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VegaNate

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First, knock on wood.

OK. Now that that's out of the way:clown: , lets start a thread on what we have broken on these "Big Kahunas". Maybe this will help us out on what to have in out tool boxes.

So far the motor is not even leaned out and I endoed the truck and broke a rear body mount (the body was off at the time). Then the other day I was driving it around and noticed the back of the truck was slouching. Broken shock shaft at the threads. I don't know what happened there.

Not broken but the set screws on the hex that holds the final gear backed out and I had a heck of a time figuring out what was up. I wish they sold these in kit form with instructions and an exploded diagram.

This all being said, I am in NO WAY upset with this awesome machine. I just think we can all find out where some of the minor weak points may be by sharing this info.:) --nate
 
BTW, Scott from LargeScaleRC sent out a shock shaft priority mail and I should have it by the time I get home from work tonight. Those guys are great!--nate again
 
VegaNate said:
BTW, Scott from LargeScaleRC sent out a shock shaft priority mail and I should have it by the time I get home from work tonight. Those guys are great!--nate again
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yea they take care of use mcd owners don't they ,you know the trucks have not been out that long so sinan the owner of mcd realise on troy and scott to give em customer feedback .i went the cheap route and got the blackline , i wanted the locked rear.bad idea ,the esp 30.5 might of contributed to the failures i had ,the first thing was a rear drive shaft that was defective from the factory cross pin drill of center , snapped .called troy , they sent a new one,secound problem was a snapped rear drive cup , which took out the rear diff and right dog bone .called troy and we concluded the the locked rear diff was a bad idea ,he sent me a new open diff ,drive cup , new bearings,and dogbones.i think from now on the blackline will be sold with a open diff.last but not least my body was messed little cracks .troy gave me a fee body , but i told him to keep it ,he is sending it to zeilke for a cutom paint job that i want , trust me this paint job is going to be SIck I GOT THE IDEA OF OFF A OFFSHORE RACE BOAT,stay tuned it will be my show body along with the alloy beadlock rim the mcd is going to look good.other then that my truck the best thing i ever got besides the baja.
 
BEAST30.5 said:
yea they take care of use mcd owners don't they ,you know the trucks have not been out that long so sinan the owner of mcd realise on troy and scott to give em customer feedback .i went the cheap route and got the blackline , i wanted the locked rear.bad idea ,the esp 30.5 might of contributed to the failures i had ,the first thing was a rear drive shaft that was defective from the factory cross pin drill of center , snapped .called troy , they sent a new one,secound problem was a snapped rear drive cup , which took out the rear diff and right dog bone .called troy and we concluded the the locked rear diff was a bad idea ,he sent me a new open diff ,drive cup , new bearings,and dogbones.i think from now on the blackline will be sold with a open diff.last but not least my body was messed little cracks .troy gave me a fee body , but i told him to keep it ,he is sending it to zeilke for a cutom paint job that i want , trust me this paint job is going to be SIck I GOT THE IDEA OF OFF A OFFSHORE RACE BOAT,stay tuned it will be my show body along with the alloy beadlock rim the mcd is going to look good.other then that my truck the best thing i ever got besides the baja.
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the guy that painted mine is a offshore racing boat painter .. http://www.coolgrafix.net/ my son and me went to go see him and he had a 1.5 million dollar set-up .. a 42 Cat with 3200 HP matching trailer and matching rig all being painted .. friggin amazing to see in full scale and not on T.V , next to the 42 was a 32 scarab and its huge aswell but looked tiny next to the cat .. the 42 Cat when its trailered down the road it has Hydro Rams that tilt the boat on its side ..because it would be too wide too trailer ..
sorry off topic ..
 
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cyclops1970 said:
the guy that painted mine is a offshore racing boat painter .. http://www.coolgrafix.net/ my son and me went to go see him and he had a 1.5 million dollar set-up .. a 42 Cat with 3200 HP matching trailer and matching rig all being painted .. friggin amazing to see in full scale and not on T.V , next to the 42 was a 32 scarab and its huge aswell but looked tiny next to the cat .. the 42 Cat when its trailered down the road it has Hydro Rams that tilt the boat on its side ..because it would be too wide too trailer ..
sorry off topic ..
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my buddies dad has 44 foot cat ,with ornelson drive duels at that 2000 hp on each motor he also a a outerlimits gtx man what a beast.
 
Well, now that it runs good, I have blown out two gears because a small rock imbedded itself into one of them. The final gear on the brakes and the one that it connects to(I don't know the name of these gears) were both melted. On inspection the rock was still in the gear. I have already replaced them.--nate
 
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