Over the last couple of days I have embarked on some r/c maintenance for the first time. I've been in and out of the hobby since the late 90's and never had the opportunity or the need to pull my r/c's apart. So far this year I've sealed 2 engines that we're problematic, replaced the rear diff on my buggy and then replaced the fluids on the rest of the diffs, checked my Savage XL Diffs because one was leaking grease, removed and adjusted the tranny in my MGT 8.0 due to not shifting and set wrong at the factory and last but not least, I just pulled my tranny out of Tmaxx 1.5 to investigate why it won't engage. I've never taken it upon myself to take apart my r/c's for major repairs and after doing so, It feels awesome. It just adds another aspect to the hobby knowing that how messed up a vehicle gets after use, I can pull it apart and do my own repairs. I'm sure the community feels the same so maybe we can share our dig in stories.
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That's great. The disadvantage of ready to run options mean that most people enter the hobby while knowing nothing about their cars or trucks.
The build or the rebuild is the best part. It gives you a TOTAL understanding of what it does and why and when it should do it.
Kudos to you.
The build or the rebuild is the best part. It gives you a TOTAL understanding of what it does and why and when it should do it.
Kudos to you.
thats funny cause when i buy a rtr i buy it cause its good for cheap money, but the first thing i did when i got mine was strip it down completely to see how everything works, (nd it was my first nitro) nd i do FIRST robotics so it was like natural instincts.
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Yep, I was into the hobby 7 years ago and just got back in this past January. I have always bought RTR as I really never liked to build kits, even models. I did wrench my cars though when they broke and it was nice to get them fixed and running again. Recently I had the center drive shafts on my 1/16th Traxxas Mini Slash and Mini E-Revo go out and it was fun to change them out (way too many hex screws though). Pebbles had gotten under the center skid plates and basically destroyed the drive shafts as if they had been turned on a lathe. Pretty interesting to see how Traxxas engineered the center drive shafts. Anyway, took about 12 bucks and a couple of hours to get the two minis on the road again.
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When I got my first rc car which was a radio shack RC18 clone I took it apart twice before I even bought the battery for it. When I got my nitro buggy I just had to take it apart and fill the center diff with grease because I wanted wheelies(didn't work out though)
MaxxJTmasheR
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if i ever get a new truck i would get a kit, even if i got the rtr version i would tear it down anyway, so why not save time and get the kit
that is wat I'm lookin at getting for my next rc project, is the hpi savage ss kit. I've always wanted to get a kit nd like u said, save the time nd buy a kit, when ur gonna tear the rtr apart rght away. lol
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Right now I'm negotiating with a friend to sell me a midnight pumpkin for $10. I'll tear it down and redo the the body and hopefully have it running soon. Bad thing is my dad doesn't want me to buy the truck so I'll have to sneak it past him til I finish it and hopefully then he'll see it's awesome and let me keep it.
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I've always said there would be a big market for an "RTR" that was in kit form. With the current kits, which there are few of many might not know what engine or motor to buy, gearing, etc.
Just take an RTR and instead of assembling it put all the parts in a box and sell it like that. It should actually be a few bucks cheaper since the company is not assembling it and you know everything will work together and you'll get to learn how it all works and goes together for future maintenance and repairs.
Mark
Just take an RTR and instead of assembling it put all the parts in a box and sell it like that. It should actually be a few bucks cheaper since the company is not assembling it and you know everything will work together and you'll get to learn how it all works and goes together for future maintenance and repairs.
Mark
