RPM Revo axle carriers any good?
 

I had an accident with my Revo by running into a large flower pot and snapped the front left arm in two, and it damaged the axle carrier as well.

So I am going to get RPM arms for front, but I was wondering if I should get the RPM carriers, or just replace with traxxas ones?

Thanks, reply ASAP!

If you don't have trouble with the stock carriers, I would stick with those. However, if you drive aggressively and like to slide around corners, the stock ones don't hold up too well (for me anyway). The RPM ones work very well but are quite expensive. The only issue I had with the RPM version was threading the pillowball covers in.

I had a pillow ball rip through the RPM carrier.

Yeah, the crash did rip out the carrier, so I am going to have to replace it anyhow. Cost isn't that important for me, as long as it will be more durable (which is what matters for me). They have bigger bearings as well, which is only a good thing, so maybe I will get them.

thanks!

Or is there an aluminum kit you can buy from tower hobbies that any knows is good?

I know there is an alu set that many of the racers on the TRX forum use. RD Logics? tho i think its some other "R" name. Search it there maybe.

The only complaint I remem about the RPM ones it the tendency of the pillow balls to rip out of the plastic, thus many racers use alu in the fronts. I having had any probs w/ the stock size bearings in mine, my Emaxx ones used to grenade fairly quickly tho.

FWIW, I only destroyed one carrier this wkend @ the bash, and I really, really beat up my poor Revo w/ some very bad landings & wrecks (vid later will show :) ) and it was already half popped out from another wreck when I showed up. Its only the second I popped in teh year I've driven my Revo.

The stock ones are inexpensive and pretty tough. I'd only consider going aftermarket if you are a hardcore racer, or really have probs in your bashing.

Thanks for the input, but I just went and ordered the stuff I need:

RPM arms all around, and RPM carriers for front.

BTW, if you are wondering, I hit the flower pot going roughly 15mph, maybe faster, I was sitting on my deck and the post that comes down from the over-hang was sitting right in front of the flower pot, so it was a blind spot... LOL, it was funny seeing the truck stop for 'no apparent reason', haha.... it was so stupid.

I posed the same questions to the folks at Tekno RC after experiencing the same pivot ball problem. Their advice was to stick with the stockers as the RPMs are prone to the same problem. You can upgrade to the RD Racing aluminum carriers but they are quite pricey.

They also suggested to check for slop by making sure that the pivot ball caps are tightened correctly. I also put just a small dab of Shoe Goo on the caps before screwing them in to ensure they do not back out. And finally you may want to remove the rubber dust covers that fit over the pivot balls. There is a possibility they will bind when the suspension is at maximum travel and actually help in the process of popping the balls out of the socket.

My electric revo is approaching three years old (counting the year and three months it was Nitro) and still on the origional knuckles and bearings. I have hit everything with them pots, trees, mailboxes and one time a real car tire at more than 30 MPH, all i have bent or broken were pushrods or front arms

I've only ever popped one out. Of course my nitro Revo was doing about 40 down the street, and I clipped a mailbox with the back right. Never had any troubles other than that...

Was this a stock carrier? Or RPM?

Also, I would like to get a wheelie bar for the Revo, does anyone know of a good one?

Thanks.

I've always like New Era stuff. I don't own this particular one though.

Cool thanks, that one looks pretty good. Are there any others? Perhaps in plastic?

That was a stock knuckle.

As far as a wheelie bar goes, a wing is the best wheelie bar in my opinion...

Well at the w/e bash I had the front lower balls pop out three times of the RPM carriers and the diff cup in the rear transmission break... - the latter taking me out of the main :(

I've written to RPM to see what they come back with!

Also broke the diff on my pede - Stupid full throttle landing doing a backflip - oop! -, one front & one rear arm on my wide rustler and 2 front big bore shocks... that triple was a long stretch for a rustler/pede with 2wd but I made it a couple of times (and died trying!)

Yeah, but the angle is too steep, and personally, I'd rather have wheels rubbing, not a wing. :wink:

Actually, besides getting the Tekno Revo wing mount, which wing is the best for it?

I tried one of the EBAY wheelie bars that way "indestructable" and it broke in 1 run - Tried a pretty Ali wing mount that broke on next run...

Tekno mounts and wing has lastest weeks of brushless abuse...

I would go with the Tekno adjustable mount and the Proline Highdownforce wing.

+1 on that.

Here's how it looks on my nitro Revo.
http://members.cox.net/tg_19/Revo1.jpg

And here's how it looks running on my brushless Revo.

Here is what RPM said

Dear Chris,
Since the problem is primarily tied to the front axles, most likely there is a set-up problem. There are a couple of things you need to look at. First, have you made any steering modifications to the truck? There is a very popular steering mod where the steering stops of the bell crank are removed, if you did this mod, there lies your problem. The square holes that allow the pillow balls to exit the RPM axle carrier are smaller than the stock holes. That steering mod causes those holes to stretch, causing the pillow balls to pop out. You can fix this by replacing the bell crank with a new one or if you have a high-end transmitter, adjust the end points to reduce some of the steering throw. Next thing to look into (and this applies to both front and rear carriers), if you threaded the pillow balls too far into the a-arms, there is the possibility that the axle carrier is hitting the a-arm when you turn the wheels. That causes extra force on the axle carrier which could also cause the pillow balls to pop out. One last thing to check, if you over-tightened your pillow ball setscrews, you are applying extra stress on the pillow ball mount inside the axle carrier. This too can cause the pillow balls to pop out. Thread the setscrews in until you just start to feel a bind in the pillow balls, then back the setscrews out 1/8 of a turn. I hope this helps.
Since this is most likely a set-up issue and not a problem with the RPM parts, if you would like a new set of carriers, we can sell those to you directly through us. Please send in $5.00 for each carrier you need, plus an additional $1.00 to cover postage in cash or a money order to:

Richard Royall
14978 Sierra Bonita Ln.
Chino, CA 91710

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Riceman, you bette get that nitro Revo out of sight... before ppl see it here on the brushless forum, it might not go so well! :rofl:

Arct1k, thanks for that, the one about the ball joint screw, makes sense, and I tend to make this snug, not tight.

Yeah I think I may have over cranked them a bit for the race to reduce a bit of "slop" - oops looks like i went to far

yeah, once you think about it, the carriers take by far the most abuse/stress on the Revo... next would be the A-arms.