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Hi all, great forum! I picked up a boxed month old KM Baja last week that's ran less than a tank for a measly £130, and I am well impressed. Always wanted a 1/5!

I changed the radio gear to a Core Code 3 ch stick affair though, I hate the pistol grip things! I guess it's what you grow up with?

Anyway, things have broke lol. First up was a lower front arm. My fault this one, smacked it into a tree root. It also chipped the alloy front brace too. No big deal.
I was going to keep going (bashing) with the arm snapped, as the triangulation was still giving it more than enough strength, but the wheel fell off!

I initially assumed the lower arm had rubbed on the circlip and pushed it off in the impact, but after returning home and repairing, going back out and it happening again, I looked into it and noticed more play in one front wheel than another. I guess they are meant to have two bearings in the upright...
Unsure if I lost this, or it wasn't there to start with. I tend to assume the latter!

So, I fitted a full compliment of wheel bearings, changed radio gear and went out with it again tonight. All was going well, until the upper bolt on a rear shock pulled out the alloy insert from the shock tower. I bodged it with some glue and a cable tie (to stop it losing any parts) and it was fine for a good hour.

I'd say it maybe rolled half a dozen times, bewteen me and my mate, on a mix of grass and dirt jumps (BMX track) so I guess it didn't do too badly?

What's the deal with improving the rear shock towers then? I don't really want to purchase alloy items if I can help it. Anyone had the same happen?

I am thinking of drilling right through the support and using a longer bolt, with a profiled spacer nut with washer. Reckon that will work?

Even some proper glue would be a start. The stuff we used is for bonding plastic pipe lol.


Cheers all, off to have a look around the forum.
Liam.
 
Cheers Mickey! Just been looking at some of the Baja's on here, are the shock supports you refer to the type where the shock appears to bolt into a horizontal brace rather than the support towers themselves?

Thanks mate, I am really having fun with this thing! :D
 
what we refer to is, the shock mount still bolts to uprights, but he top end of shocks fit between the shock mount, with a thru bolts going tru front/shock/backside makes a stronger connection there and protects the shock top as well.
 
You mean like a strut brace that bolts into the supports at the upper mounting fixings for the dampers (via a through bolt) mate? I was going to make something like that.

Although not as fancy as this lol

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Thanks for the replies, Liam.
 
Had the same problem with that insert pulling out after some major cartwheels and rolls! I just used some decent strength glue and pressed it back in nice and tight with some grips. Been like that for about 2 months and still going ok.
 
That's the plan fella. Will pick up some Loctite or Araldite etc after work tomorrow. I reckon I will get a rear brace too, for what they cost.

There seems to be a few types available? I have seen the one mentioned above, that protects the tops of the dampers too, now.
 
Been looking at them myself RC Modelz have a few different ones and at a good price too! I have the same buggy as you currently stripping it cos it needs a few repairs so gonna strip the whole thing down buy my upgrade parts then rebuild. Gonna de anodize all my orange bits and polish them as im going for silver alloy parts!
 
yup i have a different front shock mount but its thick alloy, and aint goin noplace, it had the bolt on supports with it too, alloy as well, and i put in a alloy X brace, left the rest plastic for impact absorption.
 
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