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Old 04-30-2006, 07:25 PM
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so it did pass the 1/2 second test then . [sm=lol.gif]
Old 04-30-2006, 07:32 PM
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mope it didnt pass the 0.1 test
Old 04-30-2006, 07:41 PM
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lol burnt your finger did you .
Old 04-30-2006, 07:42 PM
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yeah
Old 04-30-2006, 07:50 PM
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hear you go went shopping for you
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Old 04-30-2006, 07:51 PM
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Thank god but you forgot a case for my servo lol
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And a spur gear lol
Old 04-30-2006, 07:53 PM
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lol you did not mention it . well i am not going back out tonight .
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im curious about the common breaks on the rusty. Name parts that you have broken and replaced.
Old 04-30-2006, 07:55 PM
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BLAH basicly the whole front end (I seem to have a problem with car wheels and curbs at full speed)
Old 04-30-2006, 07:57 PM
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BLAH basicly the whole front end (I seem to have a problem with car wheels and curbs at full speed)
OUCH!
Old 04-30-2006, 07:58 PM
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Really the things that break the most for me are caster blocks and those little bars that go from the shock tower to the caster blocks (IDK what they called)
Old 04-30-2006, 08:01 PM
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caster blocks =replaced with stock
transmission case= replaced with stock
front bulk head=replaced with stock
bent count less kingpins=replaced with stock
idler gear=replaced with stock
two stripped spur gears =replaced with stock
one rpm bumper =another rpm bumper
one front shock end=replaced with stock
all four shock caps have poped off =all been replaced with auluminum ones
thats about it for me .
Old 04-30-2006, 08:06 PM
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Really the things that break the most for me are caster blocks and those little bars that go from the shock tower to the caster blocks (IDK what they called)
you mean the camber links?
Old 04-30-2006, 08:12 PM
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yeah yeah that fancy word I dont know lol
Old 04-30-2006, 08:14 PM
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yeah yeah that fancy word I dont know lol
you should upgrade to titanium turnbuckles
Old 04-30-2006, 08:19 PM
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no not those ummm hang on let me go find out what they called
Old 04-30-2006, 08:23 PM
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Why would upgrading turnbuckles help with the camber links
Old 04-30-2006, 08:25 PM
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you would be replaceing the camber links with turnbuckles so you can adjust the camber of your wheels
Old 04-30-2006, 08:30 PM
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hay RC_Diablo here is a great link that talks all about rc handling i have used it a lot [link=http://www.rctek.com/handling/index.html]rc handling link[/link]
Old 04-30-2006, 08:41 PM
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OOOOOOOOO now I get it
Old 04-30-2006, 10:50 PM
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why did they make the bellcrank so weak? Is it just cheap plastic? because i didnt even hit the tire that hard.
Old 04-30-2006, 10:59 PM
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don't know never broke that part . could be that your truck is so ridged now that it is all aluminum that the bell crank is the only place that could give . and so it did .
Old 04-30-2006, 11:02 PM
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don't know never broke that part . could be that your truck is so ridged now that it is all aluminum that the bell crank is the only place that could give . and so it did .
Nah, i think its the way i hit it. I hit the truck tire under my house with the rustlers tire.
Old 04-30-2006, 11:05 PM
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yea that could do it to .

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