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Originally Posted by Tom3012
Broke my first wishbone last week, was completley my fault... Im suprised your disappointed by the quality/strength... The gearbox is a weakspot but only if its not looked after, new gears are on the way if not already available so that should resolve any of the issues  |
not sure you can say the gearbox is it's weak point.. i find it depends on the way you set the slipper which it seems is dictated by how tight/loose you set the diff as to how much you need to rely on the slipper i.e. the tighter the diff & even with the slipper fully wound out the car will just wheelie when you hit the power with a hot motor fitted. TBH i find i'm making more adjustments to the diff tightness than i am to the slipper & the old hold the back wheels & nail the throttle trick seems to be enough to set the slipper properly once you have played with diff. The only problem i had with the gearbox was the motor plate which stripped a thread when i 1st built the car & i had to buy a replacement plate & the plastic mounts for the motor guard on the t-plate can go egg shaped so the rear wishbones get play in them.
If you ask me the biggest problems with the rat are the kit shocks are awful (but easily rectified with some tweaks or a hop-up), the screws are pretty weak so can round off or bend (probably used to keep costs down as the screws on my ARE-1 & Master Smacker are a lot better) & the front hubs can develop a fair bit of slop after a bit of use so it's tricky to set the camber. the only other downside is the fact the kit comes with brass bushes instead of bearings, but then if you buy any "cheap" Tamiya kit, they come with plastic bushes & the kits cost a lot more money.