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I think I broke the suspension

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Tamiyalover123

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The car is fine, it was going about 60 km/h, but I got distracted and crashed into a curb, I lost everything... hahahaha part of the hobby.

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Slash things
Surprised that the cap didn't rip off the shock body... To be fair it is aluminum so that is why, big bore shocks from traxxas?
Id replace with RPM bulkhead and/or aluminum bulkhead from STRC, already got RPM arms, nice! And if you want to for ease of working on it, STRC locking hinge pins are a life saver for sure.
I believe with the big bores the shock shaft gets held in the body with a e clip so might have to get a replacement or find one in a hardware kit. E clips are a pain, wish they had done either a nut or grub screw. Big Bores aren't really that good besides the TiNi shafts and aluminum bits. Bc stupid traxxas decided oh on the big bores we should make it harder for users to rebuild, lets add a snap ring to hold the seals in, instead of a thread on cap like the Ultra shocks or GTRs!!! Well done thinking Traxxas!!!

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Slash things
Surprised that the cap didn't rip off the shock body... To be fair it is aluminum so that is why, big bore shocks from traxxas?
Id replace with RPM bulkhead and/or aluminum bulkhead from STRC, already got RPM arms, nice! And if you want to for ease of working on it, STRC locking hinge pins are a life saver for sure.
I believe with the big bores the shock shaft gets held in the body with a e clip so might have to get a replacement or find one in a hardware kit. E clips are a pain, wish they had done either a nut or grub screw. Big Bores aren't really that good besides the TiNi shafts and aluminum bits. Bc stupid traxxas decided oh on the big bores we should make it harder for users to rebuild, lets add a snap ring to hold the seals in, instead of a thread on cap like the Ultra shocks or GTRs!!! Well done thinking Traxxas!!!

the naked gun facepalm GIF
I amazing how the body of the shock can survive,in this moment the shock absorber is broken in two!!,before i need new frontal shocks but now i need,change all front suspensión,the chasis too has
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High speed Slash crash breakage is always interesting!
The unseen damage is what gets annoying later down the road. I bet you bent every hinge pin on that truck lol
In this moment the damages are the shock,the direction,and the frontal block,and the pin are bent.
 
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