Durango 410 v3 front shock tower

[bluedakar]

Hi all,

Used my 410v3 at TORCH today for the first time car felt good but had a roll and broke a CARBON front shock tower i wasn't the only person to do the same thing and both breaks happened in the same place Would like to know if anyone else has had the same problem?

Mark

[hotrodchris]

Mark

That was 3 at TORCH yesterday then whereas for some reason every wish bone on the car broke on mine and i didn't even have any hard impacts anywhere?
Where as the old 2010 full fat i had seemed unbreakable?
Leaves the question of are the early V3 kits plastics sub standard to the old kits?

[Andrew Twigger]

I broke a wishbone last week and the one I replaced it with looks to be a different shade of plastic. Make of that what you will, but I agree it raises questions!

[mikeyscott]

Re the shock tower, check out the atomic carbon towers. Very good when I had them on a 410R and good value too.

RE the other aspects, can't coment.

http://www.nortechracing.com/ac/

[hotrodchris]

Well i was going to sell one of my old 410 full fat cars but now all the plastics are going onto the V3 as have not got a lot of confidence after the weekend!
Will also take both old carbon shock towers as spares as well to area 51!
As well as this i also sheared 2 hinge pins and the quality of the material did not look the best, this could just be a biased attitude having spent some years working as a QA Manager for an F1 supplier!

[bluedakar]

I will be sending my shock tower back to Durango UK so they can look at how poor the quality is don't expect this from a brand new car on it's first run.

[lukeallen92]

Ive done four rounds at telstar with my V3 and broke two wishbones, that was only because my motor came loose and the brakes then didnt work at the end of the straight

[Cammers]

Had mine from first batch and no problems yet' and have had some big offs.

[dibble34]

Originally Posted by bluedakar

I will be sending my shock tower back to Durango UK so they can look at how poor the quality is don't expect this from a brand new car on it's first run.

Surprised you broke one, given how slow you drive

[bluedakar]

That's what i thought too.

[AmiSMB]

Looking at the original one from my full fat and my broken one on my V3 you can see that the extra holes will make it weaker but it hs not been made wider. I am going to contact TD and see what they say.

[dibble34]

Lol, seriously, that does sound odd that you all had issues. Has the track changed and added to the problem?

[Bungleaio]

I broke my v3 (1st batch) on my 1st outing but I did land pretty awkwardly so I'm not surprised.

[hotrodchris]

Originally Posted by dibble34

Lol, seriously, that does sound odd that you all had issues. Has the track changed and added to the problem?

Dave

yes track has changed is a lot faster, but iv'e had a lot worse off's with my old car with no ill effect than on Sunday they seemed to just break at the drop of a hat!

[dibble34]

Sounds odd, assume you all broke towers at different points on the track? No other cars breaking as much?

[bluedakar]

good job i had b44.1 with me

[dibble34]

Why did you use the chassis to cut another tower out of

[Adam Skelding]

Originally Posted by hotrodchris

Mark

That was 3 at TORCH yesterday then whereas for some reason every wish bone on the car broke on mine and i didn't even have any hard impacts anywhere?
Where as the old 2010 full fat i had seemed unbreakable?
Leaves the question of are the early V3 kits plastics sub standard to the old kits?

The 'plastics' throughout the 410 range haven't changed from the very first batch of kits we made. There are no 'sub-standard' plastics in the kits.
Mechanics of the impact are probably making all the difference.

[bluedakar]

Originally Posted by Adam Skelding

The 'plastics' throughout the 410 range haven't changed from the very first batch of kits we made. There are no 'sub-standard' plastics in the kits.
Mechanics of the impact are probably making all the difference.

Hi Adam, could you tell me if there is a problem with the front shock tower or if you know of a quick fix?

Mark.

[wylie]

At Least you got replied to, I'm still waiting, sent 2 e-mails to TD and a PM to Adam, no reply yet.