Front Turnbuckle sleeving method...

[XBENOOB]

I have the xb to hpi ramtech wheel adapters... so I was looking at the Redcat/FG wheel adapters and said Hmmmmm...


Turns out.. that if you have a few washers and the original wheel adapters for the X series of vehicles... (and you have the aluminum front a-arms)


You can sleeve the turnbuckles to help spread the load over a larger area...


You can lock the wheel adapters down by using the grub screws...


Add or subtract washers to get the perfect camber...

 

[Zapped]

Could you please post a pic of what you are talking about?

 

[XBENOOB]

Here is a picture of what the completed sleeved turnbuckle looks like...





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[XBENOOB]

here is what an unsleeved aluminum upper a-arm looks like

 

[DemonRC1]

There's a company that makes the same thing for the HPI upper arms. Apparently they do work.

 

[Bill_G]

Do the xb turnbuckles like to snap too?