slotcarrod wrote:One trick that I do to my racing RC cars is to remove the inner shield from the bearings (grease flushed of course and lubed with a light quality oil). The reason is less resistance on the balls and race of the bearing. If you do this you need to keep on top of your maintenance, that you should do anyway! I do this trick with my sons racing MX bikes as well, wheels spin with much less resistance! NOTICE only the INNER shield is removed! You still need to keep dust out with the outer shield!
Well.... Reggie said it's better, so it had to be done!
huh... I gotta buggy a while ago and I couldn't figure out for the life of me why all the shields were gone!
I got two of these kits when they just came out, one as a runner and one for the shelf. Sadly had to retire the original B4 with all the FT options. I put all new parts on it and now it is a new shelf queen. I'm...
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love this .. i use to wight eveything .. even to the point of swaping out to shorer alum screws for some parts .. rember to build the car to your driving style
Looking for any help sourcing factory team shocks for a T4 team truck build. Can be either the old 1.02 front and 1.39 rear shocks or the most recent 12x27.5mm and 12x36mm shocks. Is there anywhere FT shock kits can be bought? Or is the only way to...
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...12x27.5mm and 12x36mm shocks. ...
And what the heck is up with AE discontinuing big bore shock kits, which they still sell with many of their kits?
at least one of the sets exist
the kashima coat bodies are pretty cheap online so a set can...
This is my near finished 1991 Cliff Lett RC10ST Team Moo copy! If you want to see how it came to be from start to finish ? Keep reading through the corny thread! :wink: :lol:
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I have been recently inspired by Anthony (VintageAE) to...
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Lundsford retro turnbuckles are the same I think or close enough to. I bought the ones for my truck from DMS racing in the UK as they were all I could find after Lunsford shut up shop.
Failing that you could try GP3D in Australia as they are making...
Photos were leaked before the 6pm reveal on their webite today.
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I just checked the price and was surprised it was only $269.00. Do you guys think this will be the next big class? I have not bought modern racer yet, and was thinking this might be an interesting class, if it takes off.
Sadly, Cliff Lett (The 91 Worlds winner of 4WD) was not able to make the 2WD A-Main due to some controversy. I will post the story later when I hear first hand from Cliff. Cliff Lett...
Got this a while ago been kinda working on it little by little. Has a brand new chassis plate and some other new stuff! Just need to get a few little things and a body then it will be ready to run.
If you do this you need to keep on top of your maintenance, that you should do anyway! I do this trick with my sons racing MX bikes as well, wheels spin with much less resistance! NOTICE only the INNER shield is removed!
You still need to keep dust out with the outer shield!
