10-13-2005, 10:39 PM
so apparently the douchebags who assemble these "ready to run" shits don't read their own instructions. it clearly says to use loctite on the screws that mount the motor to the chassis. unfortunately, they didn't bother.
i'm going straight at wide open throttle and i hear "whirrr bang." i still have power, but the bitch don't move. great, tranny shit. i xamine the car and the motor is moving A TON when i'm on throttle. 3 of the 4 screws holding it in are gone completely. joy! i kill the fucker and take out the one remaining screw (hand-tight, definately no threadlock on it).
i head to the hobby shop for about the 10th time, grab some screws, get it secured and loctite blued and start er up assuming the engine simply wasn't touching the gears since it was so far off. "whaaaaa whaaaaaa" as i give it some gas and then "CLANK CLANK bzzzzt." damnit, tranny must be fucked too. 20 minutes later i have the tranny opened up to find one of my gears has about 5 teeth chewed right off. DAMNIT! so i get to head to the hobby shop tomorrow to pick up a new gear... 3 bones down the drain! fuxor!
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this stuff rocks. so cheap, a lot of the same parts as real cars, and a freaking blast. both coworkers have hit curbs pretty seriously. one jacked up his wheel bearings and was able to pick up 8 replacements for 2 bucks, while the other had a full throttle hit and has broken several suspension arms
his cost is unknown, but i'd guess around 40.
i'm going straight at wide open throttle and i hear "whirrr bang." i still have power, but the bitch don't move. great, tranny shit. i xamine the car and the motor is moving A TON when i'm on throttle. 3 of the 4 screws holding it in are gone completely. joy! i kill the fucker and take out the one remaining screw (hand-tight, definately no threadlock on it).
i head to the hobby shop for about the 10th time, grab some screws, get it secured and loctite blued and start er up assuming the engine simply wasn't touching the gears since it was so far off. "whaaaaa whaaaaaa" as i give it some gas and then "CLANK CLANK bzzzzt." damnit, tranny must be fucked too. 20 minutes later i have the tranny opened up to find one of my gears has about 5 teeth chewed right off. DAMNIT! so i get to head to the hobby shop tomorrow to pick up a new gear... 3 bones down the drain! fuxor!
this stuff rocks. so cheap, a lot of the same parts as real cars, and a freaking blast. both coworkers have hit curbs pretty seriously. one jacked up his wheel bearings and was able to pick up 8 replacements for 2 bucks, while the other had a full throttle hit and has broken several suspension arms
his cost is unknown, but i'd guess around 40.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.