steven brown

hi lads this is going to be a long thread off me (steven) and my new shenqi hummer
i bought off e-bay .
i,m going to take u through the whole process off me modding it and makeing new bits for it
when i bought it it got a pipe with it so thats one thing i,m not needing to get for it
but u will see over the next few months me buying lots off bits for this as i feel the plastic
bits just ain,t good enough for this .
i took a few pics off the hummer yesterday as i was takeing it apart and now the hunt starts for
me to find bits for this
i,ve had a good hand by dc2man
a few pics off it the now .if any off u lads have got or had one and know what parts fit what please
post and let me know . cheers

dc2 man

hey steven man good to see you started up here.

thats a fine looking machine,it looks pretty well build actually.

im going to leave you a link to a site where you can find info on parts and which parts will/wont fit it....

seems like you have some dismantling done already,so what are your first plans with it?

any pics of the body?
the army print bodies look well on them.

SQ and TQ - ShengQi and TianQi. Basically the same, and they sell copies of the FG monster truck. They have 26cc motors, unlike the buggies, and retail for about £330. Update: These are very good cars for the money, with good quality plastics. The main difference between these and the FG monster truck is the monster truck has alloy sideplates, which are sure to make it tougher. Spares for these are readily available, fg ones should fit, but you can get cheaper ones from ********.

fg parts will fit this steven..
dc2 man

steven brown

once again dan u ahve came to my resque cheers mate
ye it,s all apart yesterday and i,ve been on the net all day looking
at bits for it
i,ll add a pic off the shell but this shell with be getting copied soon so i can mod it a bit
were going to make a mold off this shell and then make a few out off fibre glass ,.might even make a few more and
sell . we made side gaurds already i,ll get picks off them tough as hell and look sweet
.
first off well what can u say mate i,m going to wait and see if the nitro truck sells then i,ll start
if not i,ll need to get into the shed and done some custon work to get some cash in .
engine mounts i,ve looked at but still trying to work out whats what but i,ll get there .
i,ll post pics and stuff as i go to show u lads how i get on
thanks again dan

dc2 man

no bother man


good to be of some bit of help.

ah sure like my own story its hard to get the cash right now for the hobby as parts can be expensive at times but bit by bit we do get there.

it will all start coming to you man once you strip it all apart.....

all part of the fun.

i think the engine mounts will be same as the fg also.

be great to see pics of them sometime if you could.

steven brown

no probs mate i,ll get them off the engine tomorrow and put a few pics up . i was looking through e-bay there and noticed a two speed box mm wonder and limmited slip diff aswel would these work in my hummer .

dc2 man

might do if you could paste up the links here we could take a look at them.

here this might be of a help to you man.

these fellas just happen to discuss the shinqi monster truck here.

i pm ed you a link man.....

steven brown

pm sent mate

steven brown

did u get the links i sent u mate

dc2 man

hey man

those parts look great...wow!!

love the diff and the brakes,all looks well to me....

now to make sure that they will fit!!

i will check out for you but im sure that they should fit no hassle,the brakes will defo fit anyway.....and the rest im sure should but it wouldnt hurt us to check them out more..

i had a great day with my onroad car yesterday,i will be uploading videos later but first im trying to figure out how to get them up here properly,you should check them out later on my other thread here (carson onroad new CAR TESTED TO THE MAX)

steven brown

cool mate cheers i,ll have a look at the links later on
i,m on hold the now my trucks didn,t sell so i,ll have to relist them .
two nitro raptor trucks and now one wanted them
[X(]

steven brown

well lads i was asked by dan to take a few pics off the engine mounts so i thought i would take
it all apart and check all the gears and bearings. here,s a few pics off what i have found .
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z230/stevenb_011/DSC00526-12.jpg[/IMG]

puff

Hi, i have the same gear problem.
Are there any metal gears available???
Where to you get replacement gears?

davido666

I have the same truck and I bought the ones from DDM. The CAT5 gears are nice set and they are so hard. They still look like new and I have run many tanks on them

steven brown

i,m just starting to mod my car mate and have yet to mod anything
this s the main reason i,m staring this thread so others can see what i,m doing
and were i,m getting the stuff .

