HPI Baja 5b to 5t conversion build begins

[1Coopgt]

Oh nice where they expensive?
Keen to hear how you get on With them bleeding ect??

Not to bad $159.00 from DGI. The instructions are not the greatest that's for sure . Lucky I have a lot of mechanical experience.

I'll let you know on the bleeding. I do wish they had come with bleed screws instead of block off plugs.

 

[DougStar]

Bleed nipples?
That's not a bad price

 

[1Coopgt]

Bleeder screw like on your 1:1 car . Sadly they don't make anything this small. Found my first problem. The servo horn that comes with the kit doesn't fit my Savox throttle servo. Not sure whether is just cheap crap or the wrong tooth count but she no fits. Just places a order for a 25 tooth double ended servo horn by Protek.

 

[1Coopgt]

So I got all the brake lines run . What a pain in the ass. Understandably the hose is very stiff. The only way to attach the hose to the compression fittings was to heat the compression fittings with my heat gun and then press the lines onto them and let them cool. Ended up using all 5' of the hose . No sharp bends or kinks . the brake line clears the pipe with about 3/8" spacing. I have a ton of room to the master cylinder. I'll post a pic when I start putting this back together.

 

[suicyderider]

looks like a nightmare to me lol, but im completely new to this stuff

 

[Z.hb71]

So I got all the brake lines run . What a pain in the ass. Understandably the how is very stiff. The only way to attach the hose to the compression fittings was to heat the compression fittings with my heat gun and then press the lines onto them and let them cool. Ended up using all 5' of the hose . No sharp bends or kinks . the brake line clears the pipe with about 3/8" spacing. I have a ton of room to the master cylinder. I'll post a pic when I start putting this back together.

Looks good dude ??

 

[DougStar]

Sweet, so you got it all sorted
Remeber there was a guy here about a year back totaly lost it with hydro brakes ............?????? he even quit the forum???? you show em coop??

 

[Z.hb71]

Sweet, so you got it all sorted
Remeber there was a guy here about a year back totaly lost it with hydro brakes ............?????? he even quit the forum???? you show em coop??

I remember that dude ????

 

[1Coopgt]

Sweet, so you got it all sorted
Remeber there was a guy here about a year back totaly lost it with hydro brakes ............?????? he even quit the forum???? you show em coop??

Yup I remember . It was just a little bit after I joined this group of degenerates . . If you don't understand how something works you probably shouldn't buy it . Or make sure you do a lot of research first . Although I do have a question I'm not sure about . Do folks that install hydros still leave their rear brakes connected and use them too? If I don't get and answer in 5 minutes I'm going to go pout in a corner for a minute or so.

 

[DougStar]

LOL ?
I'd leave them connected ??

 

[Z.hb71]

Yup I remember . It was just a little bit after I joined this group of degenerates . . If you don't understand how something works you probably shouldn't buy it . Or make sure you do a lot of research first . Although I do have a question I'm not sure about . Do folks that install hydros still leave their rear brakes connected and use them too? If I don't get and answer in 5 minutes I'm going to go pout in a corner for a minute or so.

???? Id leave ur rear brakes connected. Doesn't make sense to just have front wheel braking.

 

[1Coopgt]

LOL ?
I'd leave them connected ??

I am . Oh and by the way . Because you guys didn't answer me quick enough I'm scared for life and I quite the forum for an hour ..... So there.

 

[Z.hb71]

I am . Oh and by the way . Because you guys didn't answer me quick enough I'm scared for life and I quite the forum for an hour ..... So there.

Aight ????

 

[1Coopgt]

So this is kind of interesting. So I have the Yama dudes throttle linkage on my buggy. In order to hook up the master cylinder linkage you need a spring that they don't provide . WTF. I ended up stealing it from the old Rovan throttle linkage. So I wonder where you're suppose to get it from if they don't provide it.
I got lucky because I had extra parts.

 

[DougStar]

So this is kind of interesting. So I have the Yama dudes throttle linkage on my buggy. In order to hook up the master cylinder linkage you need a spring that they don't provide . WTF. I ended up stealing it from the old Rovan throttle linkage. So I wonder where you're suppose to get it from if they don't provide it.
I got lucky because I had extra parts.

I get a little kick out having spare parts to to go through , and even more so when you find what you need?? lucky you had the spring??

 

[Z.hb71]

Yup I remember . It was just a little bit after I joined this group of degenerates . .

Must be a degenerate to join a pack of em????

 

[DougStar]

Must be a degenerate to join a pack of em????

you know what they say.....birds of a feather flock together ?

 

[Z.hb71]

you know what they say.....birds of a feather flock together ?

??? Yeah like both you and coop flock together cuz u both screwed up a chassis in the last year



?????

 

[DougStar]

you probably as well that is, if you`d had a running rig since you joined us OUCH!?

 

[Z.hb71]

you probably as well that is, if you`d had a running rig since you joined us OUCH!?

hey hey HEY! Now that's just mean ?????????? got me good there I'll give ya ??