What breaks on the tamiya 501x????

[spenner]

I am interested to know what parts break on the Tamiya buggy ???

[jimmy]

Hi John, I've got your pm open at work btw - just not pressed send


Ahem... breaks - front shock shafts are exposed so can break, I've never done one, neither has woody, but mrs.woody drove into a breezeblock and broke one. I think they are fine personally.

The rear camber link can bend in certain circumstances... mine got very slightly bent after some horrific offs where I managed to cartwheel 4/5ft in the air. You can get a new version which is stronger tho.

rear wishbones can break which also bends the inner hingepin - but it doesn't really matter since it still works with a kink in it.

Centre pulleys can wear out especially if the belt slips - but also there are the big belts / pulleys. The drivetrain is strong but it's the little things that are hard to get hold of when they wear out - like cvd parts and diff rings.


front and rear shock towers are sturdily mounted - so a heavy crash can crack either of them - they last a while when cracked but the front goes eventually.

ball cups wear out fairly quickly
the body shells crack at the back after a while because of the 90degree angle.

It's a nightmare racing this car at a National since currently theres no support - so if a pulley goes and you don't have a spare, it's hometime.. Thankfully theres a nice community of owners who help each other out, but it would be nice to have a shop at Nationals support it.

[lazerboy]

um... when you push the trigger foreward it makes the esc tell the motor to aply the brakes....haha!!! no pun intended.

[spenner]

Thanks guys,

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Keep watch on theraceplace.co.uk for full support of all the above cars very soon!!!!!

[stefke]

i've seen following parts break on the TRF501X :

Front shocktower (it cracks so you usually can finish your race)
rear belt and centre rear belt pulley. Mostly on very high grip tracks (we've got a lot of astro tracks)
Occasionally a rear hinge pin (bends)

[veecee]

I've snapped a ball stud off the rear hub - haven't heard of that one before! I didn't even know it had happened (the "incident" I couldn't even remember it was so minor), until the car veered right while I was turning into a sweeper and it hit a kerbing. That's when I did the front shock shaft as well.....

[jimmy]

Forgot that one - I also broke a ball stud in the rear hub. Maybe the upgrade (hex driver) ones will be stronger? I've not broken one since but I'm onto HB ones now anyway.

[veecee]

Yep got those too - part number 53968. I think they will hold up much better than the aluminium ones. My parts arrived a day after a club meet. Lucky for me it was rained out anyway so I didn't feel so bad about missing a meet because I needed parts...