B44

[Tom3012]

Hi all....

Right.... im after a new 4WD and the B44 is what most people at my club will be racing next year (i think). So, this is what i am most likely going to buy

jus wondering.. whats the first thing i will brake? most people will probably say wishbones but for some reason i hardly ever break them at all, trust me i have tried! even drove a pred for a year and only broke the odd one!

so in my list....

1 -one set of front wishbones, one set of rear.
2 -front and rear shock towers?
3- what else... this is where i get stuck

any thoughts welcome guys

cheers, tom

[racdeaf]

here wot i got for my in case of breakage
2 x front arm
2 x rear arm
2 x front shock tower
1 x rear shock tower
2 x caster block
2 x steering block
1 x transmitter case
2 x rear hub carrier

but funny enough since i had the b44 3 week ago and 3 meeting at my club as i haven't broke any of it !
it be flipped god know how many time

[Tom3012]

cool! i might get the same! jus one of each item! thanks mate!

[IceMike]

yer i got roughtly that list. also a full set of bearings never know when sumat will break, an it ant like there all standard some are odd. also diff gears, just cos its hard to get trackside. an i got some of the rubber seals for things just incase they wear out, cos there is nothing else holding the pins in, in some places. full screw kit is also useful

[craigosh]

Things i usually break on the BJ4 tom are front arms and front shock towers, but i stuck two towers together and havent broken one since touch wood...

But deffo arms, mainly front, Paul has done in steering knuckles, and i bent a rear hinge pin. thats about it.. mostly front arms... rear ones from going backwards into things!!

[PaulRotheram]

Gears! get a set, maybe even two. If you dont have the slipper and diffs adjusted right the gears will take all the abuse and strip.

Front arms, Front tower, Steering Knuckle, Front shock shaft and replacement O ring seals.

That's what I broke/replaced after running the BJ for over a season.

[RogerM]

Tom ... why are you leaving the Pred??? Thought you loved that car and for my money it has to be better suited to the UK tracks than the BJ4WE and clones? This time around maybe the Pred really is the "unfair Advantage" the advertising always claimed!

[PaulRotheram]

Then explain why there are hardly any more preds running on the competitive scale (national level and above).