[KMN]

So, here's an update:

I replaced the diff cases with "Hard" ST-RR cases, rebuilt the front and rear diffs with new cases, rings, pinions, internals, etc. New diffs, and better cases. I also spent about two hours shimming them into their new housings perfectly. Zero backlash, checked them after 15 minutes of parking lot running, added one shim to the rear.

I've been driving this a little between rain, work, and nice days in a parking lot that's about 1000 feet from my house.... I was running this in that lot, for about 20 minutes on a freshly peaked 6S pack, and in the last five minutes or so noticed that it was pulling really hard to the right. I brought it back to the house thinking that I picked up a decent size rock, or maybe a shim too many.





The chassis is bent, tweaked, whatever you want to call it. I was in a completely open parking lot. No cars, two light poles and myself. Roughly a square acre of nothing but lines on the ground. I didn't hit anything, so I assumed, "Hey, I'll shoot an email to Kyosho and see what they have to say about this".

Originally Posted by KMNtoKYOSHO

Hello,

I recently purchased a Kyosho Inferno GT2 Red Main Chassis IS001R for my GT2. I have run this a few times and last Friday was running it in a parking lot across the street from my house. I ran it for about twenty minutes, and did not run into anything or hit anything. In the last five minutes of running I noticed that it was pulling to the right rather severely. After I got home and looked at it, I noticed that the chassis was severely tweaked in the rear of the car. I know that there is probably no warranty for this, but with just running in the parking lot it tweaked rather severely. I maybe have a total of an hour running this car all together and am sad to see that the chassis bent so easily. I also have some pictures that I can send, you will notice that the chassis still looks brand new.

Thanks!

--Howard

Here's the response after two weeks:

Originally Posted by KYOSHOtoKMN

Mr. Howard,

Sorry for the delay in our reply, please accept our apologies. Unfortunately we are unable to offer any time or replacement option for this chassis once a car is run it’s extremely hard to prove that it was defective and not a hit. If you would like to pursue this and summit proof of the defect please forward all info to support@kyoshoamerica.com .

Please note all Kyosho products carry a 90 Day Warranty from the date of purchase.

If you have already contacted us, please disregard this email.

Kyosho Corporation of America


Sincerely,
Kyosho America

Now this leaves me a bit confuzzled.... I'm about a grand deep in this thing and just want to scrap it. I mean, Kyosho is one of the most expensive brands you can choose in this hobby right? I sent them pictures and explained that it was a brushless beast on 6S, but this is a manufacturer defect as far as I'm concerned. I've only been running R/C cars since I was a toddler, who's 30 years old now. I wasn't looking for anything for free at all, I just want them to know that their chassis' is weak.