ea77
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Joined: 9/9/2007
From: , ON, CANADA
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Thanks for the tip!
I don't feel like doing a tear down, have limited time to play as it is, so I just play with the car and if something breaks then I'll replace with sealed bearings. I really suspected that they are not sealed because when I ran the car in some slightly moist dirt, the dirt must have worked it way to the steering bellcranks and cause them to practically lock up. I sprayed the steering assembly down with some rust check oil spray (anti corrosive spray) to free the bearings up again.
Some tips I'd like to share with my experience of the car.
1. Re-locktight ALL SET SCREWS on the drive train. Tighten the 6mm set screw from the gearbox outdrive, and 5mm set screws at the drive shafts of the front and rear differentials.
I don't think I was running full time 4WD when I first ran the car a couple of time so it was so-so in performance. Noticed a set screw missing on he drive line. And I began checking all of them.
After relocktite all the set screws in the drive train it was a night and day different. The car took off like a bat out of hell and sounded like a WRC rally car. (high pitch gear whining)
2. Rebuild the shocks.
The included shock oil is terrible. Once the oil heats up, the damping action is reduced. When I tore my shocks down, I was shocked to find that the e-clips holding the shock piston had failed. So I recrimped the e-clip and re-assembled the damper, filled with Losi 30wt oil all around and now the shocks feel great.
3. Locktite the king pin screws on the steering blocks front and rear. These worked loose after a couple of 20 min bash sessions.
I've had the car actually for about 6 mos but haven't run it since a few weeks ago.
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ORIGINAL: FS*MT*4WD
EA77:hey bro, your fs is lookin sweet...how long you had it for??dont forget to change the stock bearings
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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 
for the contact)...good price and fast shipping...gave me some extra plastic gears too(not that im gonna need those anymore) oh and i still have not had any problems with my plastic gears...just got these for when they do strip.. 
