Mugen MBX6 Buggy - Page 2 - RC-Monster Forums

Dafni · 09.05.2008, 08:58 AM

I had a BL MBX5 with some SERIOUS mileage on it (ask Mike or Rene or MacII or some other people here, this buggy had its fair share of runs, and is still running strong, ask Starscream

) and the PBS never acted up. Never bound, never became sloppy. Reliable as anything.
I don't think you need a sealed PBS in the front anyway.... use my Revos without the boots up front.

I dunno about Paris...

wallot · 09.05.2008, 09:00 AM

about 3 gallons ~ 12 hours on track hard racing
truck is fully rebuilt after every racing weekend. front knuckles have not been replaced and i try to clean it as much as possible between every round

why would anyone race mugen if the PBS was any issue

Sammus · 09.05.2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by wallot

about 3 gallons ~ 12 hours on track hard racing
truck is fully rebuilt after every racing weekend. front knuckles have not been replaced and i try to clean it as much as possible between every round

why would anyone race mugen if the PBS was any issue

Good to know. As far as why would they race if PBS was an issue? Why do people race the associated RC8 buggy? That thing has a pretty bad rep of having pretty damn sloppy suspension (all the hinge pin holes worn out in the swing arms) after only a few races. Several people I know are constantly complaining about this, yet its pretty popular on the track

Patrick · 09.05.2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Sammus

Yeah pillow balls are the killer for me, I hate em. I think they work in the revo because theyre sealed, but like on the TT ST-1 they just get flogged out way to quickly with no seals. I imagine the Mugen is a billion times better quality than the ST-1, but I still can't imagine unsealed pillow balls will last that long.

I just went and checked the pillow balls on my TT ST-1 Pro and there is hardly any play in them at all, and I don't think I've ever re-adjusted them. I've been bashing and racing this car since Oct last year without any problems with it, so it seems strange yours wore out so quick.

Sammus · 09.05.2008, 09:34 AM

Not my ST-1, a friends. Wasn't that old either. I guess I shouldn't write them off on a single experience :) Thanks guys, you've opened my mind and I won't dis them until I have more definitive evidence

Patrick · 09.05.2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Sammus

Not my ST-1, a friends. Wasn't that old either. I guess I shouldn't write them off on a single experience :) Thanks guys, you've opened my mind and I won't dis them until I have more definitive evidence

Did the actual pillow balls wear out or the plastic hubs? Maybe the Pro version that I have uses harder metal? I can't remember all of the different things on the Pro. Mine are a dark grey/black colour metel.

Sammus · 09.05.2008, 09:45 AM

I'm not sure, I didn't investigate it too closely personally. He was pissed off because of how sloppy they got quickly, tried tightening them up to no avail. Could be a lot of things really, maybe the surface they are regularly run on, or sloppy maintenance. It turned him, and by proxy me, off pillow balls though. Not that I thought all pillow balls would be really bad, but I didnt want to drop a few hundred on a buggy that used them just in case though.