My New Toy

skylinekid · Post by **skylinekid** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:56 pm

I BROKE IT!

I didnt even know I could break the ends off of screws

Oh well, some pics after this weekend destruction. I just finnished fixing her now and am going out to run after this post! I might even get some vids!

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http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245 ... 000392.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245 ... 000393.jpg

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(Put up links instead of images to make Cabo happy

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Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:39 pm

Is that electrical tape all over the servos arms

skylinekid · Post by **skylinekid** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:45 am

Scorpion wrote:Is that electrical tape all over the servos arms

Possibly

Its all I had when I broke it in the middle of no where

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:08 am

So what happen to have a wreck like that.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:09 am

Yeah I know what you mean once I had to run my truck with zip ties holding the front arms on for two days.

You gotta do what you gotta do when you dont have parts and no hobby shop anywhere near you.

skylinekid · Post by **skylinekid** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:30 pm

I know what you mean Scorpion, I know what you mean

Shaun, I wreaked the streering in 3 foot tall grass, all the sudden it would only go straight. I wreaked the wing by having the truck land on it comming off a 20 foot high mound of dirt. And the arm was ripped off by the curb (see crappy picture below).

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First 2 lines represent sidewalk, red represents the trucks path, and the half square is the curb(in a parking lot by construction site)

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:47 pm

You must have hit somthing in the grass it doesnt seem like grass could break it.

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:00 pm

Lots of things can hide in 3 foot grass. Sorry that happen, man. Glad your gettign it fixxed.

skylinekid · Post by **skylinekid** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:25 pm

I dont know exactly what took out the steering, all i know is that I was driving it in the grass and all the sudden it wouldnt trun back to me, so I hit the breaks and went to chck it out.

And Thanks for all the support guys, I fixed the truck that night, but broke it again. The clutchbell came loose and caused some damage. Im going to see what I can do with it tonight, but first I need some food in my system.

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:42 pm

Sorry to hear about the breaks and such. Now I remember why I bought a revo..... parts are only 3 minutes away

skylinekid · Post by **skylinekid** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:06 pm

ibjamn wrote:Sorry to hear about the breaks and such. Now I remember why I bought a revo..... parts are only 3 minutes away

Its the same for the Muggy, my LHS is a 5 minute walk at the most, but my wallet isnt feeling like its capable to keep feeding the truck money, so I had to get creative!

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Sat May 26, 2007 7:12 am

The one thing I hate most about wrecking a large RC that you payed a bundle for...... is when you break that stinking part that only costs a few bucks. Then another, and another. Eventually you look at all the extras and replacement parts you've invested in, and think, I coulda just bought another one.

skylinekid · Post by **skylinekid** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:44 am

Lol, lets start a list of whats broken so far...

1 Lower A-Arm
1 Steering Assembly
5 Screws
1 Spur Gear
1 Clutch Bell
3 Clutch shoes
1 Rim (I saw its broken as I was getting to the front diff, the inside has 3-4 huge cracks from the lip to the hex

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And people said the truck was indestructable....

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:25 am

That really sucks. Hope you can get it sorted out. I'm going to get one of the new brushless stampedes coming out.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:17 am

ibjamn wrote:The one thing I hate most about wrecking a large RC that you payed a bundle for...... is when you break that stinking part that only costs a few bucks. Then another, and another. Eventually you look at all the extras and replacement parts you've invested in, and think, I coulda just bought another one.

I've thought that. So I do. That's when I realized I have a problem.