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The faster you get water off the rig the better off you'll be in the long run. Certain areas of the rig that doesn't have paint, anodizing, chrome will flash rust so using wd-40 not only chases the water away it also creates a barrier for dust and water for the next time. I also read at one point that wd-40 doesn't harm any of the plastics used in rc and it also helps to bring life back into dull plastics.

As for bearings they will seize up almost overnite depending on how wet they are as well as if there's no grease left.

Always do a "pre" trip inspection of the rig before you take it out as you'll be surprised when you catch something that could end your day early. When you come home clean it up and check it over again so what you need or what needs tending to will be in your head and you won't be rushing when you want to go run it again.

Also is the new pipe you bought chrome or raw?
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Don't forget about the dry silicon spray.... keeps the dust bunnies and water away.....
Guess I should expand on that. Wd40 is great, but over time it will leave a residue if your maintenance is sloppy and it dries out pretty quick. I use it on my pipe too, and sometimes on plastic, but generally speaking the entire rig gets sprayed down with a dry silicon spray. It repels water, and dirt doesn't stuck to it, and since it's a dry make up, you don't have to worry about it drying out like wd40 does. I'm not brand specific, the last can was a a wd40 brand and I'm currently using mukoff. Pipe still gets regular wd-40.
 
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Seandonato73 said:
Don't forget about the dry silicon spray.... keeps the dust bunnies and water away.....
Guess I should expand on that. Wd40 is great, but over time it will leave a residue if your maintenance is sloppy and it dries out pretty quick. I use it on my pipe too, and sometimes on plastic, but generally speaking the entire rig gets sprayed down with a dry silicon spray. It repels water, and dirt doesn't stuck to it, and since it's a dry make up, you don't have to worry about it drying out like wd40 does. I'm not brand specific, the last can was a a wd40 brand and I'm currently using mukoff. Pipe still gets regular wd-40.
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I have a construction job and many simple cleaners and lubricants are in abundance. That's why I ask.
 
@Freelander I absolutely understand, I haven't tried other stuff as wd-40 did the job fine. Your more than welcome t o try other stuff but don't forget to report back to us if you find something better.
 
We never touched the stock settings. So we ran today and we noticed right away the idle rpm was audibly higher. What was good a week ago was too high I guess. So we adjusted it down. We went too far so we ended up just 1/8 of a turn from stock and it stayed running.

I dunno if this is right but we figured that was because of the new pipe and/or because ambient temperature was 20°c lower than our last run so we dialed back the carburetor screws (going counter clockwise to make it more rich) by 1/8th each having noted the original settings.

We still had lots of low end pickup. We never ran out of response from the motor before we were at full pull in terms of rpm.

It's -4°c. Not sure what we have done but the truck ran good and we had loads of fun.

Found a huge parking lot that is not plowed or salted. It only had a few snow drifts here and there.

Had Bandito X Pre mounted rins and tires on. Loads of fun.


Now back to clean this thing with the air compressor and liberally apply WD-40 to everything I guess. Any advice for this? Anywhere with metal and bearings needs a shot? Make sure to coat the raw pipe?

We are very bad at winter maintenance. It's the time we wreck electric motor bearings traditionally.
 
With the compressor chase all of the water away and them put the rig on cardboard or something that is larger than it and spray the whole rig down with it and then you can chase the wd-40 with air again. As for the raw pipe you wipe the wd on and leave it.
 
This seemed like the right thing to do and it was so! Some common sense helped me. We got the rig inside. Thanks, lads
 
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