Motorworks Tanks and The Beastie Boys

midget_man1387 · Post by **midget_man1387** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:02 pm

Yo everyone!! I recently purchased a motorworks tank, and I'm very pleased... I did so digging and was happy to see a 160 mAH nimh batt and two hardwired motors... The only thing I didnt like was the fact that there was even one more gear than the bits have. It's like they did that so that it would drive exactly like a tank... but w/e... The only prollem so far is that the treads dont seem small enough... they slip off when i try and turn... i dunno what the prollem is. I juss need to know if there's any way of fixing this.... all help is appreciated.. thanks pimps!

sg219 · Post by **sg219** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:09 pm

Yes there is.

Get a small pot of H2O boiling and drop your treads in for a minute or so. Not too long or they will shrink too much and twist. Bird tried this technique when he got one and it was just enough to do the trick.

The only other thing to do would be to splice the tread and reglue it.

I bought a couple of those tanks awhile back on clearance for $4.88 each!! There fun to climb over and around stuff on the table or to have two people go at it and try to flip each other.

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:38 pm

Don't even go that long... just drop 'em in the boiling water for a few seconds, and it should shrink them up enough to keep them from coming off.

synj · Post by **synj** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:24 pm

ya know you coulda purchased one with skirts on the sides -
they prevent it from happening!

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:08 pm

i had one where one tread was fucked up. so i took it apart and i said fuck you motorworks from that day.

midget_man1387 · Post by **midget_man1387** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:53 am

synj wrote:ya know you coulda purchased one with skirts on the sides -
they prevent it from happening!

I got one wit skirts on the sides. The problem isnt that they fall off the side of the tread, its that they arent tight enough on the wheels to mesh with the gear-like wheel.

I'll try the boiling thing later today... hopefully that should do it.... but rite now I'm off to buy the new Beastie Boys CD! lol

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:06 am

midget_man1387 wrote: I'm off to buy the new Beastie Boys CD! lol

Buy a cd?? wtf you talkin bout willis? I buy 50 packs.

thats a damn good album tho. any of you other pimps listen to it yet?

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:28 am

I've listened to most of it... DEFINATELY not dissapointed...

midget_man1387 · Post by **midget_man1387** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:48 am

Well normally I'd prolly get it bootleg, but I couldn't resist when it's only 9.99, as opposed to about 15/16.99 normally for every other new CD!

I love it!! lol

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:15 pm

theys only chargin 10bucks? oh word.

sg219 · Post by **sg219** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:27 pm

How much was it about a week ago?

Sweet disc, it kicks ass when you crank it. Every song. I like it because they're talkin' so much shit on people!!

"Put a quarter in your ass, because you played yourself!!"

midget_man1387 · Post by **midget_man1387** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:47 pm

haha hogjowlz.... whatta coincidence.... They's got a song on hurr called Oh Word...

sg... it ain't come out till today...

"What you talking bout Willis? Who's the illest? You know my name is Adam, stop calling me Phyllis."

I like this one too:

"I'm walkin' on water while you're stepping in shit. So put your sewer boot on before your ass gets lit."

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:21 pm

midget_man1387 wrote:haha hogjowlz.... whatta coincidence.... They's got a song on hurr called Oh Word...

HAHAHAHAHA is there now???

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:32 pm

midget_man1387 wrote:... it ain't come out till today...

So what's this dope shit I've been listenin' to for the last week?

EDIT... Oh, yeah... funnest thing ever... take all of yer Homies, and just dump them out all over a table... then just go off on them with yer tank... big fun.

midget_man1387 · Post by **midget_man1387** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:43 pm

lol I dunno sg... where you been hearin it at? MTV.com had the whole album I guess, but it was just released today fo buyin...

sounds like a good idea, the runnin over the homies thing!