Try the torx bit man! Find one that is JUST to big... tap it in solid... I'll bet you that it comes out! No need to try more drastic measures until you exhaust the easy ones!
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If you have a old L shaped allen wrench,( same size as stuck screw) with pliers heat it till it glows red. Then just hold to that stuck screw for a few minutes, should be enough to get a out with a good allen wrench.Holey crap
Yall are amazing, so many good idea's and I don't have time to quote you all!
THANK YOU!
Now I have a list of things to try, and upgrades to bolts to make, I will have to try the wing bolt setup, can't believe I didn't see that myself on youtube.
To the RPM wing mount suggestion, I already bought that at a local hobbyshop last week but when I got home realized it won't work with my wheelie bar, or my metal rear skid plate, so it's wasted money now, I may try to return it idk....
I wish it worked for me because it looked like it could help.
I just did another stock mount and 1 battery later both bolts snapped again.
Granted I was bashing at a wooden public skatepark doing back flips and what not on big ramps.
First removal attempt I am going to see if I can get vice grips on the motor bolt, but I highly doubt it will hold that thin button head screw.
I will also heat it first, with something.... I think I have a lighter lying around from when I quit smoking last Dec.......torch I don't have, soldering iron is packed away.....somewhere in a box, in my trailer
If that doesn't work, I'll go on to try heat and drill (on hand) and speed out/easy out/remover.
Hopefully that's as far as it goes.
Will replace with cap head screws, any strong brand recommended?
Drill bit,size correction 3/32 cobaltI use this, but get a cobalt dill bit I think I use 3/16, drill the hex and use the speed out. Works all the time. I have 2 1/5 scales and I'm always running into stripped heads.
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Drill bit size correction, 3/32 cobalt bit. My badI use this, but get a cobalt dill bit I think I use 3/16, drill the hex and use the speed out. Works all the time. I have 2 1/5 scales and I'm always running into stripped heads.
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My senton is a tank and prolly the most reliable.. man that's crazy, also the blx's are work horses.. sorry about all your troubles, damn!!Update:
Kraton V5 6S
Still waiting on that spiral diff gear from Arrma.....
Finally found one on Amazon (Part numbers changed making it confusing)
Will be returning the Arrma gear, since they are so gd slow....
Got the new gear from Amazon today.
Went to disassemble the rear diff and found the pin on gear cup broken in 3 tiny pieces....
Another order to Amazon lol.
Once those pins come tomorrow, I will FINALLY be able to put it back together.
Other news:
Since this all started I bought a Big Rock (new) to go along with the pos Senton BLX I never should have bought.
I put a new 3S/4S Smart Spektrum ESC in the Senton BLX, it's working again!
Then I noticed the DS rear control arm is ridding higher than the rest of them.
That explains why it handles like dog poop and likes to spin out constantly!
Seems the shock is somehow shorter than all the rest, took them all off and measured them, they are all in the right place.
Tried to take the shock apart, and I stripped the shock body cap, and shaft cap keyed thing which is a pos design.
It won't open, pos.
Ordered new stock prefilled rear shocks from Amazon coming tomorrow.....
I NEVER should have bought this pos Senton, it's done nothing but cost me more money!
The Big Rock is ok, but I should not have purchased or played with it either, to late to send it back now....
It's just a Senton with different tires and arms really.
It does get a LOT less debris in the chasses when running on gravel/sand.
I should have got another 6S size vehicle....
I do plan to put the new 3S/4S ESC in the Big Rock later and eventually sell the Senton with the Big Rocks pos BLX ESC installed to get some of my money back on it.
Ordered cheap dust covers from Amazon for 2 Sentons to cover it and the Big Rock since they suck up debris like a vacuum in this swamp I live in now.
Also broke down and ordered an Xmaxx which got here 2 days ago and been waiting for my 4s batteries and accessories to arrive late.
It's all here now, roof skid, Traxxas light kit, dumbass Traxxas to EC5 adapters, and dust cover.
I run all Spektrum EC/IC batteries and parallel charging equipment with my icharger DUO 308 (Love this setup!!!)
Still deciding if I want to keep the Xmaxx or return it after all the video's I've watched showing it really needs a new ESC and steering servo at the least.
This thing is MASSIVE and cool as poop, but looks more and more like a money pit and I'm already $1450 into it just to buy it.
If it needs another $300-500 worth of ESC, motor, servo, and fans why the hell did I pay $1000 for it, also the radio is even cheaper trash than the Arrma RTR ones, if that's even possible lol.
Decisions decisions.....
Thanks for the support!My senton is a tank and prolly the most reliable.. man that's crazy, also the blx's are work horses.. sorry about all your troubles, damn!!
To be fair none of them are really waterproof. In fact, these RC's go to complete when you run them in the wet, rusty seized bearings, rusty screws, electrical issues....Come one Tex, tell me how you really feel
Thanks for the support!
I don't doubt it's overall toughness, but the BLX is NOT waterproof.
I ran 1 battery through it in soggy grass holding water, then hosed it off and dried it out.
Two days later the ESC is toast and I tried everything to bring it back to life.
It worked for 1 min each day then starts the hercky jerks and barely moves.
I figured for $10 more might as well get 3S/4S compatibility of the Firma 120A instead of another BLX 3S.
I just think this Senton doesn't like me, even after I drove over an hour away to buy it and give it life again so it could run free in the sand!
If, and it's a BIG IF I keep it, it has to get bigger wheels and a maybe another type of body, this ones wore out and it's like so big and floppy.
No clue what I was thinking buying a racing truck when I just bash
Everything on my Typhon 3S breaks, except for my Hobbywing Max10 STC ESC and Hobbywing 3360 3200kv motor. Can highly recommend that Hobbywing kit.Come one Tex, tell me how you really feel
Thanks for the support!
I don't doubt it's overall toughness, but the BLX is NOT waterproof.
I ran 1 battery through it in soggy grass holding water, then hosed it off and dried it out.
Two days later the ESC is toast and I tried everything to bring it back to life.
It worked for 1 min each day then starts the hercky jerks and barely moves.
I figured for $10 more might as well get 3S/4S compatibility of the Firma 120A instead of another BLX 3S.
I just think this Senton doesn't like me, even after I drove over an hour away to buy it and give it life again so it could run free in the sand!
If, and it's a BIG IF I keep it, it has to get bigger wheels and a maybe another type of body, this ones wore out and it's like so big and floppy.
No clue what I was thinking buying a racing truck when I just bash
Everything on my Typhon 3S breaks, except for my Hobbywing Max10 STC ESC and Hobbywing 3360 3200kv motor. Can highly recommend that Hobbywing kit.
I did the Traxxas 5525 / 5529 conversion and she steers like a racecar now, that I can also highly recommend, but I think that is only applicable for the Big Rock.View attachment 315236
12.9 bolts have a higher yield and ultimate tensile strength compared to Ti Gr5.
I used the Arrma turnbuckles 4x48mm for my Typhon:Did you run the stock tie rods with the 5525 rod ends? I wasn't sure if folks were doing that or the whole slash 4x4 tie rod assembly
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