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Awesome. Let us know how the 5ive does. I've been toying with getting one, as well.nitrohobbiest said:Finally taking the time to fix this thing. The rear is all buttoned up. I replaced the snapped rear wheel axle cup along with the horribly grindy bearings. Of course I already had axles for the MT, not the XT (another poorly described Redcat part that I picked up from DDM before I knew any better) so I had to do yet more modding of the hub carrier to accept a longer axle. I also spent some time building a shim thick enough to take up the slop that my Baja to XT adapters leave when installed. They don't fit at all like the stock square hubs do. I also created a mod that takes the slop out of the area that supports the bearing. I happened to have a CV joint boot clamp for a real car that, when clamped around the hub carrier over the outer bearing using a special tool, tightens that sloppy plastic right up tight around the bearing. My rear wheels have very minimal movement now. I only had one of these clamps and finding the right one at a parts store is hard or impossible without buying the boot, too, so I used a small hose clamp on the other side. I did this before and it backed off so I CA glued it to the plastic and added red locktite to the screw.Now the front. My 3 wheel drive issue was due to a snapped diff cup, not just a pin like I was hoping. Not only had it snapped inside the case on the previous run day, but it snapped again on the outside of the case during my final run. I don't know the sequence of events but what I found was a loosened grub screw holding my cvd pin in. This in turn wiped out the hub carrier pivot nut, bent the axle, possibly broke the cup the second time, and may have also led to my newly discovered broken A-arm. I can't get a freakin' break! I now have to hope my local shopn has these parts or else I will be ordering stuff again. He has Rampage parts but its a mixed bag between the MT and the XT. I'm pretty sure I remember seeing the cups but iffy on the lower arms.
I have dumped so much time and money into this thing. I know if I just turn it into a backyard basher, it may never die. But the fact remains that I have a really fun track to drive it on and it has jumps that I refuse to roll gently over. This truck will be fixed, gently played with, and sold in the upcoming season. I have my mind set on the Losi 5ive. Its a great truck and handles the abuse with flying colors. But I'm gonna dump the 26 from the new Losi into the Rampage and keep my DogPile 29.5. So hey, it'll have a brand new engine in it for resale.
Also, having the part numbers to the parts you need will save you some headaches.
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