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SCARHARDT

12-23-2006 10:30 AM

Tie Rods

First thing broken, and no replacements at the hobby shop, so i looked around my MGT spare box and found a piece of brass stock (slightly thicker than the tie rod material) i layed out the original rod on the brass cut it with scissors, and made some 00 (?) holes, and its working perfect

SCARHARDT

12-23-2006 10:43 AM

OH YEAh

you can also make adjustable "toe in" rods, get a caliper and adjust accordingly, cause your measuring in sections of millimeters

SCARHARDT

01-06-2007 10:58 AM

new tie rod material

you know the thin "tin" from the top odf the peanut cans, we all have at christmas? this matrial is perfect , but it only takes one solid hit and pretty much done, but i have a ton of the tin... everyone had peanuts or cashews over the holidays

makg	01-06-2007 10:40 PM

Wow, you really like red...You can also make them out of zipties...

SCARHARDT

01-08-2007 09:20 PM

lol, yes i just want my posts to look diffrent, was just watching some videos of boats on google, and seen a turbine boat..wicked

NinJato

02-04-2008 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by makg (Post 200623)

...You can also make them out of zipties...

The down side to zip-ties is that if you push on the front end, the suspension is a bit stiffer (even with the screws a little loose). But, now when it hits bumps, the front end seems to absorb the hit better and stays on the ground.

I have a friend that is going to try "feeler gauge" (very thin metal).

Has anyone found something that works better?

microdt88

12-25-2008 09:16 PM

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I thought that the susspension on the front was too hard when i got my micro dt, so i took some spare helicopter parts and made some ball linkages, fully adjustable toe in/out, no resistance on the shock, but am looking into oil shocks :D

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