M2c hinge pins kraton 1/8 exb

[JJay18]

Made a wrench. Thats going in my rc tool box.

 

[Djhammy]

theres no way I could let this beat me, what about a curved needle nose pliers?

 

[JJay18]

theres no way I could let this beat me, what about a curved needle nose pliers?

Check my last post.

 

[Djhammy]

Check my last post.

yea i caught that after the fact, but u took it full throttle and made a tool. good thinking!

 

[KevinC]

Great ingenuity bro.
All buttoned up now?

cheers,
kev

 

[JJay18]

New discovery. The diff cover will not come off unless I remove the m2c A block as its in the way of the diff cover. Thats awesome! Guess I am going back to stock. Seems like most all the aftermarket parts ive gotten have been worse than stock.

 

[KevinC]

I did have to use a dremel to shave down the M2C A and D hinge pin blocks to allow proper fitment/assembly/disassembly of the HR diff covers. I would have dremmeled the diff covers but there wasn’t enough “meat” on them and they would have been compromised.

I would suggest you do this if you want to continue to use the M2C. It only takes a few mm of shaving to be able to remove and install the cover.

 

[Jeremy15086]

New discovery. The diff cover will not come off unless I remove the m2c A block as its in the way of the diff cover. Thats awesome! Guess I am going back to stock. Seems like most all the aftermarket parts ive gotten have been worse than stock.

So you're going to go with a weaker part over a minor inconvenience?
Makes sense!

 

[JJay18]

So you're going to go with a weaker part over a minor inconvenience?
Makes sense!

I don't like the captured hinge pins either and having to mess with the lock nuts when removing the exb bumper. I have heard of people bending the m2c hinge pins as well. I think the stock hinge pins and blocks will do just fine. I think Arrma built a pretty solid truck with the EXB.

 

[JJay18]

I would suggest you do this if you want to continue to use the M2C. It only takes a few mm of shaving to be able to remove and install the cover.

I decided to stop complaining about it and just go this route and make it work. Should have been done though.

 

[KevinC]

Nice job! Looks smooth.

 

[SrC]

theres no way I could let this beat me, what about a curved needle nose pliers?

A metric Ignition wrench will work. How I do it.
I have a Craftsman set of them for my scale cars.