B44 breakages
 

As it says whos broke what so far.

As some of you might have guessed so far the time has come and i had a boo boo!! wit mine. only broke a wishbone, hing pin, and snapped the top off the shock :P

has anyone have a shock snap before(just under the top screw on the cap) or is it something with the new design

i saw quite a few break at the MK GP a couple of weeks ago & they pretty much all did wishbones & shock caps!
they just broke the mounting lug off the plastic cap, you must have just been unlucky to break the shock body :(

no thats wot i meant i did. so if this a flaw with the new caps or just a design flaw wit the car???

its more a flaw with the driving if you're hitting things hard enough to rip the caps off the shocks :p

i don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with the design :)

i killed front diff as shred the gear ring last weekend
just bought a yokomo one way diff ;)

I've seen BJ4's snap the top off the front shock when the wishbones gone :rolleyes:

Just think how much force is put into the shock cap when the wishbone goes, its probably the thing holding that corner on the most at that point. Things break ;)

There are some B44 spares in the for sale section :p

G

Yeah I've seen that once too, I wonder who was driving at the time...?

/Points at G :p

I've seen a few B44's break the rear topdeck where the camber link mounts, but other than that normal stuff you might break.

I think Jim was in control wasn't he? :confused::rolleyes:

G

Jim said his car just kept going North:D

It was ace when you broke that lol also you had a pin fall out of your cvd. God and you mocked me and my cr and i beat you 2 rounds and in the final lol with a 2wd against your b44 lol

A

Maybe these will help :)

http://rctopnews.net/?p=315

That rear top deck looks like it will be popular seeing how many have broke. Why does the rear top deck break:confused:

lil ben

the ball stud hole is too close to the edge of the top deck, so it is very weak

i think thats why anyway :D

hth

Associated have mentioned on RC Tech forums that they are looking to release a better version of the top deck which should be stronger.

I had a 501X prior to the B44 and that originally had problems with the rear alloy camber link support breaking and Tamiya then released a reinforced one.

Every new car has its bugs but I am sure that Associated will iron them out with updates.

for a b4 you can get a wide bumper im wondering if it would fit a b44 to protect from arm and shocks?

Big bumpers are for people who bat the wrong way.

protects the back pocket tho!

I broke another front shock shaft today :(

first run today. very happy with the handling. No breakages despite a few good attempts:rolleyes:

Where do people get spares from, both crews and decks/arms etc?

Dave