I have taken apart my outcast 4s v2 and decided to try and take care of it. The issue i keep seeig is the A arms being too strong and it rips the hinge pin, bents it and destroys the chassis in the process. Went ahead and shaved material around the hinge pin hole in arm.
They increased the thickness to 12mm from 10mm from the v1. Sanded it down to 10mm. Made a few holes in the middle of the arm and boiled them in water. The arms are more flexible now. I want the arms to fail before it makes the chassis fail.
Edit: I find doing this to be unnesessry now with the hinge pin fix and upgraded bracket. You can do it but i feel like its not needed/worth doing anymore. I did it at the time for experimentation when i was trying to find solutions by using the original rounded pins until i found the longer ones at my hobbyshop.
I was putting my truck togueter and i noticed the hinge pins that ckme on the v2 have rounded ends. The v1 and v2 have the same lengh of 62.8mm byt the rounded ends i believe makes the hinge pin holderbcompletely useless. My rear hinge pin on my v2 has a diameter of 4.5mm vs my 5 year old one i still have has a diameter of 4.1mm. So the QC seems to be off on hinge pins supports. The front one has 4.1mm diameter
Getting aftermarket hinge pin supports and new hinge pins i believe will help greatly against the issue. I went a step further by weakening the arms in my case.
They increased the thickness to 12mm from 10mm from the v1. Sanded it down to 10mm. Made a few holes in the middle of the arm and boiled them in water. The arms are more flexible now. I want the arms to fail before it makes the chassis fail.
Edit: I find doing this to be unnesessry now with the hinge pin fix and upgraded bracket. You can do it but i feel like its not needed/worth doing anymore. I did it at the time for experimentation when i was trying to find solutions by using the original rounded pins until i found the longer ones at my hobbyshop.
I was putting my truck togueter and i noticed the hinge pins that ckme on the v2 have rounded ends. The v1 and v2 have the same lengh of 62.8mm byt the rounded ends i believe makes the hinge pin holderbcompletely useless. My rear hinge pin on my v2 has a diameter of 4.5mm vs my 5 year old one i still have has a diameter of 4.1mm. So the QC seems to be off on hinge pins supports. The front one has 4.1mm diameter
Getting aftermarket hinge pin supports and new hinge pins i believe will help greatly against the issue. I went a step further by weakening the arms in my case.
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