venomoussvt

durr.... i just did a minit ball diff in my mlst.. I must have ball diff on the mind...its the regular assembled diff p/n losb1515

also editing original post

tanman44

Hey Guys,

Don't mean to go off-topic here, but I plan on buying one in two weeks, when I go to a city with a hobby shop

Now, there are a ton of pages, with tons of different info and ideas. It would be just awesome if someone could sum up what I should get that improves speed and battery life...

Someone said these are good: http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id...11&pid=U111044 Does anyone else have any experience with these? They just seem WAY to cheap [X(] If they work, that'd be awesome!

Thanks so much in advance,

-TanMan

venomoussvt

the biggest thing you will find is some are hard to free roll. We are working on a resolution now.
Bearings are a big help.
You can buy or build a lipo and some exact suggestions are offered in this thread somewhere.
You will break the steering. there is a zip tie fix that works fairly well, also mentioned somwhere near the beginning of this thread.
the factory charger doesnt quite charge it as well as a wall charger (of course)
you may start to get bad reception or glitching, this is caused by a break in the antenna, also discussed in the thread towards the beginning


hmm... did I miss anything guys? LOL


sorry I dont know the exact pages where these fixes are or I would gladly provide them for you.

MrN8

I may have been the one that posted that at some time or another, but I finally got them in mine and my batteries were definitely lasting at least 15 minutes and they were lasting just shy of 10 minutes before they were installed.

The next biggest thing to do to get your batteries to last longer is to charge them on a standard charger and not the one that Losi provides with the car. My 15 minute run time was with a .4 amp charge, which takes about 20 minutes to complete.

bluecaka69

I dont recall this being mentioned before but atomicmods.com is making a new chassis and steel spring steering links for the micro-t

tanman44

Awesome, thanks so much venomoussvt and MrN8!

I really appreciate it, and I can't wait to get one

-Tanner

Al P

Good find for the bearings !! Why didn't I ask before I bought mine !!!!!!

venomoussvt

anytime! glad we could help! And if you get one that isnt quite perfect it isnt a big deal. With a little time and very little money you can upgrade and have it running better anyways. Like I said earlier in this thread half the fun of this hobby is fixing and modding things.

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theyre so cheap because theyre only abec 1...... get abec 3 at least

4 stroken ron

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theyre so cheap because theyre only abec 1...... get abec 3 at least
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What does that mean?
Ron

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the abec basically describes how freely the bearing rolls, which then results in how fast it can roll... basically, the higher the abec, the more freely rolling the bearing is

4 stroken ron

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VERY cool, I had never heard of that term before. I am going to write that one down.
I learned something new again today.
Thanks
Ron

MrN8

These wheels aren't spinning fast enough for anything greater than Abec-1 to make a difference. You'd have to have the wheels turning 32,000 rpm or more for the Abec-1 bearings to be considered out of their tolerance range.

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youre probably right... but still, i'd rather buy better bearings than $0.79 abec 1 bearings....

tanman44

I will probably try out the 77cent ones to start, just to see the performance difference...

Thanks for explaining what it meant though, that's really interesting

-TanMan

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no prob

associatedelectric

Hello, I'm thinking about getting a Micro-T and I read the charger isn't great. What is the cheapest charger that will work with the battery pack?

Checkpointracer

I like the charger that comes with it.

associatedelectric

If you were to get a new cheap charger, which one would you get.

Are these what I think they are??

[link=http://www.killerhobbies.com/items/team-losi/team-losi-micro-t/hot-racing-micro-t-hop-ups/hot-racing-steering-upper-arm-tie-w-blue-end-6-micro-t-hotmct16006-detail.htm]Click[/link]

Checkpointracer

I have no idea.

associatedelectric

Are thety upgraded tie-rods?

MrN8

Well, I went through over 20 packs and broke my first part...the rear c-hub. I've been jumping, bashing into furniture, sent it under the oven and nothing broke. My 18 month old was chasing it and stepped on the rear wheel. Oops, at least I already bought the replacement pack that has it in there, just in case.

As far as the front tie rods go, mine are still going strong. They may have upgraded them, but there are a few options of how to make your own. The most popular is the zip tie method. You can also cut them from a thin guitar pick and the lids that come on to-go coffee cups seem like they would work, too. All cheap and easy to do.

WD41

Im not real happy with my Micro rite now. I got it 8 days ago and I have probably run 20 cycles thru it. IT RAN REALLY GOOD until the tranny started chattering on me last weekend. (3 days after I unpacked it)
I broke the diff in, as described above, and kept the car blown out with a blow nozzle. I also took the tranny apart and lubed it- wich corrected this issue for about 4 battery cycles. The only surface i run the car on is clean cement. So... wedensday I ordered a new tranny, a bearing kit and a spare battery. I know the noise was comming from the tranny cause I took the diff out and re-assembled it, and it still made the same noise.
So NOW tonite I put it back together with all the new parts, and it STILL sounds like a freakin can opener!
I think im gonna send the whole rear end drive assembly back to horizon.
Should the motor get hot running wide open under no load?
I havent had a RC car since 1988 when I used to race a Kyosho turbo optima. I think im starting to remember why....[&o][:@]

jfritz001

Hello All,
I finally got my Li-po's in and installed them in my micro-T . It ROCKS! Sooooooo fast its unbelievable.
[My props to www.all-battery.com.
I ordered the following items from them and received them pronto, and packing was superb.
Charger:
http://www.all-battery.com/index.asp...ROD&ProdID=478
Circuit protection:
http://www.all-battery.com/index.asp...S&Category=178

Great deal on the charger, on sale for $22.95, Automatic charging stop when battery pack is fully charged , or voltage reaches 4.2V peak, Universal 100V - 240V AC input for worldwide power usage, LED indication: Red means " In Charging " and Green means " Full " or "open circuits "
# 500 mA constant charging current. 4 Voltage selections at 3.6V, 7.2V, 10.8V and 14.4V
With Tamiya Conncetor: It also has a few misc. adapter cables, so I cut the ends off and made my own adapters...
simple charger but does the job for what I need.

The circuit protection was a breeze to solder in. ( shown in the pics )
Very small, and just the right size for the Micro-T.
Very easy wiring scheme included on their website with the item.
I plan to order some more protection circuits and build a few more batteries packs from scratch.
I will post finished product pics asap.

tanman44

Has anyone tried out these batteries?

http://www.onlybatterypacks.com/show...temID=11415.20

Thanks,

Tanner