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Yer kidding me... - 2/29/2008 9:40:03 PM

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Damnit, my brand new LST2 not even driven yet. I go to adjust the slipper clutch an *snap* the shaft breaks. So frustrated. Hope this isnt a sign of things to come

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 2/29/2008 10:28:47 PM

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Well I would not have even adjusted it till after "break in" no pun intended.
Losi should fix that for you since it's never been run.

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 2/29/2008 11:53:51 PM

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than sucks but losi would prob. send you one through the mail they have excellent customer service hands down

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 12:36:21 AM

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Call them right away.

1.877.504.0233

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 12:55:38 AM

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can you confirm if you got a Dx 3 with your truck.

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 1:39:52 AM

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Why did you tighten it down till it snapped ? You must have felt the nut bottom out ? No need to tighten further ......

Maybe it was defective , but it would take some force to twist that shaft IMO .....

Horizon Hobbies customer service is top notch though and they will probably send you replacement parts .....

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 2:19:04 AM

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quote:

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Why did you tighten it down till it snapped ? You must have felt the nut bottom out ? No need to tighten further ......

Maybe it was defective , but it would take some force to twist that shaft IMO .....

Horizon Hobbies customer service is top notch though and they will probably send you replacement parts .....

yeah i would think the plastic in the adjuster nut would strip waaaaay before the rod would ever break

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 2:24:08 AM

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Never got to bottoming out, I had to adjust it since Losi left it wayyyyy too loose (ie wont even move forward, ie, nut was loose). In my 17 years of drivign r/c cars and playing with slippers, never has this happened to me. I adjust my RC10's the same way: Tighten till it stops, then loosen 1-2 turns. Then, when I hit dirt, I hold the car and adjust till the gears stop moving, then tighten a bit more.

It's not the 7$ part that pisses me off, it's the fact that I gotta wait another week to run it!!!!!! GRRRR

I'm still calling Losi though come Monday, thanks for the tip!

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 2:30:50 AM

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Did you mean the drive pin snapped or the drive shaft into the tranny???

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 2:32:21 AM

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quote:

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can you confirm if you got a Dx 3 with your truck.

No DX3! In a way I'm glad. Personally, I would stay off the 2.4GHZ band. It's pretty saturated with all KINDS of interference today. FM has never given me problems, as long as you're careful on the track. PCM is even better.

Another thing, isn't 2.4GHZ digital? No matter what you do, digital always introduces a delay due to the modulation and demodulation during communications. I may be wrong since I'm not ENTIRELY familiar with the communications protocol of these new radios

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 2:34:16 AM

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Did you mean the drive pin snapped or the drive shaft into the tranny???

The shaft that comes out from the tranny, and through the slipper clutch (exactly where you tighten the nut to adjust the clutch)

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 3:09:18 AM

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 3:09:27 AM

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sounds like they threaded it a little too much

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 3:38:18 AM

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Yeah thats abnormal, they should take care of you though. Nice macro btw

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RE: Yer kidding me... - 3/1/2008 3:40:08 AM

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Wow, never saw that one before. Call Losi and they will send a new one. I had a bad OWB out of the box and called them, I had a new one setting on my porch within a week at no charge. Yeah, it does suck not being able to run it until a replacement comes in.

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