Originally Posted by nashvillecactus

what is a good short list of spare parts I should have on hand for my b4.1 FT? The local track does not really have any spares for sale, and my LHS is spotty at best for anything related to offroad buggy, so I need to order what I need beforehand in case I break at the track. I have front arms on order, I'm going to pick up rear arms from my LHS on Saturday, I have front and rear shock towers, I have spare CVD assemblies, what else should I keep on hand?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Teufel Racing

Thanks for the tip on the RPM ball cups,

Had thought of running those, as past practice has showed me they are better. Yeah I only broke the rear camber link ones. Not sure why those only break.

Originally Posted by nashvillecactus

what is a good short list of spare parts I should have on hand for my b4.1 FT? The local track does not really have any spares for sale, and my LHS is spotty at best for anything related to offroad buggy, so I need to order what I need beforehand in case I break at the track. I have front arms on order, I'm going to pick up rear arms from my LHS on Saturday, I have front and rear shock towers, I have spare CVD assemblies, what else should I keep on hand?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Asharus

I haven't broken anything except for the rear ballcups *knock on wood*. It sounds like you have pretty much everything covered though. Some spare front wheel bearings and wheel locknuts (front and back) wouldnt be a bad idea to have either. I converted my front axles to the nut type instead of the BHS because I prefer having a nut instead of a hex screw on something I remove after every run.

Originally Posted by nashvillecactus

what is a good short list of spare parts I should have on hand for my b4.1 FT? The local track does not really have any spares for sale, and my LHS is spotty at best for anything related to offroad buggy, so I need to order what I need beforehand in case I break at the track. I have front arms on order, I'm going to pick up rear arms from my LHS on Saturday, I have front and rear shock towers, I have spare CVD assemblies, what else should I keep on hand?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by bds81175

If you are as stellar a driver as me you might want to carry some extra wings. I think someone may have mentioned it already but CVD rebuild kits. Shock o-rings too. I've been using the X cross section nitrile rings from McMaster Carr. If you get hit in the rear end just right you can also break the rear arm mount chassis plate (9818). Not sure how I even managed to break that one but I did.

Originally Posted by Asharus

I haven't broken anything except for the rear ballcups *knock on wood*. It sounds like you have pretty much everything covered though. Some spare front wheel bearings and wheel locknuts (front and back) wouldnt be a bad idea to have either. I converted my front axles to the nut type instead of the BHS because I prefer having a nut instead of a hex screw on something I remove after every run.

Originally Posted by Asharus

Ah yeah I'm still on my first wing but I have a spare. I personally use the kyosho grooved o rings on both my sc10 and b4.1, I haven't had to rebuild my shocks yet and it's been about 2 months, racing once or twice a week.

Originally Posted by Asharus

Nice, I wanted to check out the Kyoshos, but I see no reason to switch if there's no significant improvement.

Originally Posted by Marcos.J

i will keep that to my self for now unless he does it again then I will call him out

Originally Posted by nashvillecactus

I converted my ballcups to the RPM's, so far that's been a big help. As far as the front axles, I've been thinking about doing the same thing. Invariably, dirt gets packed back in the little screws and I have to go and dig it out, so far I've been using a teeny tiny flat screwdriver. So where do you find alternate axles to do this?

Originally Posted by idrummerboy13

really, still smooth? thats cool never heard of that.

Originally Posted by Asharus

Associated makes em, I think it's the T4 axles, or the SC10. I've seen RTR B4.1s with them too, but I'm too tired to look up the p/n right now.

Edit: I guess I'm not too tired, ASC 9613, you will need e-clips and either nylon nuts or the locknuts you use for the slipper.

Originally Posted by racer_guy

front a-arms are good to have, some spare wings arent too bad to have either. some tuning option that are good to have are: different shock oils and springs, maybe some pinion gears.

Originally Posted by B.A. Racer

cant forget spurs!