Himoto Bowie

[Kpowell911]

How much was the Bowie? Im looking at the after market upgrades and they are very expensive. I just think you are wasting money when you could have had something with now issues to begin with but you're simply not listening to anyone, you seem to think you know better so Im confused as to why you even ask questions.....

[ROBSTER 1992]

How much was the Bowie? Im looking at the after market upgrades and they are very expensive. I just think you are wasting money when you could have had something with now issues to begin with but you're simply not listening to anyone, you seem to think you know better so Im confused as to why you even ask questions.....

The Bowie was £119 pounds.

[Kpowell911]

Was that brushed or brushless?

[ROBSTER 1992]

Was that brushed or brushless?

Brushless

[Kpowell911]

If im honest, thats quite a good price. But if youre spending £30 on hubs etc its going to mount up and you could have had something proven like a firestorm for example, but hey here we are/

[ROBSTER 1992]

If im honest, thats quite a good price. But if youre spending £30 on hubs etc its going to mount up and you could have had something proven like a firestorm for example, but hey here we are/

Yes it's quite a good price for a brushless RC car.

[capri-boy]

4 hours ago, ROBSTER 1992 said:

Yes it's quite a good price for a brushless RC car.

 

Should you want spares I've been offered (and don't want) a complete roller, no shell or wheels, for £50.  Del would have to be on top - I don't know which E10 it is, other than it's brand new and judging by the condition I'd say it's been robbed of bits for warranty claims.

 

 

[ROBSTER 1992]

My hubs just arrived they are pink not red on the listing it stated that they are red.

[Kpowell911]

Ignore the colour do they fit? Youll get off colours with cheaper brands u fortunately

Edited September 20, 2016 by Guns

[XV Pilot]

Those look a lot more promising than the ones in the picture earlier. Perhaps it is just the camera angle, but they look like they have an offset tierod mounting like the plastic ones did. They might work without any further mods to the tierods!

 

[ROBSTER 1992]

Looks like they fit I still need to do some modifications.

[Kpowell911]

Whats the toe and steering like now? Looks promising. Have u had to use spacers above and below the knuckle?

[capri-boy]

Looks like they fit, hopefully they've not altered your geometry too much. 

[ROBSTER 1992]

Whats the toe and steering like now? Looks promising. Have u had to use spacers above and below the knuckle?

Yes I had to put spacers above and below the knuckle the screws where rubbing on the drive cup I am going to put washers on tomorrow because the gold ones that I put on are to much and basically the screws aren't in the threads far.

[ROBSTER 1992]

Whats the toe and steering like now? Looks promising. Have u had to use spacers above and below the knuckle?

I will check toe tomorrow and also see what the steering is like to.

[ROBSTER 1992]

Looks like they fit, hopefully they've not altered your geometry too much. 

Hopefully it hasn't altered my geometry.

[ROBSTER 1992]

Okay are you ready for this guys.

Here is the modifications I had to do to make my front hubs fit.

I had to cut my Dogbones [emoji46].

I didn't really want to cut them but I had to they where rubbing in the drive cups I will get some shorter ones when these ones break[emoji106].

I had to rap insulation tape round my bearings so they would fit in hubs the hole was to big.

I had to put 4 washers top and bottom because the bolts that go through the hubs was rubbing on drive cups.

Then also found that I needed to make my suspension harder to lift the arms up so the dogbones don't rub on the drive cups it still does it a little bit but it is not as bad as it was the wheels do turn around okay now[emoji12].

Also done the suspension the same on the rear to.

Had to put tap round my suspension so the o ring fitted on because it was to big.

Had some fun with this lube [emoji13] no only joking.

Put the lube on moving parts to help them move better like on the Dogbones etc.

Also noticed that I couldn't do the wheel nuts up to tight because the wheels were hard to turn if I did they are tight but not mega tight like how I had them before.

Here's how the camber sits.

Please note the camber was like this with the standard hubs were on if anything it's a little more but not a lot.