davido666 were did u buy your stuff and have u got any pics or links for them

cheers

davido666

I found them here
http://www.davesmotors.com/s.nl/c.88...t.A/id.2323/.f

I found the stock tank leaked fuel all over the place so duratrax has a new stank for the firehammer MT and it fits great.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXPMP7&P=ML

It looks like largescale has the pinion gear in stock.
http://www.largescalerc.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=1015

steven brown

thats great mate cheers . do u have any pics off the gear in place
i looked at my gears and the sp-ur gear is only 16tooth and that one,s a 19 tooth how can this help

davido666

Count the teeth on both gears. The stock gears should be 19/48. You might have fg gears on it. The problem with fg gears is the gear plate for our truck has a different center to center on the shaft holes. If you notice the firehammer has an odd gear size and and even spur gear. FG's use gears with even numbers. You can use fg gears if you have fg gear plate. Also check you bearing in the large motor mount. It should be 7mm wide. Mine was only 5mm wide and it would fall out. I looked on ebay and picked up a set on ebay from a bearing supplier in the US. I will upload some pictures.

steven brown

right here we go
my diff gear is 48
and drive gear is 16
now the plastic gears r small 19 and large 48
i want to replace all these gears and i also want to replace the bearings

steven brown

for me the gear plate hass got to go aswel its stinking
i need all ali lol

davido666

I bought the duratrax gear plate and the bearings in the plate are the same size as skate board bearings. I bought all my replacement bearings off ebay for a fraction of the cost of the ones at the LHS. You can use the FG gear plate but use the FG gear set with it. You will need a new fg large motor mount so the drive shaft lines up with the gear plate. That is why I bought duratrax parts. They are alot cheaper here then FG parts. I did buy the FG small aluminum motor mount so I have one good metal mount. I still run the plastic spur gear carrier so I have a weak point that will give if the drive locks up or jams. Spur gear carrers are cheap and they seem to last. It looks like you pinion gear wore out but was not mesh well with the pinion gear. I ran in the sand last year and I would go through a set of plastic gears each time I went out. That is why I went all metal.

steven brown

i,ve got the parts off the truck and i,m asking my mate to have a look at them as he,s got all the
gear to be able to machine them so i might get like for like this would say me a wee bit off cash but we will see .

so if i were to get my mate to make me these what would u recomend me useing gears wise .

steven brown

as u lads know when udon,t have side gaurds the dirt stone,s ad grit can get every were and wreck your car/truck
so another mo me and my mate r doing is makeing our own side gaurds .this is a pick ioff the molds my mate,s made
just got to wait till the next time were up at the shop to get enough stuff to mold the hummer shell and make some
stuff .

dc2 man

hey man good work and great pics!!!

the fg mounts are a direct fit for that engine and gearplate and gears/clutch/carb in fact i would think everything for that engine is a direct fg fit....

keep up the good work..

man i wouldnt go replacing them spur gears untill you really need to,they can be very tough with the steel clutch pinion in plastic trim.

steven brown

i have kinda worked out about the fg stuff but i,ve sent all my bits away to my mate who,s going to take a look at them and see if he can do them for me as he,s a machinest bloody good one at that .
i,ve sent him about £200 work off work and he said he would do it for half so that good
so u recon i should leave all the gears alone the now .
i was going to replace the diff gear and the spur the now as they look a bit nacked i seen a set on flee bay for £30 so i was
going to get them

associatedrules

I have the same truck. First thing I did was put a Futaba FASST receiver in it to use my 3PM FASST system with it. I then upgraded the engine with a 27cc head kit, Jet Pro pipe, Velocity stack, Unifilter airfilter with velocity stack, prefilters for the airfilter and pullstart, chrome engine kit, and a high RPM clutch spring all from DDM. I also replaced the crappy stock shocks with ones for the FG Marder sold from pro5thscale.com. I did have to put limiters in the front shocks to make the suspension geometry correct. See both my thread on this truck: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_83..._1/key_/tm.htm and Slawhammers very informational thread about the Fire Hammer (same vehicle): http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_77..._1/key_/tm.htm I also replaced the stock weak Jeep Wrangler body with a FG ford F150 body and replaced the roll cage with the FG one for the Marder. Most marder parts will fit.