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Thanks Doc. She's holding up remarkably well. I replaced the bearings throughout the rear end over xmas and none were in bad shape. They had 20+ hours of heavy use on them. Still haven't cracked the tranny since day one. It sounds fine but I'm sure one of the top bearings must have some signs of wear by now. J |
Update: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith 1 Attachment(s) I have driving the pure-T-snot out of this rig for 6 months now and I just can't break it. Unbelievable. Makes my old arse 4x2 Slash seem fragile. The motor and trans are still on original bearings. I just installed my first replacement set of brass universal bushings (SDS). Awesome fit and finish on the replacements. The only parts that needed to be upgraded were the steering tabs. They are in a vulnerable location and are subject to lots of torque and impacts. I'm not surprised they eventually failed given my driving style and the terrain I play on. That said, the stockers were darn good and worth the money but I just can't leave stock alone. New ones are 7075 and 0.190" thick. Way overkill yes. RCC only lets me upload one pic at a time before replacing previous pics with the current one. I'm tired of fighting it. Please pardon the mulit-posts. J |
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Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith 1 Attachment(s) Pic #5. Thanks for your patience. I ran out. After a massive amount of abuse the VP axles and SLW wheels are still kicking butt. I can't believe how mean you can be to them with no problems. Looking forward to tearing it up in AZ this weekend. J |
Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith Damn, I missed the boat on the wraith hd 300's. Good luck this weekend and your parts are killer as usual"thumbsup" Later, Farmer |
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EDIT: Driving like you do with ti steering linkage kills servos quickly. How many servos have you killed and which one have you settled on? |
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The steel ones didn't fit the E clips as well. Cheers, J |
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Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith The only thing I've ever broken on the 7950 was the middle case. The plastic bearing race broke off... |
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Panharder mount 6 Attachment(s) At Nats in Prescott last weekend I noticed my rig doing strange things with regard to steering. I noticed the panhard mount was loose so I tightened it up. Last night I again noticed it loose and this time looked closer. D'oh! Looks like I've been a little abusive. Such is evolution. So I spent an hour and made a new one from two layers of 7075 plate (0.125" total). I added beef along the transverse mount to further prevent a similar failure. Gotta give props to the VP mount. It was tough but I'm a 1%er when it comes to breaking stuff. Enjoy. J |
Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith Looks good. I wish I had a hobby sized mill to work with. It takes forever to cut everything out by hand. |
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