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09-04-2011, 04:57 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Walnut Grove
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|  Traxis rod ends are crap
just sayin
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09-04-2011, 05:05 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: a house
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most likely user error  just sayin Last edited by crawlhog; 09-04-2011 at 05:07 PM. |
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09-04-2011, 05:11 PM
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| Nobody   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maine
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I've never tried Traxis rod ends. Give the Traxxas rod ends a try, they work good.
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09-04-2011, 05:23 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lowell, Arkansas
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Actually, the 5468/5469's are the strongest 3mm/3mm I've used. It's the ones with the hex end that are weak.
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09-04-2011, 05:25 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: NHFF world headquarters, working on the "rock mauling hill shooting NHFF pig squealing death rocket"
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09-04-2011, 05:25 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Walnut Grove
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in a matter of 4 hours, i broke 4. one cracked, 2 stripped, and one completely broke in half.
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09-04-2011, 05:26 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Walnut Grove
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and my truck is nothing special, very stock.
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09-04-2011, 05:29 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Vacaville
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Try the TRAXXAS rod ends lol Mine hold up fine and I beat my rig to death. Dont know what your doing. Are you threading them deep into the rod end? Justin |
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09-04-2011, 05:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Walnut Grove
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as far in as ittl go without getting into binding the swivel. im just gonna get some aluminum ones.
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09-04-2011, 05:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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09-04-2011, 05:55 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: San Francisco
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What ones were you using? The Revo and Jato ones on my comp rig have been to hell and back and I have never had a problem.
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09-04-2011, 05:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The beautiful Pacific Northwest
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Funny, my Willy's scaler with T8 motor and 6s lipo has Traxxas rod ends and they have held up for 6 months without breaking a single one. I've stripped out 2 sets of steering servo gears jumping it, competed in a 1.5 hour long G6 that was probably 5 miles long.......oh and it weighs 10 lbs. Sounds like you just need to learn to drive .
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09-04-2011, 06:05 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Home of the ORIGINAL Terminator chassis
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If you're using Traxxas P/N 1942, those aren't great. The larger Revo ones (P/N 5347) are better and you shouldn't have too many issues using those. Metal rod ends wear very quickly and we don't recommend those to anyone. |
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09-04-2011, 06:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Walnut Grove
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im sure im not driving it hard, my truck is really cheap. its an exceed. i think plastic parts are crap.
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09-04-2011, 06:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NE Ohio
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Sounds like you are and expert.. I'm going to start switching all my rod ends out, what do you recommend? Apperently I shouldn't continue to trust my traxxas ones that have worked forever. Just sayin |
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09-04-2011, 06:43 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Orlando
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I'm curious now what will be the next best thing since apparently my Revo rod ends are crap. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it was either driver error during run or installer error during the build. I have 3 different sets and made 2 more complete sets for other users with no issues. I also use 8/32 threaded rod into them. I'm not sure what else to say except if you are using these parts and breaking them, you must be doing something wrong.
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09-04-2011, 06:44 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: I'm a michigan boy can you feel that!
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exceed is crap, just saying, try getting an axial. Traxxas rod ends should out last the truck in the first place. and i Disagree with the HEX rod ends by traxxas, I have them on my blazer and they take a beating..... |
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09-04-2011, 06:45 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas
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So, untill my 4 year-old Revo ends do what you're describing, I'm calling BS I think the DFO factor is playing a big role here... |
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09-04-2011, 08:06 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: tri cities
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09-04-2011, 08:15 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Walnut Grove
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maby it was just a bad batch, all i know it that i broke 4 while crawling the riverbed behind my house. i wasnt pushing the truck hard either
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