do I suck? does my car suck? whats going on

[Andrew1014]

hey all
EVERYTIME I go to use my car it breaks in some way. this time was a repete of last time. the wheel hub broke so now I gotta fiddle around with taking out the bearings and center peice there AGAIN. everytime I fix it, it breaks.

it's getting expensive... I don't even ride it hard. just go down the road and up on my grass hill. blow donuts in the driveway and race my friend. I never do anything destructive. and it breaks. lol

Duratraxx Raze buggy.

 

[frickenjoey]

Well my friend welcome to the wonderful world of RC. It will nickle and dime you to death....as long as you have a RC you will always have something to spend money on. Duratax has the Stresstech warranty so if it is fairly new us it for all it is worth.

 

[Webbage]

hey all
EVERYTIME I go to use my car it breaks in some way. this time was a repete of last time. the wheel hub broke so now I gotta fiddle around with taking out the bearings and center peice there AGAIN. everytime I fix it, it breaks.

it's getting expensive... I don't even ride it hard. just go down the road and up on my grass hill. blow donuts in the driveway and race my friend. I never do anything destructive. and it breaks. lol

Duratraxx Raze buggy.

R/C is epxensive, of that there is no doubt. Some things that will help you stem the tide of breakages:

1. Take the appropriate tools to your rig and make sure all the screws and bolts/nuts that hold it together are tight before you run it.

EDIT: 1a. Where you are screwing a metal screw into a metal thread, don't forget to THREADLOCK it. I learned this the hard way, like most other folks.

2. If something breaks continuously then consider replacing it with an uprated version made of a stronger material. I don't know what's out there for your particular rig, but most popular rigs have Alu upgrade parts available.

3. What you think isn't driving the car hard may not actually be the case. Take a long look at what you do when you run the rig and where it puts the stresses on the rig. Donuts, for example, put a lot of twisting force on the front steering knuckles and A-arms. I was forever splitting them when I use to run a Tamiya buggy and, like you, I wasn't doing anything thought was extreme.

4. Once you identify where your driving is stressing the rig consider upgrading the parts to take the hammer.

5. Accept the unavoidable truth. You will break it sometimes.

Hope that helps

 

[CharliesTheMan]

Definitely looks at the parts that are breaking to see if you can upgrage them. While it may not seem like you're hard on it, bumping along at 40 mph in something with 3 or 4 inch tires that weighs 5 or 10 pounds is stressful.

Also, consider your buggy, and if it would be cheaper to upgrade your buggy, or to sell it and buy a more durable buggy. I'm not into 1/8 scale buggies so I can't give a lot of advice, but these are general guidelines that apply to all of RC.

Also, maybe determine whats causing the failure. If you fix the symptoms, but dont treat the illness, the symptoms will come back. RC's will break parts, but most of my rigs can take quite a bashing before breaking parts because I spent my money upgrading the weak links, and didn't spend money replacing parts that didn't need to be replaced. A lot of people spend 100s on blong, but don't do anything to make the rig more durable, then they wonder why the rig breaks after they spent all that money on bling. I know this isn't the case with you, I'm just saying that if you spend your money wisely, you will be investing in a very durable rig. Spending wisely also means that if you have $400 in your buggy, and it's going to cost $500 to make it durable, but you can buy a better quality buggy for $500, and then sell your rig and put $150 in parts replacing the weak links, you have to decide which makes more sense economically.

If you don't THOROUGHLY enjoy working on your RC, then you're going to have a hard time enjoying this hobby. Fixing, Tweaking, dialing in, setting up, upgrading, and replacing parts is a huge aspect of hobby grade RC, and if you don't like to do those things, I don't see how you wouldn't burn out pretty fast.

If you want something that you can bash the hell out of without breaking and without much maintenance, you should consider getting an HPI Baja 5B SS. If you can afford it, and they aren't a lot more than building an 1/8 scale buggy, you will have a blast with it. I've been beating on mine since April, and I've done $4 worth of damage so far. Parts will break if you push it hard enough, but its by far the most durable RC that I've ever seen, with the Traxxas slash next in line.

 

[Rolex]

It's quite obvious that YOU suck, the CAR sucks, and other than that, I don't know what's going on.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

I just knew what the post was going to say when I saw that Rolex had posted in a thread with a title like that.

 

[savon]

It's quite obvious that YOU suck, the CAR sucks, and other than that, I don't know what's going on.

Atleast he runs his rig

 

[Rolex]

Savon, you suck too.

 

[savon]

why so harsh :

 

[Andrew1014]

It's quite obvious that YOU suck, the CAR sucks, and other than that, I don't know what's going on.

that's harsh, I'm not sure if you're being facetious or not but if you are thats funny but if not. then would you mind keeping that crap to yourself?

 

[Webbage]

that's harsh, I'm not sure if you're being facetious or not but if you are thats funny but if not. then would you mind keeping that crap to yourself?

Rolex? Ahhh we never take anything he says seriously. :

I can assure you he meant no offence (or at least I hope he didn't, I'll be on the next flight over to kick his ass if he did!). I don't know anyone who posts regularly who would ever actually insult another poster intentionally, but we do have a bit of a joke and a poke of fun at each other every now and again You get used to it!

 

[Rolex]

do I suck? does my car suck? whats going on

I was only trying to answer your question to the best of my ability. Now you know that I suck too.

 

[Andrew1014]

I was only trying to answer your question to the best of my ability. Now you know that I suck too.

lol kk

 

[CharliesTheMan]

Yeap you'll learn that all of our regulars are some of the best people on this earth to get to know, and we're like a family here. So you have to take everything said with a grain of salt, and join in on the fun. Trust me, thats nothing compared to the other forums out there, where guys are much worse than that for no reason and they aren't joking at all lol.

Welcome to the site. Now that you're a member of RCNT, you don't suck quite as much :

 

[BradZ_09]

Hah, first day on the site and already i can tell Rolex is one of 'those' dudes lol
Oh and dude maybe get a new RC?
Breaks to easy you wont be able to do much with it
Much like my pitty..

 

[Andrew1014]

Hah, first day on the site and already i can tell Rolex is one of 'those' dudes lol
Oh and dude maybe get a new RC?
Breaks to easy you wont be able to do much with it
Much like my pitty..

yeah man I get to use it for a whole whopping 20 min then something happens lol

Your pitty?

 

[BradZ_09]

Yeh mate pitty
Pitty=Pit bike
Mines a peice o crud but its fun =]

 

[SmokeDogg]

You only suck if you break 3 a-arms in one bash session all on the same tire!

Just ask my buddy John.