12LikesTekno NB48
07-26-2014 | 02:14 PM
#1846
07-27-2014 | 05:43 PM
#1847
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Yes Danny you could combine this with the LRC insets but it gives a ton of anti squat at that point without a lower anti squat plate. A bunch of anti squat along with the LRC is usually counterproductive . At least it was on the AE car. Maybe the tekno would react better.
For people planning on using this it also changes your anti squat so if you have a setting you like you will need to drop it one dot along with the plate.
07-27-2014 | 05:53 PM
#1848
Id like to know as well. Both Fr/Rr are bent on mine.. not bad just enough to make the breaks slop around.. Now i cant imagine any kind of aluminum being a cure for bent drive shafts since alum is a softer metal...
07-27-2014 | 06:01 PM
#1849
Take em out , tap them back flat and put em back in. I doubt the aluminum ones will be more resistant to bending.
07-27-2014 | 06:06 PM
#1850
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PS. We have been trying to get more setups online for the NB48. We recently posted one of Danny's setups that has a new shock setup as well as the LRC. Please take a look. Buggy reacts very well on copy/rutted tracks. http://www.teknorc.com/tekno5/wp-con...h_med_bite.pdf
07-27-2014 | 08:50 PM
#1852
JSK, We recommend running the anti squat setting with single dot inserts down when using the LRC toe plate.
back to 1 deg.
I personally have never bent an aluminum front or rear center drive shaft. I only have to replace the drive shafts when the pins wear.
07-27-2014 | 09:52 PM
#1853
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07-28-2014 | 04:06 AM
#1854
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finally found time this weekend to get my car al ready to hit the track. It has the aluminum shafts in it and they are pretty beefy, don't see them bending but the test day is Tuesday so we will find out then! I will be heading to former nationals track LCRC Raceway and I cant wait!
07-28-2014 | 07:11 AM
#1856
I have bent the steel shaft also with all bracing in, just one of those things. i now run the alu ones, they are beefy looking, but I doubt they would be any stronger than the steel. in saying that, i havent bent one since.
07-28-2014 | 07:21 AM
#1857
When I first got the buggy I bent both a stock and aluminum one. w the stock you can at least bend back if you are in a jam but the aluminum once its bent its trash cus it crimps. Ever since changing to running rear engine with the right side rear brace I havent had any issues with bent shafts. And for whoever bent a front shaft, how did you do that, theres so much bracing in the front?
07-28-2014 | 12:54 PM
#1859
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Only recommend replacing pins in an emergency situation when a replacement drive shaft isn't available. Drive shafts aren't that expensive and don't want the possibility of the pin to loosen and fall out due to replacement.
07-28-2014 | 02:26 PM
#1860
I have ran almost every car out here and never seen a pin come out due to replacement. The pin removal tool press them in and the tolerance is extremely tight. You can do your whole car for under $10.Just my $0.02
Last edited by offroad dude; 07-28-2014 at 05:23 PM.