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Originally Posted by pinkpanda3310
Looks like it floated over that jump. Nice car!
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Thanks - I've been jumping this some more and really like how it handles. The one breakage I had came after I cartwheeled after a jump - the large inner bearing on one of the axles blew apart.
I know I'm stressing the axle bearings with the wheel extensions and heavier 5b wheels/tires (and heavier truck when it cartwheels). So I'm waiting on a part but I'm planning to add a bearing to each axle inside the carrier to bear some of the stress. I'll post pics when I get it done.
The other potential weak spot that I want to try to reinforce is where the bulkheads connect to the chassis. I bent 3mm screws there so now have 4mm screws. But with them going into plastic I just think it's a matter of time before they fail too with the added weight of this truck. So I bought some 70mm m4 bolts that I'll put through the bottom of the chassis, up through the bulkheads and bolt them to an aluminum top plate that I'll make. This will eliminate the weak spot of the screws into the plastic bulkheads and should be much stronger.
I have no desire to put $ into aluminum bulkheads, so this is my alternate fix.