ORIGINAL: CarGuy7a
I'm sure they probably know there is an issue with it. I've had this happen with more than just the slayer. Yes they're customer service is great, I've used them more than once for much larger issues like my slayer having the incorrect springs on the rear from the factory. But an issue like this I don't see as worth picking up the phone and trying to get them to do something about it. They have better things to invest their R&D money into than just making a silly guard to keep a pebble out of the wheel.
Come on people, do like bink and make a little guard or something with plastic or some screen mesh and get on with it. It's a minor issue that I wouldn't even worry about or bother traxxas about. It's happened to me before many times just pick the truck up and shake it out it takes 2 freakin seconds. You all are blowing a small problem way out of proportion. What are you all going to do when a bigger problem arises? I think you all are in the wrong hobby if you let a little bitty problem like this aggrivate you half to death. It's like buying a 1:1 truck and complaining that rocks knick the paint. What do you think the manufacturer is going to do? I highly doubt they'd do anything about it.
Hi, I only tried Traxxas support twice now with little result. Thankyou for telling me they helped you well. I will hopefully not need to pester them! You are right, they have better things to do than worry about rocks. When I asked this i was hoping someone did the r/d on it already
Lazy I know!! I just walk over to it now and shake the rocks out,like djzachtyler said also. I actually found the easiest way to fix it was to run my savage /t-maxx first. They sweep the line for me! Then Slayer runs fine! I can always switch to revo tires. I would gear up of course. I guess this got us all talking though! I never did this forum thing before, nice way to see what other guys think. Carguy, your thing about 1.1 truck hit a bell. I was a auto tech at a chevy dealer for 5 years back in the '90s. Hearing customers complain about silly stuff reminds me of what I just did!! Thanks man for helping me!! hope we all can share ideas and tips!!