I just bought a new Revo 3.3 and within the first 4 hrs. I had broke both front bulk heads and my steering assembly. I have already replaced the steering assembly with aluminum and the bulkheads with stock plastic. I want to go ahead and get spare front bulks but was wondering if I should go with rpm plastic or aluminum? I tried searching for an answer but am new to the site and had trouble finding what I was looking for.
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If you can find aluminum or better plastic bulkheads for Revo's..let us all know. Nobody makes them yet. Stick to stock and whatever you did to break them, don't do it again...I don't know what else to say my friend, I've never heard of someone breaking a Revo bulkhead within 4 hours of buying it. Whatever you were doing, must have been WAAAAY out of line for that to happen! Congrats, your one of the few who can break'em.
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I have a feeling bulkheads won't be your only problem. 4 hours old and half beaten to death does not cover a good break in either. It's probably cold where you are, the plastic gets brittle and the break in was incorrect.
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I broke my truck in indoors in the shop where I work. It was about 65 to 70 degrees inside and I kept my engine at roughly 210 all the way through the breakin. I broke the bulkheads because I was watching the truck instead of where it was going and hit a metal cart sitting on the floor. And yes if I find aftermarket bulks I will let you all know.
Wow... I ran mine for for about 2 years and never broke a bulkhead on a revo. I ran it pretty hard and jumped it off of just about anything that got in front of it. The only time I took the bulkheads/diffs off was about 6 months after getting it and upgrading the chassis for a 3.3 chassis.
Definitely go RPM arms and I"d also suggest RPM axle carriers. Was a tough combo for me and I only broke two RPM arms the entire time I owned it. Cased a jump at WOT a couple times. Bent the arms so far that they cracked and busted a the drive axles..
Definitely go RPM arms and I"d also suggest RPM axle carriers. Was a tough combo for me and I only broke two RPM arms the entire time I owned it. Cased a jump at WOT a couple times. Bent the arms so far that they cracked and busted a the drive axles..