Sand ingestion

[Jshaff16]

And your worried about minor scoring....happened to me too lol

 

[DougStar]

i really gave mine a good go coz $40 for he piece could not keep it tight

 

[Rep732]

I have acquired OCD i cant stand when something is not right...and when i know what contributed to the problem

 

[crucialRC]

@crucialRC didn't you have issues with billet intake when you built your tlr 5b?

Someone did. I know that much lol

Not me. The obr ss has a billet intake that they put on when the built it. Runs good.

 

[Jshaff16]

Doug already said it was him who had the issues

 

[DougStar]

The obr setup on my reed motor i have had 0 issues ?? the way I works is with an extra CCrb-inlet gasket with a hard plastic spacers so its not the same as the ddm one

Not me. The obr ss has a billet intake that they put on when the built it. Runs good.

 

[Rep732]

@Jshaff16 it looks like your engine swallowed a marble?. And I guess the point that I'm driving at is the only thing I changed from stock to the esp head was the isolator and those plastic gizmos.. my old head with the same run time has not one scratch on the piston

 

[Jshaff16]

It was a wrist pin. Few motors ago. Times change quickly

 

[Rep732]

Did blow apart?

 

[Jshaff16]

Nope. Was on my 2nd tank just cruising it around an open parking lot and on one of the long straight aways just shut down on me. Knew something was up when I pulled the starter I had lifted the entire rig off the ground. Live and learn

 

[Phill2]

i had one on my losi 5b ? nothing but leaky gave mine away to @Phill2

And he's never had a problem with one

 

[buzzkill]

@buzzkill I appreciate the input but since I delt with this first hand and did everything in my power to keep it tight im going to say the product is flawed due to the indent left from the isolator block on whatever the material is...and i used blue loctite...blue should be more than enough to hold these small screws. And when everything was tight and loctite I could still move the carb like the surface of the delrin or nylon is super smooth and slick.. my point is it caused my new top end to slowly blow up due to crap gaskets

I ment NO disrepect to you at all dude , sorry if it came off that way , deal with it as you see fit, I would be pissed as well , I do know that not all issues are one sided or apparent at first , I was just mentioning my exprience with Delrin and fasteners , that does not mean I am right !!! , I hope you get it sorted out I really do ! , I have seen guys with race motors fix them real quick with a ring change and a sandpaper HONE of the cylinder in the past in a cross pattern for small issues , I have No idea how bad your situation is but this is NOT a permanent fix for sure , Anyhow sorry this poop happened and it needs to be addressed by the MFG ( manufacturer)

 

[Seandonato73]

Only reason I went with the alloy intake, was i couldn't port match the stock plastic one. Another thought I typically glue everything, my spacer/gaskets got a coat of loctite 518 on them. It may be the reason mine hasn't come loose. ?‍. At any rate, call DDM and see what they are willing to do. Get some pictures up of your cylinder if possible. Like buzz mentioned, I've reused what some would call questionable cylinders on saw that cleaned up nicely.

 

[Rep732]

Well upon further inspection i do have small scratches and "lines" meaning their a little wider and deeper than a scratch and i can definitely feel a little loss in compression..ill do my best to take a few pics of the inside of the cylinder if the camera will cooperate

 

[Rep732]

All sorted ?

 

[Z.hb71]

All sorted ?

what did they say ?

 

[Rep732]

Since I was mellow and didn't expect anything out of it I got a discounted top end..steve is a great guy to deal with

 

[Seandonato73]

Told you.

 

[Rep732]

Thanks @Seandonato73 you would think by now I would just give up and listen to you ? ?

 

[Jshaff16]

I believe I said the same...