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Originally Posted by Adam Skelding
I've just done the first overhaul on my car since I built it in September it was one out of the first batch.
I've only just changed the shock seals, (they were fine) and I've logged 17 meetings with the car. The shock oil was still clear.
Diff's they hardly leak at all but I top up before each meeting, to make sure the starting point is always the same.
If they are leaking alot, then you are probably over filling them.
CVD's are still built from the first time I did them. The grease has kept grit free in the boots, so there was no need to service them.
2 Hours cleaning - Sounds like you run in a pretty dirty atmosphere, The complete strip and re-build of the car took about 6 hours.
Between meetings I've done very little, brush the dust off, charge the LiPo and ready for the next meeting.
Probably the least amount of work I've ever done on any R/C car, ask the Mrs, I'm not in my workroom anywhere near as much as I was with my D4...
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Mine was one of the first kits, and so far it sounds much the same as Adam's, only real work has been a couple of strip downs after wet Stotfold winter series meets (would've been the same for any car), and changing diff oils to suit racing at Stotfold on astro-turf, and at Coastal Model Car Club's tarmac track.
Only just changed the oil for the first time since late September, still clean, hadn't seemed to have lost any either, and all of my running is outside, no cleanish village halls for mine.
So far, I've had a couple of cvd pins come loose at the begining, but since then I've built them correctly, I've had no problems, and I stripped a spur gear after the motor came loose, again, my fault.
Adam, I know what you mean about the D4, ran one last year, never had to do so much work on a car ever! Needed a rebuild before during and after a meeting!
With the DEX, it's take car off shelf, go racing, come home, put car back on shelf, leave till next week, etc.....lovely