Hub carrier problem...
 

Hi!

While I was running my Lazer for about 2 hours ago, I managed to break my 3rd hub carrier...:o

I am really tired of this now! Do you get this in alu or any other stronger matherial?:eh?:

Cheers.

theres a bloke on ebay doing them but his postage is comedy RCHOBBYSPORT is his shop name:)

Thanks mate!;)

but he only does the standard 7.5 blocks, not the 10 deg blocks. the 7.5 aren't worth using.

i broke 2 front blocks in my first 3 meetings, but touch wood i haven't broke any since, so not sure if Kyosho have changed the plastic as i've had some pretty big tumbles!

DON NOT BUY THEM. THEY BEND SO QUICK. UP TO YOU.

Hm... Okai. Will it be cheaper to just buy a hole bunch of original Kyosho hub's? They aren't that expensive, pluss that if I compete with my Lazer this season I get cheaper parts from Kyosho;) :)

its wierd because i got the PN tower holder and the D brace. and they are very very strong. and take a beating. those parts i recommend.

but i also bought thier steering knuckle. that bent in 2 runs. a fe people people have complained about this on rctech.

bad thing is the bend is so small its hard to detect. but the steering geometry goes off.

give the plastic ones a go. maybe just your bad luck. i never broken that or even an arm before. the kyosho plastics are very strong.

STOP !!!
 

There is two different thing we are talking about here, the C-hub and the steering knuckle, it is correct the PN knuckle is very weak and bend, but the PN C-hub is very strong and I will recommed this item. I using the alloy C-Hub with plastic knuckles and it works fine and never broke a knuckle since.

Ulrich

Hi Guys,

I found that the C-hub only broke on my ZX-5 when the king pin pulled out or came loose and fell out, I have not had any trouble since I made this cheap and simple modification (picture attached)

Kyosho part OT-16 alloy is found on a few different cars. Including the Lazer zx and optima mid.

I use the ZX-5 plastic 10 degree C-hubs. (picture shows an example C-hub)

Hope this helps
omen1975

nice work
 

years ago they made nylon hubcarriers with a bearing in would this idea work today:o

Hm... I am a little confused now:eh?: I talk about these, as shown on pic.

This is awesome info. Thanks.

omen75,

whats the position of the hole where the steering rod link goes relative to the original knuckle? i see it only has the 1 hole.

Hey its in the same position as the inner most hole on the original knuckle, I was quite surprised how easy the conversion was. The knuckles I am using are from a GV truck (great vigor) but they are also used on a few different types of cars as mentioned in previous quote.

Hope this helps
omen1975