What spares to buy B4, B4.1 & B44

[ATRO]

As the title says, I have bought the above buggies and my son and I are going to be trying a bit of racing.
Is there a list anywhere of the spares that are generally needed to keep in stock for these or can anyone furnish me with one? Don't want to not be able to race because we break a cheap spare and haven't got one.

Cheers!

[Mike Hudson]

For the B4/b4.1 front and rear wishbones, shocktowers, & hubs.

For the b44 front shock shafts, shock caps, shock shaft rod ends, front wishbones, front hubs & diff gears.

Think that should keep you going for a while, those are the common problems, most clubs you should be able to get hold of spares for these cars anyhow as they are among the most popular.

[MiCk B.]

A few screws & nuts are always handy to have as well.

Either to replace a damaged or lost screw / nut.

MiCk B. :-)

[ATRO]

Cheers guys, where is the best place online to stock up?

[MHeadling]

Mike has covered pretty much everything! Great cars you have there and many spares trackside for them, loads of info on set ups on Cml Distributions website.

I would add the following:

B4, Spur gear

B44, Spur gear, front lower bulkhead and front carbon tower

The main things I bust on my cars are;

B4, front hubs, front wishbones, front or rear shock tower. Not all at once mind I'm not that bad at driving!!

B44, front arms, front lower bulk head, front shock shaft and shock shaft ball joints, the rest of the car is pretty tough!

Hope this helps!

[Dudders]

B4.1 replace ALL the black turnbuckle metal ball joints with Silver ones.

[MHeadling]

Mk Racing,Dms Racing are ace for AE spares!

[ATRO]

Thanks for all this, will have a shopping session after Xmas, I imagine we will break a few bits being total novices.

[ATRO]

Hubs and Wishbones, are these slipper hub and A-Arms? Sorry for my lack of knowledge.

[MHeadling]

A arms are normally know as wishbones most of the time, front hubs are called 'knuckles' at times. It's the bit the wheel bearings fit into

[alexb4]

will be handy to keep a crown and pinion diff gear set for the b44

[rondoolaa]

if you have a front end smash with the b4 then this will be the first part to break, get a couple for spares.....


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AE-B4-SC10-Fro...#ht_1506wt_962

my 6yr old has a b4 and has had a couple of smashes and this is the part that broke both times....

[BostonNelson]

I would also buy an extra chassi. I split mine in two after some flat landings.

Edit: and top plate.

[Thomas P]

B44: With out a doubt, RPM heavyduty ballcups...