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Old 02-06-2006, 05:36 PM
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Steve is the owner and a great racer...He knows Tamiya.

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Old 02-06-2006, 08:10 PM
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I ahve never assembled a ball diff int he past and the directions on the back of the package are definately not full of info. I lubed the balls and ...
This article may help you. There's a section on building the ball diff.
http://rcontario.com/rcorevms2004.html
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Hi Guys,
Thought you might be interested,
My friend has a mini and decided to race it off-road.
He transplanted the TL-01B Arms onto his car and well...
here's the result


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Old 02-06-2006, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by plucked_camel
Hi Guys,
Thought you might be interested,
My friend has a mini and decided to race it off-road.
He transplanted the TL-01B Arms onto his car and well...
here's the result
Can you post pics with the body off? Thanks!
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Old 02-06-2006, 11:07 PM
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Can you post pics with the body off? Thanks!
Yeah, will be a day or so as it isn't my car
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Old 02-07-2006, 03:24 AM
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nice, that looks awsome.
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Old 02-07-2006, 04:43 AM
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What kind of Servo Saver do you guys use on your Mini? I have the M03 and I bought a Kimbrough Large servo saver. It seems to be hitting the servo post thus im not getting too much steering.

Also what is a good baseline setting for steering % on my transmitter? 75% good enough?

I have not ran the mini at the track at all.
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Old 02-07-2006, 05:48 AM
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last year's project, glad to see other's building it too

2nd race it attended.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=96997
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Old 02-07-2006, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by natskiboy
What kind of Servo Saver do you guys use on your Mini? I have the M03 and I bought a Kimbrough Large servo saver. It seems to be hitting the servo post thus im not getting too much steering.

Also what is a good baseline setting for steering % on my transmitter? 75% good enough?

I have not ran the mini at the track at all.
I am using the same servo saver, You have to mount it on the inner holes and cut off part of the servo saver that hits the chasis to free up more room for the movement.
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Thanks Larry. I did use the inner holes (middle ones).

What did you use to cut/trim the excess piece? Also is 75% goo enough for steering throw?
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Old 02-07-2006, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by natskiboy
Thanks Larry. I did use the inner holes (middle ones).

What did you use to cut/trim the excess piece? Also is 75% goo enough for steering throw?
I have a cutter I used for cutting rails on a model railroad that worked well,

A good wire cutter should work to cut through the plastic
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Old 02-07-2006, 06:58 AM
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Larry, did you trim both sides of the srvo saver? Or just the part that is hitting? Just want to make sure I didn't mess up the balance of the thing if any.
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Old 02-07-2006, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by natskiboy
Larry, did you trim both sides of the srvo saver? Or just the part that is hitting? Just want to make sure I didn't mess up the balance of the thing if any.
give me a minute and I will take a picture and post it
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Old 02-07-2006, 07:23 AM
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just need to cut one side

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Old 02-07-2006, 07:25 AM
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Thanks. How much steering do you have set?
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