It took me all day and a little bit last night but I got there in the end had a couple of moments when it was getting on my nerves and swearing I am now one happy bunny[emoji4].

And other thing some one on here told me you don't need to run a heatsink I tried the car to make sure the wheels go round and they do had it on full whack to get the lube into the moving parts I had the car siting on something I let the car sit for a while I then touched the heatsink and it was hotter than the motor heatsinks are designed to transfer the heat from the motor on to that so I think you do need to run them with brushless motors.

[ROBSTER 1992]

Also just tried the back wheels and as I said if I done the wheel nuts to tight on the front the wheels get hard to turn so I done this on the back now and I had them up mega tight I slackened them of a bit and now they are easer to turn so I have been loosing drag because of this so my car should be a little bit more faster now.

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[Twist]

That does not look right.

[Twist]

[ROBSTER 1992]

Just looked on this thread on my previous pictures I posted up I haven't got any negative camber on them pictures now I have quite a lot I got it wrong on the 2 reply up do you thing it will be alright like that.

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[ROBSTER 1992]

That does not look right.

Yes I know do you think it will be alright like that.

[stretch]

50 minutes ago, ROBSTER 1992 said:

Okay are you ready for this guys.

Here is the modifications I had to do to make my front hubs fit.

I had to cut my Dogbones .

I didn't really want to cut them but I had to they where rubbing in the drive cups I will get some shorter ones when these ones break.

I had to rap insulation tape round my bearings so they would fit in hubs the hole was to big.

I had to put 4 washers top and bottom because the bolts that go through the hubs was rubbing on drive cups.

Then also found that I needed to make my suspension harder to lift the arms up so the dogbones don't rub on the drive cups it still does it a little bit but it is not as bad as it was the wheels do turn around okay now.

Also done the suspension the same on the rear to.

Had to put tap round my suspension so the o ring fitted on because it was to big.

Had some fun with this lube no only joking.

Put the lube on moving parts to help them move better like on the Dogbones etc.

Also noticed that I couldn't do the wheel nuts up to tight because the wheels were hard to turn if I did they are tight but not mega tight like how I had them before.

Here's how the camber sits.

Please note the camber was like this with the standard hubs were on if anything it's a little more but not a lot.

It took me all day and a little bit last night but I got there in the end had a couple of moments when it was getting on my nerves and swearing I am now one happy bunny.

And other thing some one on here told me you don't need to run a heatsink I tried the car to make sure the wheels go round and they do had it on full whack to get the lube into the moving parts I had the car siting on something I let the car sit for a while I then touched the heatsink and it was hotter than the motor heatsinks are designed to transfer the heat from the motor on to that so I think you do need to run them with brushless motors.

 

As I said you do not need to run heatsinks on all brushless motors. Hence why they generally aren't supplied from stock. With correct gearing terrain etc you shouldn't need one. When you day hot what was he actual temperature as you hot might be different to someone else's.  Get a temp gun. Check your gearing and drive train for binding etc.

 

That camber is ridiculous.

[Twist]

1 hour ago, ROBSTER 1992 said:

 

 

Yes I know do you think it will be alright like that.

 

Tbh I wouldn't hack a car apart to make something fit that's not made to fit. Looks like you're causing headaches for yourself.

Edited September 21, 2016 by Twist

[capri-boy]

Send em back as unfit and get some proper stock ones if you insist on sticking with this.  Dogbones are a mess, and it sounds like there catching on the inside of the drive cups now too - they won't last long.  Insulation tape 'mod' will soon fail and you'll damage the hubs when it does.

 

Re the washers could you not have used smaller screws?  I'd hazard that moving the pivot balls further from the hubs has either caused or exacerbated the camber issue.

 

Re heatsink no one is saying in your position you don't need to run one, but in a correctly geared system run within it's operating parameters you shouldn't need to....  The motor in this looks the same 540 sized can they fit to the buggy.  If your drivetrain is free then it's geared incorrectly or at worst not up to the job - that said although iffy plastics I've never had this issue with the E10's so I'd check your drivetrain is free / gear mesh.