LS2P Completed

I worked ont he CV a little last night. Pulling it back out I noticed the set screw was gone completely. At least I have a few extras of the size needed from the removed nitro stuff. I'm running into some trouble with binding on the CV when I put the set screw all the way down to the pin. I didn't feel like tearing into it too much last night so maybe this weekend I'll pull one of the other CV's and compare the feel to make sure it is right.

Parts from HPI/HB came in last night. They sent me the wrong steering arms so I'll have to talk with them again to see if they are willing to send me a set of the machined ones not the cast ones. C-hubs without installing them appear to have a similar amount of slop in the kingpin holes. This may be normal. I'll have to swap them out while I am tearing everything apart to see if it makes a difference.

Originally Posted by GO-RIDE.com

Here's a tip: Put some industrial velcro on the bottom of your battery tray and battery. This will keep your batt from shifting forward on hard impacts preventing both the batt and tray from being damaged.

I have a role of industrial velcro and have been thinking about putting some in there for extra assurance the battery is not going anywhere. The Neu 30C 4100 barely fits in the RC-Monster battery tray so I don't think it is going to be doing any sliding forward or backward. it was tight enough I had to notch one end for the balance wire and power wire to exit. I just notched a little too much.


The locking center on the GT/GTX2 looks interesting.

It's been a while since I posted in this thread so I'll give a update. The LS2P jumps and handles well. Even when jumping off angle it has been leveling itself out on me. 30K diff fluid in the center seems to be the right weight for the setup I'm running.

Today I took it out to the local BMX track with killjoyken's new Savage conversion and bashed for a while on the double jumps and the 5ft tall big jump. It flew off of the big jump and was easy to rock back and forth in the air to bring the nose up or down. The only problem with the LS2P and this size of jump is the chassis slapped almost every time.

The doubles were fun. they are about 2 1/2 to 3 feet high but aren't spaced out very far so you have to hit it with the right speed or you case on the next jump. I cased pretty hard on my last jump. The chassis flexed enough on impact to pop the front center CVD out and left a minor tweak. I'll have to tear it down in the next week or 2 and see if I can work the tweak out of the chassis and go over everything.

This truck has taken a beating and with everything I have done a minor tweak in the chassis is nothing compared to other vehicles I have purchased in the past. I'm happy with the Hot Bodies plastic and quality on the parts.

If I have time in the next week I may upload a video of the jumps.