Has anyone ever thought of getting rid of the E clips on the LST's suspension? I did some web searching and it looks like the 4 mm hinge pins with E clips could be replaced with M4 X 0.7 X 55 mm 12.9 grade socket head cap screws. These screws don't have threads all the way. only at the end, leaving a long shoulder before the screw head (not sure but it looks like around 40 mm long) that could act as the hinge pin. Put an M4 washer on the screw, slide the screw in, put a second washer and a lock nut and cut the excess threads with a dremel. No more E clips. I also thought about using the shock shafts but the screws would be easier. I know there's other Losi RCs that use threaded outer hinge pins but I'm not sure of their dimensions and I won't pay 5 bucks plus shipping just for two.
Here's a link to the screw I'm thinking about.
http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...5PF0000&ucst=t
The image in the link is not representative of the real screw which does not have threads all the way up to the head. I found a CAD drawing of the 60 mm and 50 mm screws but I couldn't find a drawing of the 55 mm screw. The 60 mm screw has a shoulder of 46 mm, the 50 mm screw has a shoulder of 36 mm. A little more than 38 mm is needed so the 55 mm screw with an estimated shoulder of 40/41 mm would be perfect.