ethan1996

Right, been a while... since I was last on: - Tried the alloy arms, preferred the black on orange look so put the plastic ones back on. Sold the alloy ones. - Driveshafts kept falling out again and again even with o rings, over 5 or 6 runs probably only did 300ft, just whenever I went and steered a decent angle they popped out at the wheel/hub end. - Bought GPM CVD driveshafts and fitted these on Saturday, initial impressions they are much better and highly recommend them. Cope with full lock and stay firmly in the cup at the diff end, so hopefully this should fix my problem. Next to take it for a test spin, and try the CVD's to make sure they've made it reliable! Pics to follow...

What size hex are these? Thanks

awesome cheers for that

As the title says, I'm after an HPI bullet ST Flux shell please Thanks

Main reason is just for the bling with the arms to be honest. I kind of like the black ones now though - don't want too much alloy. I always keep the old parts as spares anyway, just incase haha.

Alloy braces turned up yesterday so fit those. Orange of course! Pictures to follow... Also replaced all the bumper bolts with stainless, and most of the brace ones with stainless bolts too as self tappers don't work in the alloy parts. Alloy arms have also arrived, debating fitting these later - mixed reviews on them!

Anyone aware of a fix for this? My dogbones keep falling out the front of my HPI bullet when I have the wheels on full lock. Very annoying! Or anyone know where I could buy 90mm dogbanes for the bullet? Thanks

Ah okay will do, they're all in with Locktite so should be alright hopefully. Took it out for a run yesterday, steering was miles off and then dogbone/driveshaft popped out one end. Pain. Fiddled last night and think I've got the steering setup now so it's all straight and equal, and put the dogbone back in again. Adjusted the endpoints on the steering too, as the wheels could hit the bumper when turning on full lock... now the dogbones won't ever fall out and the steering is much better. Win!

Alloy hubs and hub carriers turned up yesterday along with the new HPI sleeves for the hub carriers as one was lost when it fell apart. I got M3 stainless steel hex head bolts to replace all the bolts with on the hubs/hub carriers which I'm glad I did as the top of the hub uses a tapped screw, which doesn't work with alloy so I replaced it with a bolt. I made sure to use Locktite on every bolt to ensure they don't come undone. Anyway, on to a picture, very happy with it. Now to wait for the alloy arms to arrive, and some of the braces, but meanwhile time to take it out to test the new hubs.

So, I'm new on here and @Zannu said I should do a build thread as I'm doing a lot of changes to my HPI Bullet fairly quickly. I bought it about a week ago, a used HPI bullet ST flux in good condition, all working nicely, bit of a tatty body shell but didn't pay anywhere near new price for it so I was (and still am) very happy with it. I had an HPI E-Firestorm Flux a few years ago, and sold it to get money for my first car. Well, I've missed it since and always wanted a Bullet so thought I'd treat myself. Anyway... here it is. So, the car came with a 3S LiPo battery. It had also barely been used, so was in great condition. I thought I'd take it out for a spin. I had read everywhere online about the hubs being a weak point, so planned to upgrade them to the alloy ones, but thought a few goes with plastic hubs would be fine. Took it out for a little spin in a car park, went over a couple of speed bumps, had some fun with it and broke both hubs within around 15 minutes. So now it looks like this... Not quite what I had planned, but an excuse to upgrade sooner, and do some mending at the same time. Straight away after the crash I inspected the damage... both hub carriers broken, one hub broken. The side with the hub broken, the wheel and whole hub actually flew across the car park, so the bolts for this that attach hub to hub carrier are lost somewhere in a car park, along with the little metal sleeves. I immediately ordered alloy hub carriers in orange for the front, and alloy hubs in silver. Then, with @Zannu Kindly helping me find the parts that were missing and sending me invaluable links, I ordered the metal sleeves along with a few spares, and some stainless steel bolts for the hubs where they bolt to the hub carriers. I also ordered some spare bolts for any other areas of the truck with the same size bolts, just for a nice stainless steel upgrade. I then ordered some alloy arms in silver for front and back, and a couple of alloy braces for it. So, more updates to come when parts begin to arrive and I can get upgrading and fixing...

That's gonna be cool when it's done Should be useful

Cheers May make a build thread, unsure on which section to put it in though.. Hmm

Sweet, thanks, will give it a go New hubs arriving soon I hope!

Guide needed: How to change hubs on an HPI bullet? Description of problem: I'm a muppet who bought an HPI Bullet then instantly broke both hubs (although they are a weak point apparently), so now I need to change the hubs and hub carriers. I have bought aluminium upgrade hubs and hub carriers from asiatees, I get the bolt bit, but how do you get the bearing etc out to put in the new hub? I've got the hubs off, and driveshaft out, and the hub carriers off, just need to transfer everything to the new hub. Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Can I see a pic of underneath? Thanks