crankestein
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You will be amazed, the curvy a-arms are very strong, better than the linear A frame. Have been in a few spills, and they hold true, even when I had the runaway, the wheel broke from its center support, and everything else intact.
The dominator pipe was recommended by Dylan, or Dan, cant remember which, from RovanRc/KM. For filling the shocks, I have done them both ways, it may not seem so, but it is easier from the bottom. There will be a all-in-one tool, ideal for the job. I did 10k on the diffs, too loose for me, but each track, surface will be different setups as you know from your on-road experience.
Went today all eager to once and for all run it without any drama. Was having a blast in this soccer field, when it kept going straight and would not turn. I thought I broke the servo again, or battery was dead (which if that was the case the kill switch would have turned off the car, but it did not).
Once I do a survey of the situation, the steering link rod bolt broke. That was another facepalm for Rovan/HPI whoever. I compare the bolt on the X2, is twice as thick against the KM bolt. Snapped that bolt from the root of the servo saver, leaving a nice piece of bolt stuck inside the thread. For now I am using the rod ends from a 1/8 buggy turnbuckles, and high strength bolt, but the same thickness (for now). I have seen a improvement in the steering with the cnc aluminum steering assembly, dark soul billet servo saver, threshold servo saver support.
The stock dog bones will wear out, but not right away, I am noticing on mine some footprint from the dog bone into the c-cup. My next purchase, hopefully there will be BF sales, will be all Team Chase dog bones, drive cups, but for now its fine. I do recommend the "killer cables" worth every penny, not only to save the shocks, the baja is way less bouncy in the rear, much more stable out of the turns.
These are just my recommendations, the Baja is still bashable like it is, but I do notice the vehicle more stable and holding spills with almost no breakage, besides the ones already addressed.
Left (Rovan KM) steering bolt
Center (typical 1/8th buggy) bolt
Right (X2 Losi 5ive) steeringbolt
The dominator pipe was recommended by Dylan, or Dan, cant remember which, from RovanRc/KM. For filling the shocks, I have done them both ways, it may not seem so, but it is easier from the bottom. There will be a all-in-one tool, ideal for the job. I did 10k on the diffs, too loose for me, but each track, surface will be different setups as you know from your on-road experience.
Went today all eager to once and for all run it without any drama. Was having a blast in this soccer field, when it kept going straight and would not turn. I thought I broke the servo again, or battery was dead (which if that was the case the kill switch would have turned off the car, but it did not).
Once I do a survey of the situation, the steering link rod bolt broke. That was another facepalm for Rovan/HPI whoever. I compare the bolt on the X2, is twice as thick against the KM bolt. Snapped that bolt from the root of the servo saver, leaving a nice piece of bolt stuck inside the thread. For now I am using the rod ends from a 1/8 buggy turnbuckles, and high strength bolt, but the same thickness (for now). I have seen a improvement in the steering with the cnc aluminum steering assembly, dark soul billet servo saver, threshold servo saver support.
The stock dog bones will wear out, but not right away, I am noticing on mine some footprint from the dog bone into the c-cup. My next purchase, hopefully there will be BF sales, will be all Team Chase dog bones, drive cups, but for now its fine. I do recommend the "killer cables" worth every penny, not only to save the shocks, the baja is way less bouncy in the rear, much more stable out of the turns.
These are just my recommendations, the Baja is still bashable like it is, but I do notice the vehicle more stable and holding spills with almost no breakage, besides the ones already addressed.
Left (Rovan KM) steering bolt
Center (typical 1/8th buggy) bolt
Right (X2 Losi 5ive) steeringbolt
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