Kraton Brand new arrma kraton v2 issues possibly-questions

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I also figured out that the pins are hardened cause I snapped one trying to remove it from the bent defective shaft that I had... Now where to find some 3mm hardened pin stock...

Looking at this stuff: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pc...32623364924.html?spm=2114.40010308.4.2.9ituO9

I got one pin out, going to look at some hinge pins

I think I would have more luck just buying a front spare dogbone
then I would have a full set of spares

 

[Josh nortz]

They seem to pass the file test so they may already be hardened, a file doesn't touch the diff cups or driveshafts

I have not looked into hardening diffs, i just replaced front ring and pinion gears and discovered center was also broken. when i took it apart i dicovered tbe internal gear was split in half and pin holding it was gone. I have seen a few people using hardened drillbits for pins. When i was having problems breaking axel pins on my X-Maxx i went to fastenal and ordered the pins i needed made of hardened steel. 63 cents each and never to this day have broken another one. You can get on their website and search for what you want...

 

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lol guys I love 6s never going back to 4s I haven't broken a single thing, if you like to count the pinion outdrive for the front propshaft that goes to the front diff a breakage, the grubscrew loosened from all that torque no damage and I just put it back together and its fine lol, I drove myself to my local park and was greeted by a huge pile of woodchips, I think all of you are seeing where this is going The bottom of the truck is scratched up and starting to get silver lol. I cartwheeled it a few times jumping the woodchip pile. Lol it was a blast

The pins I may see if I can replace them once I get the new mainly front dog bone in, the dog bone pins up front are getting really scored and grooved... I am not sure if the fastenal ground steel 3mm pins would be good, as the pins that are in these dogbones I know are brittle and very rigid as I know I broke one... Maybe its perfect lol idk its just that hehe its much cheaper to replace the pins in the dogbones than to buy new driveshafts lol.

 

[blainp]

Wow seems like i am not the only one disapointed in arrma see below fro my story

Hey guys, I took my new Kraton into the Hobby shop where I purchased it and it appears that there is a steering arm buckled. I only ran the truck once as it is only a week old now on a flat ball field took some sharp turns and done some donuts the truck didn’t come in contact with anything to hit. I have to say I am very disappointed in the quality of the arrma products if simple driving will lead to damage I could understand if I hit anything or took a hard jump. I am not complaining that the part is not covered under warranty as it is only a 13.00 part just the durability of what I thought was a superior RC. I put my Tmaxx nitro through hell and never once broke anything. Makes me wonder once again about the quality. When I walked in to the hobby shop to purchase another RC I went to purchase the erevo but after listening to the sales pitch on arrma I decided to go with the Kraton as I thought I was getting the a superior RC boy was I wrong. I initially thought that it could have come out of the box like this but according to the hobby shop it didn’t. To sum it all up I am very disappointed in quality and durability of this product especially after paying $700.00 Canadian for it.

 

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Dude I love my kraton! Arrma was generous enough to send me a whole new set of driveshafts, I broke the stock servo which was junk and replaced it with a savox sw0231, it has been one of the toughest rc's I have ever owned! Its an erevo for under $800 basically, its much tougher than the erevo as the WHOLE drivetrain is metal. I have the arrma kraton v2 not the v1 there were some problems with the v1... I have beat the snot out of my kraton, I put new tires (badlands) and played with the esc settings and the center diff fluid is thicker as I swapped it out for 500k. Sure I Just finally noticed my shock tower was bent lol, I just bent it right back I put mine through hell, its a great product, Hobbico has always made solid stuff... Never broke any drivetrain parts on it, oh and I upgraded the shielded bearings to sealed ones from fast eddy, no esc or motor issues

 

[Corider]

Give it a second chance. I just got a new Kraton at Christmas time and it is the pound for pound Champ for durability. I have been in RC for 30 years and owned just about every brand at this point. I ran mine full speed over a snow bank jump and one wheel caught fit a fire Hydrant. Nothing broken,nothing bent. I could not believe it. This thing is a beast!