Backing out hing pins and what to do with those old shock towers. .

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Too cheap to by an exb? tired of u.f. hinge pins backing out? Have old shock towers and a little time? Too lazy to buy m2c's invention? Well here you go.

Get a front shock and drill out the hinge pin holes (5/16 diameter) around 2/3 of the way thru on your drill press. ( to stay out of the emergency room don't hold it with your hand. Clamp it or use a vise...)

Next cut away the bits you don't need. Use your peanut grinder (industrial term for dremel) and polish the ruff edges as pretty as you wish and release the area where the dif case screw go.

Now install using some longer screws, easy peasy. If you have a tbone bumper you need to mess with that to make it fit between so I added a screw for more support. You can also cut where my thumb is to make them like m2c does...

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On further thought. If you like to open your diffs up all the time, best to cut them in two pieces like above where my thumb is. Because Arrma diffs open on an angle whenever you use thicker towers or add the their thickness there needs to be an angle cut in them so you can still get at your diff without removing everything...I’m going to leave this one because I like the way it looks.
 
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