Doug's hpi 5B SS

[DougStar]

spot on doug ,
interested to see how they wear ,

I ran the material through the mill much longer with out annealing it in the end stages so its much harder than the original pads also keen to see how it pans out

Cool stuff Doug! I bet if you made your logo outta bronze/brass it would come out sick! Raised decals for your rigs?

Yes......no good idea.....not gonna do it

 

[DougStar]

My mate Scott had a spare brake shoe/cam thang saved my buying a whole set just for the one bit
So I can get onto putting the 65 back on track and test the diy pads i made

 

[DougStar]

Swear I'm cursed

When I was out yesterday the gears in the steering servo stripped

 

[Troopermaniac]

My mate Scott had a spare brake shoe/cam thang saved my buying a whole set just for the one bitView attachment 74136
So I can get onto putting the 65 back on track and test the diy pads i made

I had a rovan one sitting around. Just cut off the carbon shoe and was g2g

 

[MonsterAir]

I feel your pain Doug. Just went to make my weekly Sunday deposit at the bank. Another $150 on top of the $70 it costs to run sat/sun. This is the name of the game though Seen a few servos go out on guys over the last 2 weekends there.

 

[DougStar]

Thank GWAD its just the gears and not burnt-out small mercies

 

[DougStar]

More carnage
Gonna see if I can repair it
With some heat and a bit of luck

 

[dzylzzrd]

More carnage View attachment 74534
Gonna see if I can repair itView attachment 74535
With some heat and a bit of luck

Great white or thresher?

 

[DougStar]

Big Red actually

 

[Z.hb71]

Could do the freezer method too

 

[DougStar]

Spoke to Simon..... and he said water push everywhere so the pipe would deform he suggested heat rather

 

[Z.hb71]

Spoke to Simon..... and he said water push everywhere so the pipe would deform he suggested heat rather

BS, It's been done plenty of times. As long as you keep your eye on it.

 

[DougStar]

Ok ill try the heat coz ill see results faster

 

[Z.hb71]

Ok ill try the heat coz ill see results faster

keen to see your results, it's a nice size dent

 

[DougStar]

The way I see it can't get any worse

keen to see your results, it's a nice size dent

 

[DougStar]

I'm too chicken to heat the pipe up too much and melt it so guess I'll just live with the dent

 

[Z.hb71]

Give it to me I'll do, as long as I get to drive it for a while

 

[spents]

I'm too chicken to heat the pipe up too much and melt it so guess I'll just live with the dent

go for it and try a repair doug ,
just heat the dented area up to the edge of the dent and push out with a round/blunt ended bar of some sort,
you can access dent form open end of pipe so should come out fairly well,
welding gloves , bar and heat,
be brave , you can dooo eeet ,

edit, just take yer time and go steady doug

 

[Troopermaniac]

I mean it won't melt if you don't keep the heat on too long.

I've used the air pressure method in the past on my buddies motorcycle. Just block the holes, get an air compressor and get the metal to a soft glow as you compress a little bit of air inside. Good part about this method is it doesn't need to be rushed so you can do it a few times with trial and error.

50 to 80PSI use PPE probably a bomb shield lol

 

[DougStar]

I don't have a compressor