.
(4200 nano tech shorty)@1C

If your in no real big hurry keep your eye on the second hand market, I picked up the t5600 for $40 bucks not long ago. I haven't got around to trying the motor tester yet, so I can't comment on that.