Jato tire question!
02-02-2011, 02:39 PM
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RE: Jato tire question!
Well guys.. just had my first pretty bad crash... had my CAMERA ONBOARD THOUGH! It's amazing i've never crashed this car. and the second time a cam is onboard... BOOM!
Anyways I'm editing the video now and will post..... what I THOUGHT happened is I was making a high speed run down my hill. My street bends slightly to the right coming downhill. Anyways I was turning the tires and thought it was turning, but them BAM the back left tire caught a sewer, and I figured the front end was off the ground and it wasn't turning and this is why this happened. But looking at the video it looks like it had a SUDDEN change of direction as if I hit a bump in the road or something.
Anyways I need a new A-arm (HOW do I take the A-arm off of the chassis? It looks pretty deep in there. and I need a new shock and driveshaft... Again how do I take off the driveshaft from the transmission?
Anyways I'm editing the video now and will post..... what I THOUGHT happened is I was making a high speed run down my hill. My street bends slightly to the right coming downhill. Anyways I was turning the tires and thought it was turning, but them BAM the back left tire caught a sewer, and I figured the front end was off the ground and it wasn't turning and this is why this happened. But looking at the video it looks like it had a SUDDEN change of direction as if I hit a bump in the road or something.
Anyways I need a new A-arm (HOW do I take the A-arm off of the chassis? It looks pretty deep in there. and I need a new shock and driveshaft... Again how do I take off the driveshaft from the transmission?
02-02-2011, 02:59 PM
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RE: Jato tire question!
Ok where the shaft meets the trany rotate the shat and you will find a small allen screw remove it and the shaft will come off to get the back arm off on the back where the battery box is you will find 2 screws the top two ( not the ones for the shock tower the ones under them) you want the ones that are right under the trx stamp but you will remove them and the back will come off battery box and all you can get the arms off there be careful you don’t drop the gear out of the deferential
You can get exploded views of the jato on the traxxas web page they always help
You can get exploded views of the jato on the traxxas web page they always help
02-02-2011, 03:00 PM
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Oh and you have to take the screws out of the bottom the ones closes to the battery box
i broke my arm hit some leaves on the side of the road spun out and hit a wood brige the lady had in her ditch it suck i have heard rpm arms stand up better and the cold makes your parts brittle
i broke my arm hit some leaves on the side of the road spun out and hit a wood brige the lady had in her ditch it suck i have heard rpm arms stand up better and the cold makes your parts brittle
02-02-2011, 03:04 PM
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Okay thank you very much... yeah the shaft seems pretty simple.... I may need to get out my manual (exploded view in there? I would think so) to get the A-Arm off... Just ordered all the parts... $32.00 shipped... not too bad!
02-02-2011, 03:09 PM
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ORIGINAL: superflyboy1988
its not in the book if you got the jato new there was a second book with it
its not in the book if you got the jato new there was a second book with it
02-02-2011, 04:08 PM
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Yeah left shock was empty, and it ripped out from the threads from the top part of the assembly.... I ordered a new rear shock also...
02-02-2011, 04:40 PM
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Yeah man it does... But It's all good, taking apart and fixing things just make the hobby more interesting! In all it was only 32 bucks so that's no huge deal
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ya i have been through a set of front arm turnbuckles and now thr back arm lol so ya i know how it is all good but i will be buying etxra from now on lol
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ORIGINAL: superflyboy1988
ya i have been through a set of front arm turnbuckles and now thr back arm lol so ya i know how it is all good but i will be buying etxra from now on lol
ya i have been through a set of front arm turnbuckles and now thr back arm lol so ya i know how it is all good but i will be buying etxra from now on lol
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ya i grew up areound plane my grandfater had planes for as long as i can remmber he is the on that got me in to rc
but ya you go to love this hooby to keep doing it
but ya you go to love this hooby to keep doing it
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ORIGINAL: superflyboy1988
ya i grew up areound plane my grandfater had planes for as long as i can remmber he is the on that got me in to rc
but ya you go to love this hooby to keep doing it
ya i grew up areound plane my grandfater had planes for as long as i can remmber he is the on that got me in to rc
but ya you go to love this hooby to keep doing it
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RE: Jato tire question!
Wow,mine must have been on sale!it was around 50.00
ORIGINAL: chevypower1930
I just went to that website to check out that wheelie bar and WOW, I saw over $70.00 and couldn't believe it haha... A little too pricey for a wheelie bar for me.
But anyways, I am LOVING this car. I haven't even driven it with the new body on it yet!
I've ran it 4 times though since the new clutch bell and tires and I've been adjusting the slipper clutch little by little every run and am getting it closer and closer to perfect for me. This Jato RIPS, it's absolutely insane the amount of torque it has. Every time I hit the throttle from a stand still it's standing straight up, and I can hold the wheelies which is the sickest part.
Another thing I gotta tune now is the shift point. It's not shifting into second gear, I'm gonna adjust the shift point to shift earlier before the next run. This was kind of a troublesome problem from day one with the Jato though. It would shift every now and then but I could never get that set, perfect, consistent shift.
ORIGINAL: nitrohead803
I got the wheelie bar at a place called VGRACING.com on the web. The spring in the bar really helps control wheelies in second gear! A local cop who is a buddy of mine clocked me at 57mph with the front wheels in the air!
I got the wheelie bar at a place called VGRACING.com on the web. The spring in the bar really helps control wheelies in second gear! A local cop who is a buddy of mine clocked me at 57mph with the front wheels in the air!
But anyways, I am LOVING this car. I haven't even driven it with the new body on it yet!
I've ran it 4 times though since the new clutch bell and tires and I've been adjusting the slipper clutch little by little every run and am getting it closer and closer to perfect for me. This Jato RIPS, it's absolutely insane the amount of torque it has. Every time I hit the throttle from a stand still it's standing straight up, and I can hold the wheelies which is the sickest part.Another thing I gotta tune now is the shift point. It's not shifting into second gear, I'm gonna adjust the shift point to shift earlier before the next run. This was kind of a troublesome problem from day one with the Jato though. It would shift every now and then but I could never get that set, perfect, consistent shift.
