Rear Hub Carriers

[kaylon]

Was having a great drive today till I had a very bad bounce from a hump and unfortunately barrelled rolled several feet along the only stretch of concrete within half a mile..sods law I guess LOL. Anyway..Trashed my wing and snapped the Rear Hub in half along the seam for the turnbuckle ball joint tab.

I'm wondering if this is a common injury...granted the conditions of the crash did certainly add considerably to the outcome but have others suffered the same fate?...if so has anyone tried the aluminium rear hubs (Part Art.-No. 125000321). They seem to be a different design (ball joints on top surface of tab not the side) so was wondering how they are to fit etc.

Thanks

J

[rob martin]

Originally Posted by kaylon

Was having a great drive today till I had a very bad bounce from a hump and unfortunately barrelled rolled several feet along the only stretch of concrete within half a mile..sods law I guess LOL. Anyway..Trashed my wing and snapped the Rear Hub in half along the seam for the turnbuckle ball joint tab.

I'm wondering if this is a common injury...granted the conditions of the crash did certainly add considerably to the outcome but have others suffered the same fate?...if so has anyone tried the aluminium rear hubs (Part Art.-No. 125000321). They seem to be a different design (ball joints on top surface of tab not the side) so was wondering how they are to fit etc.

Thanks

J

Sucks to here that. The aluminum hubs are nice but i would make sure u use titanium ball studs with the aluminum hubs. A lil loctite would help also so they dont back out. The aluminum pivot mounts are a nice touch also.

[kaylon]

What size of Studs are they Rob.. Would these do the trick ?

Thanks for all the advice

J

[ConceptRacing]

I have used Edit titanium 4.3mm ballstuds on mine so I can fit RPM ball cups, also fitted the alloy hubs to mine, seems to work quite well and you can also change the rear roll centre by using shims under the ball stud.

[rob martin]

Originally Posted by kaylon

What size of Studs are they Rob.. Would these do the trick ?

Thanks for all the advice

J

Originally Posted by ConceptRacing

I have used Edit titanium 4.3mm ballstuds on mine so I can fit RPM ball cups, also fitted the alloy hubs to mine, seems to work quite well and you can also change the rear roll centre by using shims under the ball stud.

[el nino]

where did you buy your alloy hubs and how much ? i can only find the plastic ones on websites.

[Scoobster]

Give these guys a try http://www.tcmodels.net/

[ghost2212]

I broke mine yesterday by the ball joint hole it just snapped in half. It wasnt that bad as well.

Heres the video and its at the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWx1Uf85SVs

[el nino]

the alloy tc hubs look great at about 23$ but with postage they work out at over £45 does anyone in england sell them? or is this what i should expect to pay for decent alloy parts>

[Battle_axe]

Originally Posted by el nino

the alloy tc hubs look great at about 23$ but with postage they work out at over £45 does anyone in england sell them? or is this what i should expect to pay for decent alloy parts>

concpet racing and apex models do yes

[kaylon]

Front C Cups are available and have been for a few months for £34 approx (fusion hobbies also) so I guess rear hubs will be about the same. The quality is very good..I have the front alloy C Cups on my car and they look and perform superb.

The rear hubs are not available in the UK yet. Latest info from Shaun at Ansmann is they should be available before April.

[JezT]

Looks like ModelsinMotion list it now - Part number 12500321