rear lower hinge pins keep bending
05-01-2011, 05:06 PM
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rear lower hinge pins keep bending
anyone have the same problem? the lower rear hinge pins keep bending really easy... any ideas where to get stronger ones?
05-01-2011, 05:42 PM
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RE: rear lower hinge pins keep bending
Not knowing what model you are talking about it is hard to say, but food for thought... When I had the same issue with my Tamiya DF02 I went to the local hardware store and picked up a steel rod, measured it out, cut it (and in the case of the Tamiya bent it) to replace the weak aluminum rod. No more bending on that puppy. The new rod was a hair thicker than the old one so I had to carefully drill the stock holes for it a tad bigger, but it worked just fine.
05-01-2011, 05:48 PM
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RE: rear lower hinge pins keep bending
on some redcats, if you drill the holes slightly larger then you can use pins from a traxxas xl-5 model(the ones that have treads near the head)
