Z's HPI Baja PT:2

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Thats a hell of a job on the gear set?????
AnubisBC said:
Any axle boot without a shield is gonna shite the bed eventually. The pre 5t SC/5B 2.0 carriers are just an axle boot death waiting to happen if you're running anything larger than the stock drives, which you are. That's why I went with the FLM carriers. They don't envelop the boots, so they can expand without any worry of snagging on the carrier. With my crappy pyrex lid shields in place, the carrier boots have held up for the longest I've ever seen. 10 runs so far, and no sign of stopping. One is even an old non-SD stock HPI boot! ? . Can't say the same for the transmission sides; I lost one side in a short run at the rocky park. The other is still holding up, but another run on the rocks might change that. If hostile boots ever get restocked, I might build in a secondary shield to protect them. For now, I just have extra FLM drive pins for the bones and will track the wear that happens on the un-booted drive cup.

I'm considering going the route of the Godzilla drives and just pressure fitting a copper or bronze ring around each cup to keep it from throwing the drive pins and running without any kind of boot.

Think about it, the Losi models aren't running boots out of the box, and they're just fine. It made a lot more sense when the drives were smaller and more prone to breakage. The large scale hobby has come a long way since then.

I think you should experiment with whatever you want and see if something eventually works.

I am extremely worried about your spur gear situation. If you're melting plastic gears, steel won't do you any favors if there's something fundamentally wrong. Case in point: View attachment 62526

This was due to a pinion that wasn't fully seated on the bell. It walked back and forth and shredded the spur.

I've been running the stock plastic spur without a cover for the last few runs now, and it's looking nothing like your Hostile: In fact, it still looks brand new. Either Hostile's plastic is completely garbage, or you still have a mesh issue.

After seeing Enzo's thread, I get the feeling that the last gen Hostile spurs just aren't up to snuff anymore. But you should still try running the stock gearing if you can just to see if the spur holds up before investing in steel gears.
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Z.hb71 said:
Damnit ? spur gear stripped again ? been about 4-5 hours so its about time for it to go. Also the header bolt backed off?‍♂️
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Going to buy spares or just buy the ddm black magic
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Cant remember who makes it but buy the stud kit that replaces the bolts that hold the head pipe. The nuts come with holes drilled in them so that you can wire the nuts so they don't back off. Pretty sure there is a picture of them in my build thread.
 
pyroM!ke247 said:
Just saying. I talk about bajas on here. I don't openly turn baja talk into gay poop. Hell I don't even turn baja talk into amazing warm wet vagina talk that real men do but theres that. The reason why im pissed and triggered is because my 12 yr old son got on here and asked me what are they talking about, and I seen all the gay poop on a fuking baja forum intended for bajas........I miss the HPIBAJAFORUM site for damn sure......
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Hahahaha what could you have possibly seen on this forum that would suggest its suitable for a 12 year old. It’s not our responsibility to protect your child.
 
AnubisBC said:
Any axle boot without a shield is gonna shite the bed eventually. The pre 5t SC/5B 2.0 carriers are just an axle boot death waiting to happen if you're running anything larger than the stock drives, which you are. That's why I went with the FLM carriers. They don't envelop the boots, so they can expand without any worry of snagging on the carrier. With my crappy pyrex lid shields in place, the carrier boots have held up for the longest I've ever seen. 10 runs so far, and no sign of stopping. One is even an old non-SD stock HPI boot! ? . Can't say the same for the transmission sides; I lost one side in a short run at the rocky park. The other is still holding up, but another run on the rocks might change that. If hostile boots ever get restocked, I might build in a secondary shield to protect them. For now, I just have extra FLM drive pins for the bones and will track the wear that happens on the un-booted drive cup.

I'm considering going the route of the Godzilla drives and just pressure fitting a copper or bronze ring around each cup to keep it from throwing the drive pins and running without any kind of boot.

