johninderby Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Already done that with the Losi shocks. Been taking a look at the shock towers. They are flat on the back so should be able to turn them around and put a thin plate across with new lower mounting holes. Losi shock have about the same amount of travel so should work OK. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Here's the video from today, sorry about the crappy video quality, this camera will be going in the bin after Xmas! Does anyone else have a problem with their car pulling one way or the other on hard acceleration or braking? Mine consistently pulls hard left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Mine does tend to pull one way or the other quite often when taking off from a stop.Can also turn more sharply under heavy breaking than is wanted. Being small and light with a short wheelbase perhaps it's not so surprising. Have you noticed it always seems to land on it's wheels after a flip? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 9 minutes ago, johninderby said: Mine does tend to pull one way or the other quite often when taking off from a stop.Can also turn more sharply under heavy breaking than is wanted. Being small and light with a short wheelbase perhaps it's not so surprising. Have you noticed it always seems to land on it's wheels after a flip? John Maybe I'm just expecting too much from such a small vehicle. It does seem to recover from a tumble rather well. Are all of the chassis identical? I can see me stripping threads at some point so it might be sensible to keep a spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) The chassis are all the same except for the suspension arms and dogbones. Fortunately the diff and gear sets etc. are fairly cheap. I'm hoping the Quicrun ESC will improve things starting off with the rally. Wonder if you could lock the rear diff? John Edited December 24, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Dropped the 14t pinny in, motor now sits slightly off square....??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 28 minutes ago, Noj said: Dropped the 14t pinny in, motor now sits slightly off square....??? Can't say I noticed that on mine, I'll have a check tomorrow. I meshed it properly but it's still really noisy so maybe I have the same issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) The way the motor mount is fastened with a fixed front screw and the two rear slotted screws means the mount has to swivel a bit with a bigger pinion so it will be sitting at a slight angle. Designed that way so it must (should?) work. John Edited December 25, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Mesh feels tighter and pushed by hand, does seem louder. Will have a test run today, if the wind drops....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Back to the skatepark today, this little thing has taken some punishment over the last week or so! I've managed to pop one of the arms off of the front knuckle twice but fortunately managed to recover the dogbone both times, no harm done. Today was cut short due to losing a wheel nut Does anyone know what size the nuts are? I don't want to replace them with more plastic ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) Think they're M1.6. Tried an M2 locknut and it was slightly too big. Bit hard to find in that size, at least in a locknut. John Edited December 26, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Not nylon but that'll do nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Drop of threadlock and it'll be fine. BTW was it an M1.6? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 No idea what size they are I'm afraid, the guy at my lhs happened to have them in his spares box 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Grand fix, hoarding random sized hardware is a good skill to have.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Pack of M1.6 nuts on their way from Kayfast as it would seem to be prudent to have a few spare. Funnily enough have plenty of M1,2 and M2 nuts but nothing inbetween. John Edited December 27, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Do you guys know of anywhere with Truggy spares in stock? I'm terrified of breaking a suspension arm or something lol, February 17th (according to MS) is a long time to wait for a replacement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Carisma-Shop has a lot of the parts in stock listed under Gt24. Unfortunately most of it is in their USA and Asia shops. http://www.carisma-shop.com/en/search_result.php?s=Gt24&stock_country_id=3 Pretty well nothing in their EU shop. John Edited December 27, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 1 hour ago, johninderby said: Carisma-Shop has a lot of the parts in stock listed under Gt24. Unfortunately most of it is in their USA and Asia shops. http://www.carisma-shop.com/en/search_result.php?s=Gt24&stock_country_id=3 Pretty well nothing in their EU shop. John Cheers, think I'll order up some spare arms and dogbones, hopefully they'll arrive before they're needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) The GT24T /TR suspension and dogbones show USD prices but think they actually come from Asia. Shows 1 to 8 weeks delivery time??? John Edited December 27, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 If they haven't arrived by the time UK stock is available again then I'll order from the UK too. Can't have too many spares at that price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Big money £££ aren't they. John Edited December 27, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Ordered some 1.5mm thick aluminium sheet to make the shock tower plates. Turn stock shock towers around so flat suface is facing the right way and then fit the ali plates over them screwed in place top and bottom and put a couple of shock mount holes in the plates. Then the cheap,Losi shocks will give proper ride height. John Edited December 27, 2016 by johninderby 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 A little bit of slo-mo for you guys. 2 packs run through it again today, no breakages and no wheels detaching of their own accord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Flies very well. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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