I had a “Hold my beer,” moment this week and wrecked my new Typhon 6s.
I was at a skate park a couple days ago sipping around the swimming pool looking part when I got silly and gunned it up the side. I launched it tree height. I looked at it when it stopped in the air just befor falling back to earth realizing it wasn’t going to end well. My daughter said, “That’s why you can’t drive my car dad.”
Snapped left side upper A-arm, front steering hub and rear hub. Bent both driveshafts. I warped the big gear on both front and rear diff from the driveshafts smashing into them. I found out when after fixing everything I couldn’t get the diffs to stop making noise. They were tighter on one spot in it’s rotation. Rear bulkhead got a bit deformed too. Ruined a set of new dust cover wheel nuts.
I had most of the parts from a Jenny’s impulse purchase but had to hit the store for the rest. Installed a new Hot racing bulkhead cad diff cover. Rebuilt the rear diff again with a HR cup and a new gear. Replaced the front diff main gear and put it all back together. This is an expensive hobby, lol.
The new bulkhead is really nice. Hot Racing makes some quality parts. It sounds all buttery smooth in the back. I think I’ll be doing the front bulkhead eventually too. I’ll wait till I’m a better driver first, lol...
I was at a skate park a couple days ago sipping around the swimming pool looking part when I got silly and gunned it up the side. I launched it tree height. I looked at it when it stopped in the air just befor falling back to earth realizing it wasn’t going to end well. My daughter said, “That’s why you can’t drive my car dad.”
Snapped left side upper A-arm, front steering hub and rear hub. Bent both driveshafts. I warped the big gear on both front and rear diff from the driveshafts smashing into them. I found out when after fixing everything I couldn’t get the diffs to stop making noise. They were tighter on one spot in it’s rotation. Rear bulkhead got a bit deformed too. Ruined a set of new dust cover wheel nuts.
I had most of the parts from a Jenny’s impulse purchase but had to hit the store for the rest. Installed a new Hot racing bulkhead cad diff cover. Rebuilt the rear diff again with a HR cup and a new gear. Replaced the front diff main gear and put it all back together. This is an expensive hobby, lol.
The new bulkhead is really nice. Hot Racing makes some quality parts. It sounds all buttery smooth in the back. I think I’ll be doing the front bulkhead eventually too. I’ll wait till I’m a better driver first, lol...