Not Taylor rc🤔🤣

[Relic-1]

Took me four months to wait on the maxinator engine , but let's not even bring up the stupid tmr engine , and no pipe crap , but I'll tell ya one thing this to thread , this picture show , and this problem would not be mentioned if you just went to RC max , or Taylor max , I'm not changing till I get a dam sticker !!

 

[Seandonato73]

Doesn't matter what style of clip was used. They are all acceptable if installed properly. I've heard of guys clipping the removal tabs off, but that's daft as you scratch up the ring land getting them back out and essentially junk what could have been a good piston. If they were really worried about ring retention they wouldn't be using that style of clip anyway. Should be using a roll lock.

 

[szaki75]

didn’t try to correlate the clip style to the issue. i just asked from curiosity

 

[DougStar]

There has been some news on this alx has said he will buy the motor back and give further discounts on a new motor. Since the guy has a few of the parts that make up a new complete motor package . For now it just talk, so id be watching and reporting as things develop
Mate will install this as his kill button

 

[John Parks]

I would expect alx to make it right, he's just like Mike when it comes to doing what he can to keep a customer

 

[DougStar]

This mate of mine is so young not as young as our two kids 20 and a foreign student so poor as they come so he really needs all the help he can get

I would expect alx to make it right, he's just like Mike when it comes to doing what he can to keep a customer

 

[PortCityRC]

That's sounds like a very fair deal to me. Hopefully the discounted difference is reasonable enough for him to afford..or uncle Doug will have to put Jr to work

 

[DougStar]

So there is some news here turns out the wrist pin was too short and the pin was only in the one side 5mm
So alx is gonna warranty the motor and rebuild with v2 clutch crank

Can see a Grove where the pin was sitting

 

[PortCityRC]

..Looks like he jumped right on the job knowing it could be a potential full loss. I'd say job was done in a timely fashion as well for warranty work. +10 points

 

[Z.hb71]

How the feck does that happen. Glad hes gunna fix it though

 

[DougStar]

So from what I understand molossi made bushings for the wrist pin (32mm) to make up the full length of the piston which is 49.5 mm and then some how a 27mm pin was used. Now apparently alx has his own custom crank and no longer uses the molossi. So it was doomed from the get go but luckily he will do a complete rebuild with a new clutch and new crank only thing that will be used from the original motor will be the crank case

 

[DougStar]

We have an update my m8 has received a 71p (50% off) and fitted it in a hybrid chassis . Last piece of the puzzle is a pipe (in the mail)
Very impressed with how alx fixed a bad situation

 

[John Parks]

Awesome he helped out, wouldn't expect anything less though from him