What did you break today?

[Porschetech🇬🇪]

I broke a sweat. Does that count? ??‍

















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[arrma_tigger]

Took 10 cars to the lake this weekend.
Nephew burned up the brushed motor in the Ecx Torment.
I hit the side of the makeshift ramp I made out of a pile of wood with the Arrma DB and broke the right front c hub.
I broke 3 rod ends on the Outcast and pretzeled the front cvds.

Were 3 of the remaining 7 tow trucks?

 

[slick2500]

Were 3 of the remaining 7 tow trucks?

No, WLToys 12428, WLToys 144001, LC Racing EMB-T, LC Racing EMB-MT, Traxxas Monster Slash, Traxxas Summit, Arrma Senton 3s and HPI Vorza. And I miscounted I'm pretty sure that makes 11 not 10.

 

[arrma_tigger]

Wait .. did you just say that the Trx's outlasted the Arrma's? How DARE you!

 

[slick2500]

Wait .. did you just say that the Trx's outlasted the Arrma's? How DARE you!

I lied I just saw that I bent a shock shaft on the cheap Chinese shocks I bought for the Monster Slash.

 

[arrma_tigger]

But is that Trx fault .. or China's? Blame it on CV, everyone else is.

 

[slick2500]

But is that Trx fault .. or China's? Blame it on CV, everyone else is.

I blame the guy selling them as high quality.
Sort of like the driveshafts I bought for my Ruckus, the ad said "new thicker metal no need worry about bend" guess what happened the first time I took it out

 

[Armarookie43]

Blew up two tires in less than 5 minutes on concrete with my K6s v4 with stock electronics geared up to 17 teeth. That didn't happen on stock gearing. I guess I will not be doing that anymore. I probably need belted tires.

 

[trupsy9]

broken ackerman's plate after 3 minutes of bashing

 

[jondilly1974]

Blew a Katar B and completely balded a new set of gold Hoons on a single 6S lipo. ???‍

 

[BashingBrian]

Tekno shock end broke..!!! and the usual wing mount...?

 

[Armarookie43]

Lower front bulkhead broke into a few pieces on my Maxx 4s.

 

[PESACCY]

I‘m going to ask here instead of opening a new thread: technically not broken but today I’ve noticed that my Typhon’s front arms are all crooked.

few weeks ago I already had the impression that the front was all messed up, wheels/turnbuckles/shocks weren’t properly aligned.

anyway: 2 arms and 1 turnbuckle are bent.

now if I recall correctly, there’s a method to straighten them back... was it by boiling them?

cheerz!

 

[olds97_lss]

Snapped a tekno shock end on the front and blew a bearing out in my center diff. Was a pretty good day.

 

[slick2500]

I‘m going to ask here instead of opening a new thread: technically not broken but today I’ve noticed that my Typhon’s front arms are all crooked.

few weeks ago I already had the impression that the front was all messed up, wheels/turnbuckles/shocks weren’t properly aligned.

anyway: 2 arms and 1 turnbuckle are bent.

now if I recall correctly, there’s a method to straighten them back... was it by boiling them?

cheerz!

Yup boil them until they soften up and then reform them as best as you can.

 

[PESACCY]

Yup boil them until they soften up and then reform them as best as you can.

sweet thanks!

 

[BashingBrian]

Tekno shock end broke..!!! and the usual wing mount...?

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Snapped a tekno shock end on the front

Me too...?

 

[crimsonfancy]

I've been out of the loop for a while. It's not so hot tonight and dark outside so I ran the brcc while I jammed a Mixmag set from the shop. My break could've been worse and easy fix but cut the fun short.

 

[slick2500]

I've been out of the loop for a while. It's not so hot tonight and dark outside so I ran the brcc while I jammed a Mixmag set from the shop. My break could've been worse and easy fix but cut the fun short.

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It doesn't even look like anything broke. Looks like the screw came out?

Edit- Oh I see it now, I didn't notice the second bearing at fist. That is such a weird place for a breakage.

 

[crimsonfancy]

It doesn't even look like anything broke. Looks like the screw came out?

Edit- Oh I see it now, I didn't notice the second bearing at fist. That is such a weird place for a breakage.

Broke to me means doesn't work until I fix it.
I've had it happen before and threadlock is old and probably didn't hold up on that bolt.

weird place for a breakage

I'm glad it turned out so easy to diagnose and will be easy to get back to run again. No intention of running it tonight so I just stuck it on the side and will get it straight before I go out again.
One thing that impressed me though was that I flipped over about 3/4 block away and was able to self-right the brcc right in the street! First I've done that on this truck but I was on a healthy 3s pack and only about 6min in runtime when it flipped. The separation that grounded me happened in the backyard when I was bringing it home close to lvc.