Help with Gen 7...

[pearing]

Newbie... recently purchased a Redcat Gen 7. 5 minutes in I broke a steering arm. Ordered new ones. Broke almost at once, and broke an axle. Ordered the fancy aluminum steering arms, high caster mounts and CV axles. Got 1/2 a batteries use and broke another axle...

I looked and didn't see anything in search about the axles for this truck, so I am asking for some help. I get that this is probably my fault as a rookie driver; however, I have improved things and they don't seem to hold up. Did a lot of 1:1 rock crawling and never broke like this, so... Does anyone make stronger axles for this thing????

Thanks in advance.

Pat

[hillbillyrc]

Check out the redcat crawler sub forum lots of info.
RCCrawler Brand Specific Tech - Redcat Crawlers at RCCrawler.com

[pearing]

Yep... found it right after I posted this.

[Vinnymuto]

Thanks, hillbillyrc! I'll check out the link as well.

[Jim85IROC]

It sounds to me like something is bound up, or your servo end points aren't set correctly and the servo is putting a ton of stress on those parts.

[pearing]

I believe that the stock axles with the T cup were binding. I went to the Redcat CV style. These also broke. It also stripped out the plastic locker... all on the left front. I have since put in a hardened steel locker for the SCX 10 (cannot remember the name but found it through a search for on the Gen 7 forum) with modified Redcat CV's. Have now gotten a whole 1/2 hour straight without a mechanical up front! The Redcat axles are bound to fail but I am looking at some Vanquish VVD axles...

[hillbillyrc]

I'm glad I haven't wasted money on the redcat stuff for my Everest axles. I just went ahead a got the axial parts right off the bat.