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:( hiya fellas/girls
Took my Beetle and MT out the other day and fried my battery so a new one went in and the following day took them out again.During general tomfoolery I had a head on with a work coleague and bent the side grill on the MT which jammed the steering servo horn.After a careful adjustment with a mallet:) everything was back on form and re-started my systematic destruction of the truck(joking).
I noticed the steering was pulling a little to the left and it progressively got worse so I brought it in and looked under the servo try and noticed the servo horn was spun right around,so I bought it home and took it to bits.The servo which is a Multiplex jumbo digi had been hit that hard it had dislodged all the gears inside it and getting it re-synced was a nightmare!:blush:Anywayater the initial shock it was like opening Pandora's box,there was a multitude of problems,stripped threads,snapped screws etc.So a few ally upgrades are on the cards.
And to finish,you probably all maintain your babies properly but if not make it a priority to,it will make sense in the end.
James.
P.S, haven't checked the Beetle yet :blush:
 
Bigger the Better said:
Did you head on with your Beetle?
Ya, doesn't matter how much the servo is when you smack it that hard.:no:
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Yeah,my mate was giving the Beetle some and I was throttling it down a straight with the MT and he crossed my path ! Pretty gruesome but I thought it would have been worse and anyway it's give me a chance to service them.
J.
 
Ouch. Reminds me of the time I thought I had turned my son's RX throttle down and he came screaming over the yard and stopped it right into our 6" well head that sticks 1 1/2 ft out of the ground.:no: Needed a new chassis on that one. At least we both laugh about that one now.:clown: $140.00 of parts later I learned kids depth perception takes awhile to mature, heck mine is just maturing. .:blush:
 
:lol:Whoa! bent the chassis.......now thats what I call a bang! Well i'm just in the throws of stripping the Beetle down but got distracted because the postman has just been and delivered a couple of parts for my Kawada Alcyon SV-10 and my crawler:) Gotta get back to it.....catch ya later
J.
 
Bashing and breaking makes it interesting and allows an excuse for upgrading when I beg.:clown: Even better I was able to buy the part real quick to "help my son learn how to fix it" any way that was that excuse.:clown:

Have fun!:)
 
"Help my son":nono:......LOL....Love it! I wonder if my partner would swallow that?, "Erm, I'm just going into the workshop to show our 3 year old daughter how to remove a sheard shock mount screw,love"....Well ya gotta try!:clown:


Is there any other excuses out there that fellow RC'er's have came out with to go bash there cars/trucks? Love to hear.
J.
 
Well i sometimes go bashing with my friend while i actually have to do my homework.
So i say:I won't learn anything from that that is usable in my live when i have an job.And you already now mom that i wanna do something with cars.So you are a better parent if you let me break my fg with my friend because i will have something real to learn then.
The best part of it is:It actually works!!!!!!!!!:laugh::laugh:
 
I don't have to have excusses me n the wife bash them together now lol he 5b my fhmt and its bliss now I have a ss on the way its great if only I have a child I have an excuse to buy another one lmao I want the mcd rally now
 
I bought my missus a Associated B3 and a Tamiya TL01 and she "Aw,thanks" and has never touched them :2guns:.Well thats what ya get for spoiling them ha ha.
 
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