What did you BREAK today?

[lambdapriest]

Post your Ls.

Wish I'd taken a photo, but I didn't have much time and my mission was to learn how to clear that damn quad.

It cost me a right front arm, a left front lower shock boot (not sure what it's called? The attachment point at the bottom of the piston), and shook the right rear shock tower mount loose.

Yesterday, on a slightly different layout, I snapped a left front arm on my 2wd 21.5t 22 5.0. Grabbed a photo of that on the bench today.

 

[9x19]

Ouch.

 

[DavidB1126]

Oof.
The cup is the spring perch or spring retainer or spring cup. The screw cap at the bottom of the shock body which holds the shaft and rings in place, I guess thats called the lower shock cap.
Yesterday at my track practice. I didn't get any pics. But i got running video. I broke / lost the wing button / screw, so I used a smaller screw, which made me have a adjustable wing from forward and back. Ill try to find something to hold the wing in place. Slash didn't break anything besides a screw backing out (camber link) Mini B didn't break. It was just carpet getting in the dogbones and hexes like normal.

 

[lambdapriest]

Dude, the "carpet getting into everything all the time always" situation is out of hand! It's not as bad as dirt, but still a pain.

Thanks for the tip on the names, I didn't know those either - but I broke something else... it's the bit that threads on to the bottom of the piston, and is bolted on to the arm. On the TLRs, it has a metal bushing that snaps in that the screw tightens against - I blew the plastic part off the bushing. I just looked up the part number (TLR233031) and I guess it's called a "shock end".

Maybe you could use a washer under the screw to give some bite to the wing? I didn't bore my holes big enough on the wing that I just installed on my wheeler... so it's definitely locked in place, because they're just big enough for the screws to fit through

 

[DavidB1126]

Dude, the "carpet getting into everything all the time always" situation is out of hand! It's not as bad as dirt, but still a pain.

Thanks for the tip on the names, I didn't know those either - but I broke something else... it's the bit that threads on to the bottom of the piston, and is bolted on to the arm. On the TLRs, it has a metal bushing that snaps in that the screw tightens against - I blew the plastic part off the bushing. I just looked up the part number (TLR233031) and I guess it's called a "shock end".

Maybe you could use a washer under the screw to give some bite to the wing? I didn't bore my holes big enough on the wing that I just installed on my wheeler... so it's definitely locked in place, because they're just big enough for the screws to fit through

Shock ends / eyelet.

 

[Cowboy Yert]

I broke mostly wind today. Breakfast tacos were killer this morning.

 

[9x19]

I broke a sweat... twice!

 

[HPIguy]

There is already a thread on this, here;

https://www.rctalk.com/forum/threads/the-what-you-broke-today-thread.132489/

I also stickied the other thread for you guys, so it doesn't get buried.