Serpent Project 4-X
#422
Make sure to use some wax or grease when installing, those pivot balls have a different thread in some way and go in very tight. Also, keep an eye on them after a crash, they aren’t quite as strong as the steel balls.
#423
Yeah that is a biggest pitfalls of pivot balls. Quite a common problem in nitro cars.
#424
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Murfreesboro, TN
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#425
Yes sir, I’ve run them. I should have said a big crash, they aren’t weak, just not as strong as steel. I think that’s why the thread was made more shallow, to maximize strength, making them a bit harder to thread into the arms.
#432
#433
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,057
From: Chatham Ontario Canada
I'm waiting patiently to see this new EVO kit before deciding between it, the Gizmo and Awesomatix. I had at first been afraid of the through shocks on the Serpent but after hating through shocks for the last decade+ or so I have come to appreciate them.





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