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Originally Posted by drinternat
I built it just using one of the silver rings and the black one and it seems to be ok. If I have the servo out the car again ill try to fit the second silver ring.
Did you have trouble getting the front drive pins through the drive shafts. Ive spent the best part of 2 hours trying to get them in and have given up for now
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If your talking about the drive pins that go in the front wheel hexes, then here's the scoop:
The drawing in the book is misleading. You must slide the hex onto the driveshaft with the
pin notch facing inwards toward the hub. This is what the manual fails to detail. Then once the notch in the hex lines up with the hole in the axle, slide the pin into the side of the hex and push it through. The fit is loose and it goes in very easy (and falls out easy as well).
I also found that fitting the front wheels on is the real trick. You must make absolutely sure the pin stays inside the hex, otherwise it will put a big gash in the wheel when you tighten down the flange-nut. I did this on my first try. You will know if this happens to you because the wheel will be spin completely crooked.
Plus the tight precision fit of the front hex makes it nearly impossible to tell when the wheel is lined up with the hex. You have to kinda turn the wheel back & forth until it catches the hex and starts to turn the axle. Then you will have to press the wheel onto the hex by tightening the flange-nut. The fit is so tight that you cannot push the wheel onto the hex by hand (at least I couldn't)...
For the servo saver, you can run it without the second silver ring, but it won't be as tight. I always fit the first ring to the servo horn, and then just press the heck out of the second one with my fingers while making sure it's as centered as I can get it. It helps to start from one open end, and work your way around. It's usually the last tiny bit of the other open end that's hardest to get on.