Think about it, the Losi models aren't running boots out of the box, and they're just fine. It made a lot more sense when the drives were smaller and more prone to breakage. The large scale hobby has come a long way since then.

I think you should experiment with whatever you want and see if something eventually works.

I am extremely worried about your spur gear situation. If you're melting plastic gears, steel won't do you any favors if there's something fundamentally wrong. Case in point: View attachment 62526

This was due to a pinion that wasn't fully seated on the bell. It walked back and forth and shredded the spur.

I've been running the stock plastic spur without a cover for the last few runs now, and it's looking nothing like your Hostile: In fact, it still looks brand new. Either Hostile's plastic is completely garbage, or you still have a mesh issue.

After seeing Enzo's thread, I get the feeling that the last gen Hostile spurs just aren't up to snuff anymore. But you should still try running the stock gearing if you can just to see if the spur holds up before investing in steel gears.
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I have got CVd protectors. Yet they are still shredding. I've ran without the axle boots and we all know how that went, I broke pins every 2 runs or so. As for the spur, I think it is just trash. The Pinion is fully seated and doesn't have any play, the transmission layshaft doesn't have any play, everything feels fine. The spur was fully seated and I had the spacer. Problem with stock gearing is, I'd have to buy the 17t pinion, which is 30 bucks, then buy the spur itself. So that's like 40 bucks, then add on top the next spur which is 47+. I'll check the mesh again but I think the gears are just trash. To be fair it did last like 10 hrs so if it was a mesh issue I'd think the spur would have stripped long ago .
pyroM!ke247 said:
Just saying. I talk about bajas on here. I don't openly turn baja talk into gay poop. Hell I don't even turn baja talk into amazing warm wet vagina talk that real men do but theres that. The reason why im pissed and triggered is because my 12 yr old son got on here and asked me what are they talking about, and I seen all the gay poop on a fuking baja forum intended for bajas........I miss the HPIBAJAFORUM site for damn sure......
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Well then go back to HPI Baja forum . Nobody wants you here if your going to be a peepee . Apparently you have nothing better to do then hassle me about jokes. PS , gay isn't an insult. Your just an assshole .
misterleon said:
Hahahaha what could you have possibly seen on this forum that would suggest its suitable for a 12 year old. It’s not our responsibility to protect your child.
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This ????????
pyroM!ke247 said:
Someone got butthurt. I bet you’re one of those punk ass kids throwing temper tantrums when you don’t get to suck pole during the day and turn into a fuking protester at night after you get your pole sucking over with.
Must suck to be gay. You’re probably broke all the time because you use so much hemorrhoid cream.......
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Doesn't suck to be gay one bit, in fact I love it and proud to say am ?️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍??️‍?? wouldn't want to be anything else, certainly not your miserable ass ?. sucks to be you though, maybe try to improve your own poopy toxic personality, then worry about me ✌️?
 
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misterleon said:
Hahahaha what could you have possibly seen on this forum that would suggest its suitable for a 12 year old. It’s not our responsibility to protect your child.
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This is not a kids show ? and even if it was squeaky clean cant see a 12 year old boy wrenching on a 1/5 scale? @pyroM!ke247 here we all joke around and have fun?? @Z.hb71 is a respected ( most of the time??) member here and if you don't not like the vibe find a new hang out ??
 
dougstar said:
This is not a kids show ? and even if it was squeaky clean cant see a 12 year old boy wrenching on a 1/5 scale? @pyroM!ke247 here we all joke around and have fun?? @Z.hb71 is a respected ( most of the time??) member here and if you don't not like the vibe find a new hang out ??
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Bam! From the sheriff himself ?????
 
I've been in mining for years now, this stuff is a daily basis. This is pg13 compared to normal talk, I mean if it offends you that much then this isnt the place for you.

I don't participate most of the time as i don't really care enough to, or read through the many pages of talk as I just don't have the time to. But it is entertaining and makes me laugh most of the time.
 
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