Big Rock What to order for durability

[Darknight]

Hey, new here (just introduced on new member thread). I currently live in China and have limited access to parts. I have someone coming to visit from the states next month and will bring me some parts (currently have a broken shock and a arm as well as a torn up tire). Any other parts I should have them bring me? It takes weeks to ship, horizon hobby is $70 to ship parts here, so that’s a no go. I want to order a few things that might give me issues beforehand. I’ve put roughly 16 batteries of runtime through it with one torn up tire, and the broken shock/a arm from a collision.

So I’m ordering the hot racing aft117xt02 to convert to 17mm and 10mm offset. I can order new mx28 tires here. I was going to get new shock parts to fix current broken shock, and rpm a arms. Any concerns?
What else should I have them bring that might be potential for problems running this setup.

Thank you all

 

[DoNoHarm]

Your profile picture is hilarious.

 

[crimsonfancy]

Wheelie bar spring will die soon with jumps so another wheelie bar on hand should come in useful. You can strap it to help when the spring breaks but I broke the whole thing eventually.
A good set of bearings is essential. I like AVID Racing. Other like Fast Eddy's.
Hot Racing motor mount because the mesh is so tight out of the box. I think this is also an essential first upgrade.
For shocks, I installed these and am very happy with them so far. An inch of fuel tubing at the shock towers and good to go. 3/16" outer diameter fuel tubing is what I used. Standard for weed eaters etc.
I would suggest a motor fan as well. Hot Racing heatsink or stock and Wild Turbo Fan or aluminum shroud fan. You have one free slot for a fan in the RX.

Hope this helps. I really love my BRCC and place it well above all 1:10 trucks I own or have owned. It's the only Arrma 1:10 I have but Granite BLX soon or whatever new 4s comes from Arrma next.

 

[Darknight]

Wheelie bar spring will die soon with jumps so another wheelie bar on hand should come in useful. You can strap it to help when the spring breaks but I broke the whole thing eventually.
A good set of bearings is essential. I like AVID Racing. Other like Fast Eddy's.
Hot Racing motor mount because the mesh is so tight out of the box. I think this is also an essential first upgrade.
For shocks, I installed these and am very happy with them so far. An inch of fuel tubing at the shock towers and good to go. 3/16" outer diameter fuel tubing is what I used. Standard for weed eaters etc.
I would suggest a motor fan as well. Hot Racing heatsink or stock and Wild Turbo Fan or aluminum shroud fan. You have one free slot for a fan in the RX.

Hope this helps. I really love my BRCC and place it well above all 1:10 trucks I own or have owned. It's the only Arrma 1:10 I have but Granite BLX soon or whatever new 4s comes from Arrma next.

Thank you for the reply! Checking out parts as I type.

I’ve got the shocks and bearing ready to order. I’m guessing there’s a good write up for all the bearing to install. I’m ordering the one-n-done kit from hot racing to convert to 17mm with a 10mm offset. I can order the mx28 tires here in China.

 

[Cirasa]

T-Bone Racing front and rear bumpers would be a good durability upgrade. I replaced the stock bumpers when the truck was new so I never ran with them, but the TBR ones feel so much more sturdy than the stock.

 

[GrandChamp]

For my BRCC, I ordered the T-Bone Racing rear bumpers (Front Bumper will come soon) part # 10096. RPM Rear (part # 81502) and Front ( part # 81492) A-arms, this past weekend. I will post pictures this weekend when the parts come in. I'll review the difference in steering performance and wheelie balance/durability.

Upgrades thus far:
Duratrax 12 mm Aluminum Wheel Hub Adapter.
Fine it here: https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bi...MIka-cp-WJ3wIVwyaGCh0h1QsoEAQYASABEgIrZ_D_BwE


Hot Racing WH17HT01 Hex Hub Adapters 12 mm to 17 mm W/ 10 mm Offset
Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XF89WTO/ref=psdc_6925979011_t1_B00XF89VJU

Badlands MX28 2.8 Mtd F-11 17 mm PRO-MT 4x4
Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0773H5DKQ/?coliid=I3IXUGF20EXXP8&colid=3BC9MV8EEL3N4&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

[GrandChamp]

Parts finally came in.

Rear RPM A-Arm

Bottom view of front RPM A-ARM

Rear view of T-bone racing Wheelie Bar

 

[Beckk]

for me it was the bearings, especially if you are not good a keeping your bigrock clean, I had one of the bearings freeze up and melt my drive shaft.

 

[GrandChamp]

for me it was the bearings, especially if you are not good a keeping your bigrock clean, I had one of the bearings freeze up and melt my drive shaft.

What bearings did you go with?

 

[thegunsmith]

What bearings did you go with?

I've been using Jimsbearings and they work great, no problems or complaints yet

 

[mark808]

I'm really impressed with the traction on the trenchers (1170-18), we just installed the hot racing 17mm adapters and new tires today. They probably wear the battery out faster, they are wider than stock I think. But it has changed what the truck will run over, it is handling our thick wild farm grass a little better now--They're not taller, they act dramatically different by gripping the ground much better.

This is mainly anecdotal because we already were getting a lot of play in the front end, and so the plastic may have cracked previously... But the front tire and steering block came out of the c-hub for the first time today after putting the bigger tires on. I was already trying to figure out what needed to be replaced to get rid of some play on that wheel--it's completely possible it was cracked before and had not come apart yet. The bottom part of the steering block tore out of the rest. $4 for the steering block, $14 for a kit of similar stuff from Jenny's (sold out), or $30? for the hot racing aluminum version... Will probably get a couple cheap stock plastic steering blocks as an initial test, this is probably the first plastic we've ever cracked on the truck.

It was being run plenty hard so I can't complain but I just wish I had thought to stock up on the part!!!

Another thought I had earlier about attempting to keep a truck running (on an island) is possibly buying a full spare truck... As stuff fails that's under warranty, for either truck, get replacements sent to a US address and let the parts pile up till you get them later. Until then one truck gets used to fix the other. But it costs enough that I haven't done it yet!