TLR 22 - chassis issue

[chapuza]

I bought my first TLR 22 about two months ago, the second one last week. Both kits came with a twisted chassis, the first one was just bent slightly, the one I received last week looks horrible, there is a difference of aprox. 2-3 degrees between the front and rear axle planes - totally unacceptable for a high performance offroad buggy that is advertised as a 30-year buggy (r)evolution, bla, bla...

I lost my motivation and have not yet started assembly. It seems to be a serial failure and the result of a poor production process / quality control.

Have other people experienced the same problem?

[stegger]

Have you taken it back to where you bought it from or contacted horizon hobby about the problem ?

[chapuza]

Yes, I have, and they said they will send me a new chassis if I can provide an invoice - which I can't as I bought it off a guy on ebay - but the car was new and sealed.

However, that's not the issue. I am interested in finding out whether I had bad luck with these two kits or whether there has been a whole batch of twisted chassis. Nobody here at Oople seems to have had any complaints - which I find surprising! Any buggy, especially the high performance ones, should have a straight chassis to start with.

[Martyn (Bomber)]

For your records I have two losi 22's, one about three months old and one about two weeks old, both perfect.

[chapuza]

Could you (and future posts) post the chassis serial number? Mine is 22B1003358. Thanks!

[Gusi]

Mine is 22B1004485. Slightly twisted (resting on a flat surface, the rear was raised on the right about 1mm) but I think it's inside tolerance metrics (although at first I was quite dissapointed)

[Martyn (Bomber)]

One of mine is 22B1002096, the other has a brass under lipo weight stuck over the top of the chassis number, sorry.

[RDG 40]

people can reseal packets in theory if they were that way inclined, they may have known.

maybe just me being sinecal but ....

[chapuza]

Horizon has sent me a new chassis - and guess what, it is straight!

[stegger]

Originally Posted by chapuza

Horizon has sent me a new chassis - and guess what, it is straight!

Alls good then, result