Carnage report

[Badd]

Originally Posted by swell searcher

damn badd... in one comp, ouch...

only bad luck i've i had is with electronics... cc bec stopped working and burnt up one of my dig switches. and the best part of it all, my berg has not even seen rocks yet... :-(

yep parts at that comp where
2 stubs
2 servo horns (Alum.)
1 lower link bent (Stock OCM)
2 bent drive pins
4 rodends
1 grappler body
it was a Badd day . :-P

[Mic]

In one outing
3 bent stub axles
and one trashed aftermarket chassis.

[JohnRobHolmes]

One bent rear stub axle. It makes me wonder if the wider axle width is playing a roll in it. Some chromo or titanium outers may help.

[eric113]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

One bent rear stub axle. It makes me wonder if the wider axle width is playing a roll in it. Some chromo or titanium outers may help.

stockers or axial ?

[Gatekeeper]

Blowed 7 bearings apart so far
2 sets of gears in front axle
all 4 stock stubs in two battery packs

[FrankyRizzo]

I grenaded a stub today.

[renoirbud]

- 3 front tires
- pulled upper link out of the ball end
- couple screws came loose

[JohnRobHolmes]

It was the stockers on mine. Axials going in next.

[EeePee]

I've been bending Axial stubs, all of em are bent actually. Like I'm driving a wobbly wheeled clown car or something.

[joesbruiser]

Originally Posted by EeePee

I've been bending Axial stubs, all of em are bent actually. Like I'm driving a wobbly wheeled clown car or something.

I think the stubs are bending because there is no flex in the axle housings them selves like the plastic housings in other rigs.

[redbaron]

Originally Posted by joesbruiser

I think the stubs are bending because there is no flex in the axle housings them selves like the plastic housings in other rigs.

I think they are bending because he is tightening the wheel nut too tight. But I could be wrong! We talked about it last night. I run mine up tight, then back them off a half turn and have not broke or bent an axial stub yet.

[EeePee]

Originally Posted by redbaron

I think they are bending because he is tightening the wheel nut too tight.

I'm tightening them like every other wheel nut on everything else, tight.

Mine are probably bending because I drive like a maniac after the comps and not care what happens.

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

I bent a lubed knuckle today while crawling.
OK

[swell searcher]

after 2 practice runs and testing on an indoor comp course...

1) 2 bent steering links
2) bent aluminum servo arm
3) 2 torn panther tires
4) lower shock rod
5) 2 striped out rod ends

[slowrockr]

Originally Posted by swell searcher

after 2 practice runs and testing on an indoor comp course...

1) 2 bent steering links
2) bent aluminum servo arm
3) 2 torn panther tires
4) lower shock rod
5) 2 striped out rod ends

So basically your sayin the BERG axles are holding up to the abuse?

[666]

Stripped the front gears, broken long shafts, the rest of the stock stubs.

It was pure fun though!!

Now where are my parts?:-(

[Kamikaze]

I was doing some destructive testing on some prototype links and chassis today and I sheared the upper link mount off, and the resulting debris demolished my front gears. All the teeth are still there, but they are in a neat little pile....

[SMR4RUNNER]

Sheared the pins off the long dog bone inner axle shaft.
No one has any in stock.
Guess its time to mod the stock shaft w/Axial CVDs.

[dbb888]

How about pics of all this carnage

['04 Rubicon]

After 4 or 5 packs.

Broke 1 stock stub, bent another.
Broke 1 STRC knuckle
Front gear lost one tooth.

Anyone else had issues with the screws coming out of the knuckles? I didn't loctite them yet. Due to that I've lost a couple of the the bushings that the bolt goes through when attaching the knuckle. Where do you get those anyway?