Kraton Clipped the curb at full throttle

[studmoney]

Ya think I would learn not to mess around in parking lots or city streets. Same damn thing my that put my Typhon 6s out of commission. Clipped a curb at full throttle an sent it into a death spiral. Machine took no other damage than the steering Block.

What's the general census on the replacement?

Stock EXB steering block (plastic) >$10
Or
Hot racing aluminum block (aluminum)<$40

Any one break or have experience with the aluminum knuckles?

 

[pug]

That isn’t that much damage for that crash, I’d say stay plastic, and don’t clip the curb at full throttle. This makes me want to build a 6s exb.

 

[3d-rc.myshopify.com]

Hot racing has worked great for my v4 Keaton

 

[grihn]

I run GPM aluminums on my Senton 6s. It's held up to a lot of abuse, but I can't say the plastic ones wouldn't have...I just run them because they were there when I bought it and I didn't replace them when I replaced the control arms.

 

[jondilly1974]

I have a bunch of different steering blocks across my line of 6S cars. I still think the cheap eBay aluminum blocks are the best bang for the buck. The HR ones use larger inner bearings, which don’t come in bearing kits, plus they cost a lot more. They are good quality, but the non standard bearing and the cost makes me prefer the eBay units.

Front: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-F...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Rear: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-R...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[#ARRMArcfanboy4life]

I run the hr hubs on my talion. They are nice but they will increase weight and make other parts more likely to break.

 

[slick2500]

For what it is worth I've broken everything on my 6s Outcast like a million times, pretty sure I'm still on my second set of hubs that I bough back in 2018. I've never broken a rear.

 

[jipper]

I have the Vitavons and they are really machined well. They also have the larger bearings but easily ordered by themselves or in a kit through Jim’s Bearings (which are really goood)

 

[slick2500]

I have a bunch of different steering blocks across my line of 6S cars. I still think the cheap eBay aluminum blocks are the best bang for the buck. The HR ones use larger inner bearings, which don’t come in bearing kits, plus they cost a lot more. They are good quality, but the non standard bearing and the cost makes me prefer the eBay units.

Front: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-F...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Rear: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-R...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

I tell people this when ordering a servo mount, even the cheapest eBay/Amazon aluminum mount will be an upgrade over the stock one, there is really no need to go out and spend huge bucks on that.