jonesyba42p
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Much appreciated i will give that a go. Ive been chatting to a guy at soul rc this morning and my ride height setting was wrong, floor to bottom of chassis was 9mm front and 7mm rear (manual said it was the measurement on the shock, from adjuster to top hence my 6 and 5). ive since lowered it to 6mm front and 5 rear from the floor as advised but have yet to try it. Do you think my improvised method for measuring toe is at all accurate?
It never occured to me it could be to much grip at the front, assumed it was not enough at the rear.
Ill take it out later today and report back.
Thanks for your continued help[emoji3]
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I took it out last night and the adjustments i did to try improve the handling only made it worse! So ive gone through the build manual:
and used their initial setup:
etc, except for track width and ride height as that was already set according to:
.Heres some pics of the chassis then ill list the settings:
Setup: front = camber -5deg (4.5mm)
Toe out 3deg (14mm)
Caster 10deg i think?
Ride height 6mm
Rear = camber -5deg (9mm)
Toe in 4deg (6mm)
Caster 10deg i think?
Ride height 5mm
The mm measurement is the gap between turnbuckles
I dont have a proper toe gauge so im improvising:
Its on mst red dot tyres (soft i believe) on 6mm offset rims:
Mainly run on smooth tarmac.
Any tips/help/advice is greatly appreciated.
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Thanks for the responses, I'll post some pics in the morning and a more detailed current setup.
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Thanks, that was going to be my next change.
Just trying to get a good base setup for camber toe shock position etc, its running silver springs all round and unknown shock oil. It also has a rear anti roll bar which i dont think is standard, came with 3 different ones of various thicknesses. Currently has one with a gold dot on it.
Holds a drift well IMO its just really snappy on direction changes making it hard to catch the drift, can catch it occasionaly but i think it's more luck than skill lol.
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I recently brought the above model second hand and im after some setup tips for smooth tarmac, basicaly im struggling with transitions (switching directions while maintaining the drift, the middle bit of a fig 8). Ive reverted the geometry back to the stock setup sheet as it was running huge camber and toe so was pretty undrivable. Since ive adopted mittos settings off Mst and it drifts ok. Its running a 1.54 cs and is on mst's soft tyres on 6mm rims as thats what it came with. The back seems to snap round to quick and is hard to catch, i can drift round cones and single corners but really struggle with transitions, i think its setup related not my driving. Any tips greatly appreciated.
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Lol.........its just a bog standard 3.3 tmax in red.
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Ok.......ill add one to my list.thanks.
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Is that one of these: http://www.modelsport.co.uk/os-no.8-glowplug-medium/rc-car-products/1762
Are they better than: http://www.modelsport.co.uk/traxxas-super-duty-glow-plug/rc-car-products/30283
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Thanks.
Yep its multi model and comes with a rx. i believe the axial stuff is the same as flysky, so the flysky tx should bind to the axial rx.......is that correct?
I wasnt sure as the tmax has that optidrive thing.
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Ive just been given a complete barely ran 27mhz tmax 3.3 BUT it came with no tx or easy start and a broken steering bell housing thing (
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Still awaiting a response from asiatees, have sent axial an email so will be interesting to see what they say if anything.
Can anyone confirm if the GPM shafts are any good? Baring in mind my truck sees alot of mud and sand.
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Good to know, ive sent asiatees an email to confirm this. Recon i will order some if they say they fit, then ill see what axial have to say about ripping off its customers.
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A quick search for the above part number brings me to this http://www.axialracing.com/products/ax31148
So basicaly if like me one of the pins snaps out on the trail and you lose the pivot cylinder its gonna cost around
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I believe they do.
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AX31148 is the part number.......will have a search and see what i come up with unless someone has a link for me.
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Thanks for the speedy response chaps, ill disregard the topcad ones then.
The thing that worries me about the gpm ones is that the slider is a slot and pin design so in theory could fill with mud and not slide,and its anorher pin to worry about wearing out and breaking.
The part ive lost is the little cylinder with a hole in it that the pin then goes through.
Ive previously had a good look round the shops and cant find anything similar to the kit i wrongly ordered, other than the complete rebuild kit i linked above.
I think postage back to china would be more than what they cost lol.
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I have the above model and recently lost one of the pivot cylinder thingys from the driveshaft so ordered these:
Turned out not to be right, to small diameter:(
I think i need this little kit: http://www.axialracing.com/products/ax31148
Seems expensive when i only need 1 bit out of it but i cant find anything similar to what i previously ordered but bigger!!!
Ive seen these 2 other options:
But im unsure if they would be compatible or if they are any good.
Can anyone please advise me on my predicament.
Thanks for reading.
Oh and heres my truck:
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Have you ever owned or driven a jimny?
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One less, small, Japanese box of crap to have to overtake on Britain's highways and byways!
What do you drive out of curiosity?
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What brought her to that conclusion? If the symptoms were along the lines of the questions I asked would have suggested crankshaft position sensor,can test with a squirty bottle of water.someone on bigjimny.com might buy it.......better than scrapping it.
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People slating the jimny obviously know nothing about them!!! I have one and they are brilliant,will go places a defender etc wont and are much more reliable[emoji12]
I can help but need a little bit more info..........what year is it?does it cut out when driving after extended periods of say 50mph+?if so does the Rev counter go mental when its "faulting"?if its turned off and left to cool does normal running resume?
I think I know what it is but need further info before making a suggestion.
Or do as someone else suggested goto bigjimny.com, my username on there is jonesyba420.
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Are there any scalers/crawlers in suffolk?im near Felixstowe and have a scx10 deadbolt.
Mst ms01d
in On-Road & Drifting
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It was james i was speaking to earlier, helpfull chap.
Need to get some appropriate tyres before i really start tuning it as im running softs at the mo.
Yea i see what your saying,its reading how it behaves and learning what to adjust. Im sure i will be posting lots of questions lol.
Does my toe gauge look ok?cant see any other way other than buying an expensive setup rig.
Yep will keep updating as i go.