PaulC
RCTalk Champion
Hi,
I had only just 1 tank of fuel almost done, was about to bring it in for fuel and I hit a soccer post lying on the grass. I'd bumped over it slowly a few minutes before so when I seen the buggy was going to hit it I just braked a little... not enough.
Damage list is fairly obscene.
Broke both front hub carriers!
Bent lower suspension holder brackets.
Cracked/Lost suspension shaft holding caps.
Cracked diff case.
Bent suspension shafts.
(Whatever I will find when I break it down to fix)
Out of interest the hub carriers are the weakest part of the car, they have a common point of failure. The last one I broke I CA glued and then wound 3 layers of tough kitchen roll around, soaking each layer in CA glue and left for 24 hours. Would you believe the joint was so strong the hub carrier actually fractured at a different location 3 or 4 mm away from the original fix? I'd say that means the CA glue and kitchen roll concept works.
Metal hub carriers are like £43/$70! If I fit those I think it will take a few more knocks, but when I hit something hard it will be more suspension holders and diff cases.
Just can't keep the thing on the road if I keep hitting things
Paul
I had only just 1 tank of fuel almost done, was about to bring it in for fuel and I hit a soccer post lying on the grass. I'd bumped over it slowly a few minutes before so when I seen the buggy was going to hit it I just braked a little... not enough.
Damage list is fairly obscene.
Broke both front hub carriers!
Bent lower suspension holder brackets.
Cracked/Lost suspension shaft holding caps.
Cracked diff case.
Bent suspension shafts.
(Whatever I will find when I break it down to fix)
Out of interest the hub carriers are the weakest part of the car, they have a common point of failure. The last one I broke I CA glued and then wound 3 layers of tough kitchen roll around, soaking each layer in CA glue and left for 24 hours. Would you believe the joint was so strong the hub carrier actually fractured at a different location 3 or 4 mm away from the original fix? I'd say that means the CA glue and kitchen roll concept works.
Metal hub carriers are like £43/$70! If I fit those I think it will take a few more knocks, but when I hit something hard it will be more suspension holders and diff cases.
Just can't keep the thing on the road if I keep hitting things
Paul