RE: Sumo RC issues
Yea I could see that happening from overtightening but these are stock out of box. and its not breaking the bigger part its breaking the smaller portion of the gear that contacts the the diff. the teeth are actually breaking clean off no other wear on them. has to be cheap plastic production flaw or bad setup. I know you cannot expect much from a car in this line but can expect more than that from it.
Posted on: 7/3/2012 7:45 AM by Author "lifeismuddy" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: Motor starts, then quickly dies
it is very possible you have a scarred piston or sleeve, just had 1 come in with the same issue. prime it, start it, stalls had good compression, did tear down and found that both had some pretty good scratching on sleeve and piston come to find out the only thing they did for break-in was 1 tank of fuel and 30% at that.
Posted on: 7/3/2012 2:49 AM by Author "lifeismuddy" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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Sumo RC issues
Is anyone having issues with the main gear (mounted on driveshaft) stripping or breaking teeth? I have sold 9 of these in the past couple weeks with 3 returned within a day with this issue. All 3 were truggys stock out of the box no mods. I know they are the same platform as the trucks but I have not had any of the trucks returned for this issue. I have had 2 trucks come back because of servo issues tho. I have a store demp truck with the 180 mod and aluminum upgrades and never had any issues with it and it has been through some tough runs and jumps.
Posted on: 7/3/2012 2:43 AM by Author "lifeismuddy" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: going to open my own lhs
Go for it!!! I opened in Jan of this year and have been doing awesome! I have a 24x24 building, lease is first year of 50.00 a month includes electricity and heat. 2nd year and on at 100.00 a month. I offer new, used, trades, layaways, consignments, and repairs. I started with 5000.00 in hand and now have about 10,000 in new inventory and around 3000.00 in used vehicles. their are a lot of companies that do not require huge buy-ins and carry all the major brands. I will say repairs will be the bigger profit margin but dont try to get rich from it! Find 2 to 3 good brands and push them, get demos and dont be afraid to let the customer try them out. People are impulse buyers and let me tell ya if they can try it 90% of the time they will buy it! As much as I hate to say it traxxas will be one of your biggest part requests as I was not going to carry traxxas but with all the requests I decided to invest 2000.00 in common parts for traxxas alone. You have an advantage with a track just use it wisely as if your state is like PA Insurance is a must because no matter what someone will want to sue you. I am not looking to get rich from this and I am open when I want to be I am available for my customers by phone or text almost anytime they need and some are a pain but they know they get the help they need when they need it and they keep coming back for that service. One word of advice do not go without or put up your house or anything to do this! I sold stuff I no longer needed or used to get the money to start up, I have no real out of pocket planned funds in my shop yes it was hard to see that kind of money go but if you do not take the risks you will never get anywhere in life! Keep it small and simple limit it to what is in the area.
Posted on: 6/28/2012 5:52 PM by Author "lifeismuddy" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Lightning epx pro on 3s lipo
The pro does have a cuttoff and It will handle a 3s Ive been running mine for over a month on a 3s without any issues. Also look into the esc specs I am not sure where redcat sets them off hand but the punch on these is usually down from the factory turn it up and you will be impressed!!!
Posted on: 3/21/2012 7:27 PM by Author "lifeismuddy" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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