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Old 04-06-2009, 09:26 PM
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Default Crank down your wheel nuts!

Over the weekend, while it was actually warm, I took out my RC. I was fiddling with the 2speed by adjusting the shift point, so I kept the rear wheel nut loose. Anyways, when running it to see where the shift point was engaging at, the nut worked loose, the ***** end of the RC hit the grass, and the wheel went sailing downfield. Here are some pics of my emparrasing moment.

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I usually crank down on the wheel nuts, really hard. Even to the point that I have to really torque them hard so that they will never come loose. And this is in addition to loc-tite!
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Old 04-06-2009, 09:55 PM
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Default RE: Crank down your wheel nuts!

did you convert that to 4wd? there is only two front springs on each side , i like all the alloy too did it come like that or did you convert it all to alloy . i always check the nuts between runs and keep a spanner socket wrench handy to tighten them everynow and then .
Old 04-07-2009, 06:19 AM
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This is the 4wd comp version, it began with only 1 shock per wheel, I took off the rear comp shocks and put on 4 upgrade alum shocks for the non-comp FGs. I like the stiffer feel, but unfortunately, I need to go all 4 rear springs as chrome, the blue ones with the chrome ones make the rear TOO stiff.

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