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11-25-2009, 11:21 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2007 Location: No Where
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|  Broken shock shaft
Any one have this happen? The metal shock shaft broke right at the end of the threads where it goes into the lower plastic rod end.
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11-25-2009, 11:36 AM
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Were you removing the shock when it broke or did it break under a fall? We did a lot of drop testing a pretty good heights without failures. I have seen if you are not careful that the shock shaft can bend or break. It is a Micro and caution needs to be used when removing them. Rich |
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11-25-2009, 11:47 AM
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That is exactly what i was doing. I even read your warning about it before hand. I took special care to grab the plastic rod end as i was trying to remove it but i didnt imagine they would be so weak.  I figured out with the others that i should remove the cap first then unscrew the shaft before removing the rod end from the ball. Any chance you guys will replace those with a stronger part?
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11-25-2009, 11:49 AM
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Im in the same boat. What do you recomend Rich? Thanks -Brian |
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11-25-2009, 11:51 AM
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I called horizon hobbies and the shocks are on back order for at least two weeks. I bought it yesterday drove it once and now.... I am at a loss.
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11-25-2009, 12:14 PM
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use a servo case screw as a shock shaft until you can get it replaced.
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11-25-2009, 12:23 PM
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11-25-2009, 02:07 PM
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I'm in the same boat, Mine were bent out of the box and I tried to straighten one and it broke  Found another end that worked and glued it on Other than that this thing is a blast !!!
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11-25-2009, 03:18 PM
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11-25-2009, 04:31 PM
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11-25-2009, 05:51 PM
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11-25-2009, 05:52 PM
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mine havent broke, they only bent from constantly removing them, so i bent them back  lol
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11-25-2009, 06:58 PM
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12-04-2009, 08:04 AM
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Sorry not trying to revive an old thread, just think it's easiest for Rich is it's all in one place. I broke one driving around the yard, no real hard falls, a couple tumbles. All of sudden one side just collapsed, Luckily I found the spring. I applied some ca gel to the shaft and glued it back to the rod end, than wrapped it in some thin solder (not melted) and added more glue, so far it's holding and acting like a bump stuff. I've been into Micros for years now and I understand all to well about the limits of size, but in this case I think the shocks could use a redesign, does that mean recall, no I don't think so, I think it's just something the aftermarket should handle, they work for the most part they just need to be better. Oh and just so I don't look like a whinner, AWESOME product Rich, my only real complaint is that it took this long for an RC company to give us what we all wanted. and considering it's suppose to snow today, which is un-freakin-common in Houston I'll be glad to have an indoor crawler.
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12-06-2009, 06:15 PM
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It is nearly impossible to remove them without breaking them. I used extreme care when I took mine out and still bent/broke 3 out of 4 of them. | |
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12-06-2009, 06:40 PM
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IMO some peoples care levels just need adjusted to work on such small and fragile parts.... On a side note, i do believe the shock shafts out of the Micro T shocks are stronger, go ahead and switch them out before you break them deeming the bottom end unusable. | |
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12-06-2009, 08:02 PM
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same boat i hope they get them in soon . |
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12-06-2009, 08:26 PM
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Agreed, never broke a shock sfat while working on any of my Micro-t's of course the design was different and better. | |
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12-07-2009, 01:42 PM
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 Now its even stronger than new. | |
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