Good to know those things, as you say on the X5 there is no problem with the bits but I hadn't tried them on the XX4. You do have to add washers, 1 or 2, on the outer rod ends to adjust the bumpsteer as well though.
As to the tower brace I wanted them as strong as possible hence they come down a fair bit, to make it easier to get the shell in and out you just need to put a chamfer on the rear part of the tower where the shells touches and then it clears easy. To have gotten that machined though would have made it a lot more money.
Not sure what you mean about spacers for the gap at the rear of the tower though?? Where the tower attaches to the camber link positions you do need to just take a scalpel to the inner part to take the radius off where the ball joints would go as this stops the tower sitting fully flat on the camber part. This may have caused you the problems.
But points taken and we can look at adjustments for the next runs of the parts
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Originally Posted by U.S.CAT3K
It likely isn't a problem on the X5, but the E-speed rack has clearance issues on the XX4. To get around grinding away at the chassis, I shortened the rack bushings by the thickness of two Losi ballstud washers, which raised the rack up and out of the way, slightly sanded the lower front portion of the rack, and used short-neck ballstuds on the rack as well as three washers on the long-neck steering block ballstuds in order to keep bumpsteer in check. I also had to shave the steering ballcups on the rack end for clearance with the suspension compressed because of the short-neck ballstuds on the rack. Haven't tried it yet, but the rack now swings unobstructed.
If I could make a couple of suggestions about the front tower brace, it would be nice if the opening where the body passes through was made slightly taller (would make getting the nose of the body through there easier) and spacers should be included to take up the gap between the rear of the tower and brace.
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