B44 breakages

[IceMike]

As it says whos broke what so far.

As some of you might have guessed so far the time has come and i had a boo boo!! wit mine. only broke a wishbone, hing pin, and snapped the top off the shock :P

has anyone have a shock snap before(just under the top screw on the cap) or is it something with the new design

[showtime]

i saw quite a few break at the MK GP a couple of weeks ago & they pretty much all did wishbones & shock caps!
they just broke the mounting lug off the plastic cap, you must have just been unlucky to break the shock body

[IceMike]

no thats wot i meant i did. so if this a flaw with the new caps or just a design flaw wit the car???

[showtime]

its more a flaw with the driving if you're hitting things hard enough to rip the caps off the shocks

i don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with the design

[racdeaf]

i killed front diff as shred the gear ring last weekend
just bought a yokomo one way diff

[Northy]

I've seen BJ4's snap the top off the front shock when the wishbones gone

Just think how much force is put into the shock cap when the wishbone goes, its probably the thing holding that corner on the most at that point. Things break

There are some B44 spares in the for sale section

G

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by Northy

I've seen BJ4's snap the top off the front shock when the wishbones gone

Yeah I've seen that once too, I wonder who was driving at the time...?

/Points at G

I've seen a few B44's break the rear topdeck where the camber link mounts, but other than that normal stuff you might break.