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Joined: 7/1/2007 From: BrisbaneQueenland, AUSTRALIA Status: offline
There's only 1 proper nitro off road track around here and its at Slacks Creek. Its the main track, pretty good and always getting re-arranged with new jumps and things and they have an on road track as well, but other than that, the rest are on road in brisbane. There's a good on road track at Brendale too, they had some world tournament race thingy there a while back. This is the Slacks Creek track, if you google it you'l find more pictures
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Joined: 6/18/2007 From: smalltown,
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I called Ace Hobby today about my right rear dogbone popping out a couple times. The guy answered and said he was the airplane guy so he would find a truck guy to talk to me. I was on hold for a couple minutes and a guy named richard got on the line to help me out. At the end of the conversation he said to drop him an email if I had more questions. Turns out, it was Richard Saxton. That's like calling Ford motor company to ask a question and they put Mark Martin on the phone...cool.
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Joined: 9/25/2006 From: Grand Falls,
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Wow that's really cool fat1 , hope you got some good info, secrets maybe? lol
Well I entered my first race Saturday, and to say I didnt do so well is an understatement. The problem wasn't the truggy, it was 100 % my fault, I had the fastest truck out there easily, i was just completely overdriving it. after every start of every race, I had a 50' lead, then I'd dump it somewhere in a corner, or hit the brakes and nose over. I was having probs to say the least. The ST-1 held up in fine fashion, only broke a rear suspension block in the high jump competition. 25' in the air and landed the right rear arms on a 2x6 on its edge that they were using for a railing, got second place though. Were having another race this Sunday( home track) I should do better, if I just remember to slooooow down. we've been promoting the event for a couple of weeks now, and the feedback sounds pretty positive. Can't wait!!!!
cant wait for another cab either, I don't care for this one, it's the only one I could get last minute. oh I stripped a throttle servo arm too.
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Joined: 2/15/2006 From: Austin,
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ORIGINAL: fat1
I called Ace Hobby today about my right rear dogbone popping out a couple times. The guy answered and said he was the airplane guy so he would find a truck guy to talk to me. I was on hold for a couple minutes and a guy named richard got on the line to help me out. At the end of the conversation he said to drop him an email if I had more questions. Turns out, it was Richard Saxton. That's like calling Ford motor company to ask a question and they put Mark Martin on the phone...cool.
Move your rear shocks to the inside hole. That will eliminate the dogbone problem.
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Joined: 6/18/2007 From: smalltown,
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the bottom of the shock or the top? thanks. It didnt do this before, it just started yesterday. When I compare the right rear to the left rear, the one on the right that keeps popping out isnt seated as far back in the outdrive as the one on the left. When the suspension is fully compressed, the right rear dogbone comes right out to the edge of the outdrive and the one on the left still has 2 or 3 mm clearance from the edge so I dunno. I never noticed before because I wasnt havin problems so I cant say if its always been that way or not.
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Joined: 2/15/2006 From: Austin,
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quote:
ORIGINAL: fat1
the bottom of the shock or the top? thanks. It didnt do this before, it just started yesterday. When I compare the right rear to the left rear, the one on the right that keeps popping out isnt seated as far back in the outdrive as the one on the left. When the suspension is fully compressed, the right rear dogbone comes right out to the edge of the outdrive and the one on the left still has 2 or 3 mm clearance from the edge so I dunno. I never noticed before because I wasnt havin problems so I cant say if its always been that way or not.
Bottom. A lot of people have had that same problem. Once I move the shocks to inside hole, I never had it pop out again.
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Joined: 6/18/2007 From: smalltown,
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well I tried it out tonight but i dont think its going to help. when I fully compress the suspension I can see it trying to pop out so I would imagine in real world conditions where the G's are higher its going to pop, again. I didn't see any real improvement, the dogbone still goes right to the edge. However, I took some measurements and the right rear dogbone is definitely not seated as into the outdrive as deep as the left. So, either the dogbone on the right is shorter or the outdrive is shorter or both. I have determined that the right outdrive is at least 1mm shorter than the one on the left. Having never built a kit and subsequently never built a diff, i dont know if that's something that can be changed by opening the diff and ....changing it? I will have to order a set of outdrives as the one on the right is definitely worn near the end. I'm going to to change the grease out for oil in all three diffs while I have it torn down, I think i'm gonna go with 7-10-5 or 7-10-3, if you have suggestions for all around use let me know as I'll not be "tuning" with all different sorts of oils I just want a good base.
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Joined: 11/24/2005 From: Milwaukee,
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you've got a pretty good base setup for the diff oils there fat1. i run 7K front, 10K middle and 1K rear. the back end is a little loose, but it fits my driving style, i might try 3K in the rear next just to see how that is. hey dirthead, what body is that you're using in the pics?
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Joined: 6/18/2007 From: smalltown,
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oh man, 999 posts, u need 1 more so I have a question. What do you mean by a little bit loose? I'm having difficulty getting a clear answer on what effect heavier and lighter has in terms of behavior. What weight is considered heavy? I know some consider 10k heavy some 50k I see some run 300k.
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