matflat
Active Member
Hello Arrma Forum Members,
I am a new poster and just took ownership of a Typhon 3S and a Big Rock 3S. The first week of owning them was awesome. However, the shop that sold them to me is unhelpful, so I am turning to you all to ask for some guidance and help. It is very difficult to get parts in the country (despite the shop being the main importer), so would really appreciate some guidance before I order parts from overseas.
The issue with the Big Rock is in the attached video, and I am hoping that it is a normal noise. But you will see in the video that if I push the car forwards and backward, there is a noise. I can't call it grinding, but it sounds like it. Does anyone have any idea what could be the culprit?
This is what I did to check various parts. Firstly I took out the driveshaft. Then moved the car by hand again forwards and backward. I get the noise. So I take the motor out. Then I turned the motor by hand once it was out of the car, and no noise there. I opened up the motor to check if there was any dirt and found nothing. Checked the plastic teeth and they are tip-top. The metal pinion also is fine, and the gears look like they are meshing just fine. I also then heard that the slipper clutch might be an issue. I check this, make it tight, and then untighten it a little bit (as I was advised, and also because in another post I will explain how I sheared the bolt on my Typhon ).
With everything out of the car, I move it forwards and backward again. No noise at all. So I put all that back together again. Motor first. Move it forwards and backward and I get the noise again.
Each component on its own doesn't make a noise, but when added back together it seems to do something I can't work out.
Really hope someone can help me out. And if there is anyone from South Africa that has knowledge of parts shops that can help that would be really appreciated. I love these cars, and me and my kid are like unhappy dogs because we can't go blast around the park
Thanks,
Mat.
I am a new poster and just took ownership of a Typhon 3S and a Big Rock 3S. The first week of owning them was awesome. However, the shop that sold them to me is unhelpful, so I am turning to you all to ask for some guidance and help. It is very difficult to get parts in the country (despite the shop being the main importer), so would really appreciate some guidance before I order parts from overseas.
The issue with the Big Rock is in the attached video, and I am hoping that it is a normal noise. But you will see in the video that if I push the car forwards and backward, there is a noise. I can't call it grinding, but it sounds like it. Does anyone have any idea what could be the culprit?
This is what I did to check various parts. Firstly I took out the driveshaft. Then moved the car by hand again forwards and backward. I get the noise. So I take the motor out. Then I turned the motor by hand once it was out of the car, and no noise there. I opened up the motor to check if there was any dirt and found nothing. Checked the plastic teeth and they are tip-top. The metal pinion also is fine, and the gears look like they are meshing just fine. I also then heard that the slipper clutch might be an issue. I check this, make it tight, and then untighten it a little bit (as I was advised, and also because in another post I will explain how I sheared the bolt on my Typhon ).
With everything out of the car, I move it forwards and backward again. No noise at all. So I put all that back together again. Motor first. Move it forwards and backward and I get the noise again.
Each component on its own doesn't make a noise, but when added back together it seems to do something I can't work out.
Really hope someone can help me out. And if there is anyone from South Africa that has knowledge of parts shops that can help that would be really appreciated. I love these cars, and me and my kid are like unhappy dogs because we can't go blast around the park
Thanks,
Mat.