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Old 01-29-2009, 07:25 PM
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Default Volcano HopUp Installed....Mostly

Everything Installed On My Volcano T2 Except For The Universal Shafts. I cant Get The Hex Things Off To Put The Universals On
Old 01-29-2009, 07:27 PM
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Old 01-29-2009, 07:35 PM
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try heating them up to expand the metal and loosen up the locktight

wow, that thing already has a few war scars on it.

also buy yourself some t-maxx shocks off of ebay for $25
Old 01-29-2009, 07:42 PM
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yeah the scars are from the crap stock shocks that were outta oil in like a day lol suspension got LOOSE plus takin on ground with decent size rocks dont help lol
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thats why you need them t-maxx shock off of ebay, or the new big bore aluminum shock from redcat which is $30-$40. I know the t-maxx shock are good, and the big bore redcats are suppose to be good, but i have never seen them in action
Old 01-29-2009, 08:24 PM
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well I got the passenger side hex off and the universal in and on. Now need the driverside. I tried to loosen them but it so hard im afraid imm strip out the bolt. The passenger side was red locktite idk why though if u need to take that off to upgrade. U think it would of been blue locktite
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aha got it finally its all on now i just need to zip tie the tube holding pipe to header. Is it ok to use any ol type of zip tie or what idk it if matters cause of the high heat
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I just use regular old zip ties and have not had a problem.
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went to the store and got just plain ol zip ties and put them secured on the boot seems to be working so now my truck put all back together ready to search for a fun spot to tryu to get some footage to win that jump contest HECK YES!!!!!

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