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jadesportster · 02.28.2008, 02:35 PM

Okay,

After a long roadtrip to Northern Tool, Sears, Autozone, etc--- the smallest ignition wrench comes in a 4 mm craftsman at sears. (8 and 10 to the set in both metric and standard) The Hardened steel FLM turnbuckles have a 2 or 2.5 (??)mm hex shaft and there is not a wrench small enough on the east coast to turn the buckle.

I've got the tools listed in the jato kit and they are all JUNK as the metal is too soft to turn the hardened steel FLM buckles. The wrench that does fit the buckle should be avoided. Stripping occurs. (leave the dollar bills at home, fellas ;-)

Furthermore, The FLM buckles that came with my FLM stampede kit do not have the correct size for adusting toe (servo steering buckle) I got 4 large and 2 small instead of 2 large for the rear, 2 medium for the steering (toe) and 2 small for the camber. There is an 8 mm varience in size from the small to the missing medium ( and missing medium to the large) and that 8 mm's kicks the wheels off toe too much.

I even have the RPM alum carriers up front with 2 holes for adjustment and the short FLM are too small for the outer hole and the long FLM buckles are too long for the inside hole.

Skellyo-- My buckles are threaded correctly. Perhaps Jamie ran through a bunch on the CNC machine before he realized he was cutting one side the wrong way?

I am running the stock medium buckles for the servo camber adjustment until the lunsford Ti buckles come from heather @ hopmeup on ebay.

Oh, and if anyone had thoughts... I do have the extended chassis and A arm kit.

Pics will be up this weekend

Cheers

Jade

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jadesportster RC-Monster Stock Offline Posts: 28 Join Date: Feb 2008	02.28.2008, 02:35 PM Okay, After a long roadtrip to Northern Tool, Sears, Autozone, etc--- the smallest ignition wrench comes in a 4 mm craftsman at sears. (8 and 10 to the set in both metric and standard) The Hardened steel FLM turnbuckles have a 2 or 2.5 (??)mm hex shaft and there is not a wrench small enough on the east coast to turn the buckle. I've got the tools listed in the jato kit and they are all JUNK as the metal is too soft to turn the hardened steel FLM buckles. The wrench that does fit the buckle should be avoided. Stripping occurs. (leave the dollar bills at home, fellas ;-) Furthermore, The FLM buckles that came with my FLM stampede kit do not have the correct size for adusting toe (servo steering buckle) I got 4 large and 2 small instead of 2 large for the rear, 2 medium for the steering (toe) and 2 small for the camber. There is an 8 mm varience in size from the small to the missing medium ( and missing medium to the large) and that 8 mm's kicks the wheels off toe too much. I even have the RPM alum carriers up front with 2 holes for adjustment and the short FLM are too small for the outer hole and the long FLM buckles are too long for the inside hole. Skellyo-- My buckles are threaded correctly. Perhaps Jamie ran through a bunch on the CNC machine before he realized he was cutting one side the wrong way? I am running the stock medium buckles for the servo camber adjustment until the lunsford Ti buckles come from heather @ hopmeup on ebay. Oh, and if anyone had thoughts... I do have the extended chassis and A arm kit. Pics will be up this weekend Cheers Jade