snook
27-06-2011, 08:59 AM
Hi
I'm fairly new to durango. I bought a dex410 about a month ago and it has been up and running for a few weeks now.
And there are some questions i could not answer by just lurking around in the forum. So i'm gona address them in a new thread.
- Tire wear: I noticed that the front tires wear much MUCH faster then the rears. I had a set of proline m4 in the front and ran it on astro, after 1 pack the front tire tread was gone and the rear looked almost new.
->Is this just a weight difference(lipo/nihm) or is there more going on than i know? what can i do to correct that?
- Ball Cups: the ballcups pop out quiet easily. I had popping after landing a jump, a little body to wheel grinding with a shortcourse, tumbling over and just barely missing a tree.
->Is this a known issue? should i try to fix it or is that like a intentional breaking point to prevent any more damage?
Solution: Ill stick with the fancy electrical tape mod for now, and eventually swap to rpm/losi cups and hpi/tc6 studs.
- Spurgear wobbling: I soon noticed quiet a lot of wobble in the spur gear. I looked around in de forum and users said that this is "ok" and "doesn't matter" so i ignored it. Only later i realized that the spur gear wobble is actually because of the slipperoutdrivepad not properly assembled, there is a tiny offset of the outdrive giving the spur play.
Solution: I decidet to let the spurgear desintegrate a little more. As long as it works its ok. A new Slipperoutdrive is orderd and should be here in a few days.
So now the gearmesh is very hard to set up, because the spur moves about .8 of a millimeter every turn. and after the first run i had tiny flakes of spur gear all over the inside of my body.
-> is this normal? how im i going to fix this? is replacing the slipperoutdrivepadthing the only way?
Solution: see above
- Servo Saver: is crap :( i broke mine within the first 10 min of driving, landing wasn't perfect but this shouldn't happen, i got the thersey servosaver crank after that.
-> will the other plastic part of the servo saver eventually give? is there an aftermarket option available?
Solution: I ordered another set of plastic parts just in case, but ill keep an eye out of alluminium servohorn.
- Durango Rims: I was very dissapointed with the durango rims. The rims that came with the kit wehere wobbly. I accepted that becaus i didn't know in what conditions and how long the kit was lieing around in the store and just ordered another set of rims. Thes were also wobbly even more than the one that that came with the kit. I had to order 3 sets of rims to get a combination that was somewhat even.
-> Is this normal? or has my LHS just a sold me some bad wheels? what set of rims are direct fits?
lots of questions i hope you guys can help me answer a few of them, thx
snook
I'm fairly new to durango. I bought a dex410 about a month ago and it has been up and running for a few weeks now.
And there are some questions i could not answer by just lurking around in the forum. So i'm gona address them in a new thread.
- Tire wear: I noticed that the front tires wear much MUCH faster then the rears. I had a set of proline m4 in the front and ran it on astro, after 1 pack the front tire tread was gone and the rear looked almost new.
->Is this just a weight difference(lipo/nihm) or is there more going on than i know? what can i do to correct that?
- Ball Cups: the ballcups pop out quiet easily. I had popping after landing a jump, a little body to wheel grinding with a shortcourse, tumbling over and just barely missing a tree.
->Is this a known issue? should i try to fix it or is that like a intentional breaking point to prevent any more damage?
Solution: Ill stick with the fancy electrical tape mod for now, and eventually swap to rpm/losi cups and hpi/tc6 studs.
- Spurgear wobbling: I soon noticed quiet a lot of wobble in the spur gear. I looked around in de forum and users said that this is "ok" and "doesn't matter" so i ignored it. Only later i realized that the spur gear wobble is actually because of the slipperoutdrivepad not properly assembled, there is a tiny offset of the outdrive giving the spur play.
Solution: I decidet to let the spurgear desintegrate a little more. As long as it works its ok. A new Slipperoutdrive is orderd and should be here in a few days.
So now the gearmesh is very hard to set up, because the spur moves about .8 of a millimeter every turn. and after the first run i had tiny flakes of spur gear all over the inside of my body.
-> is this normal? how im i going to fix this? is replacing the slipperoutdrivepadthing the only way?
Solution: see above
- Servo Saver: is crap :( i broke mine within the first 10 min of driving, landing wasn't perfect but this shouldn't happen, i got the thersey servosaver crank after that.
-> will the other plastic part of the servo saver eventually give? is there an aftermarket option available?
Solution: I ordered another set of plastic parts just in case, but ill keep an eye out of alluminium servohorn.
- Durango Rims: I was very dissapointed with the durango rims. The rims that came with the kit wehere wobbly. I accepted that becaus i didn't know in what conditions and how long the kit was lieing around in the store and just ordered another set of rims. Thes were also wobbly even more than the one that that came with the kit. I had to order 3 sets of rims to get a combination that was somewhat even.
-> Is this normal? or has my LHS just a sold me some bad wheels? what set of rims are direct fits?
lots of questions i hope you guys can help me answer a few of them, thx
snook