[Finnster]

Originally Posted by roweder

I didn't know he stole money from people, but i did know that he lies about alot of stuff, kaz the minotaur told me exactly what he was lying about, but i forget the exact details, he paints motors differently and sells them for alot more money.

The neu motors are probably the best around, what your looking for can probobly be found here: http://www.castlecreations.com/produ...motors/nm.html they are hand made.



I haven't had any problems with my shocks, but I had a ton of trouble with my steering link, I had alot of resistance coming from it. here's what i did: http://hdrcvideos.com/forums/viewtop...111826#p111826

and this could help solve your shock problem maybe? http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodID=LOSB2822

I'll have to take a look at it later. The str link does suck. The one I bought came w/ a NIB spare, and its already loose again. Not to mention crappy imperial hardware. WTF, who uses this anymore? The worst is the hexes are always smaller then metrics as well, so they seem that much easier to strip. Oh well.

Thanks for the link, but its not the shock body. The rod end that snapped off was a stocker, and the other problems were with the massive Integy piggyback shocks that came on it. On the stocker I've read this is a common problem I guess, and people were swithcing to the longer LST shafts so the shock doesn't bottom out so hard.
The previous owner must have put really heavy shock oil in the integy's, as its very stiff. Couple medium jumps and the front shocks blew out the bottom seals blowing oil all over the front, and one of teh rear shocks bend its shaft, which is crazy as its 5mm thick. I should've changed the oil, but I didn't have the 1 gal of oil to redo those big suckers and ran it anyway. Oh well. That's a $10 mistake.

What shocks and springs are you all using? The blk stock springs seem a bit light for such a heavy truck, and its still only nitro still. The integy shocks use a much heavier spring. I was thinking of just selling the integy's off for a decent $, but I may keep them if I decide to keep the truck. Parts of it I really like, but the str suckage, shocks breaking, and the imperial screws are already pissing me off a bit. I want a huge MT to bash w/, but one also tough and easy to work on. If this doesn't work out I may go w/ something else. Maybe a savage XL or something, IDK.