More just a quick rant!
Love this little buggy, but good grief is this thing a PIA to work on!
Been reading about the grease coming out of the diff and the best thing to do was to open it up, clean it all out and add just a thin layer of replacement grease.
So, decided to do so...and I created some new and interesting, shall we say, words of frustration putting the rear end back together!
For one, the exploded view diagrams in the manual that come with it are a joke! They don't show how one component fits to another. For example, attaching the rear end to the chassis or, if you've done this, that longer screw that goes through the top, connects a little cage-like covering over the motor then screws into the engine mount.
And those tiny screws! Ugh, I was losing my mind!
Anyways, she's back together with a new 15T pinion, so we'll see how racing goes tomorrow night, but holy moly what a chore!
Love this little buggy, but good grief is this thing a PIA to work on!
Been reading about the grease coming out of the diff and the best thing to do was to open it up, clean it all out and add just a thin layer of replacement grease.
So, decided to do so...and I created some new and interesting, shall we say, words of frustration putting the rear end back together!
For one, the exploded view diagrams in the manual that come with it are a joke! They don't show how one component fits to another. For example, attaching the rear end to the chassis or, if you've done this, that longer screw that goes through the top, connects a little cage-like covering over the motor then screws into the engine mount.
And those tiny screws! Ugh, I was losing my mind!
Anyways, she's back together with a new 15T pinion, so we'll see how racing goes tomorrow night, but holy moly what a chore!
