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Old 10-09-2010
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Hey i just sttted building my madrat kit but i have some huge problems with the screws. I cant tighten them all the way. Ive tried all my allen wrenches and hex drivers but they are just spinning around inside the screws.


Have you had any problems like this?
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Hmm i think its only a problem with the 4 screws in the front bumper. I just dont know how to tighten them
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Mad Rat kit screws are pretty bad, I found that over time I rounded off a lot of them and the only way to get them out was to dremmel a slot into them. These days I've upgraded the screws on the entire car with stainless steel and where possible use cap heads as these use a 2.5mm key instead of 2mm - helps no end and takes all the stress out of needing to replace bits and not being able to get the screws out.
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i found that n i replaced pretty much all of the screws.......pain in the back side ..but the quality is just no there
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Ok i gotta buy some new screws then but ive only had problems with 4 screws. Its just really annoying!
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Ok i gotta buy some new screws then but ive only had problems with 4 screws. Its just really annoying!
yeah i know ....my prb was the screws in the front bulk head same as every one elses from looks of things ......i also changed em all as some ppl have rounded theres off so i prevernted the prob befor it arose
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My dad tryed using a torx screwdriver and it worked!

One question though. I just builded the diff but i dont know how tight its gonna be?
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My dad tryed using a torx screwdriver and it worked!

One question though. I just builded the diff but i dont know how tight its gonna be?
well i run mine a quarter of a turn off fully tight ..i dunno if that is correct but thats what i do
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Okay thanks!
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These screws are making me insane!!
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If there is an interest i can supply full high quality stainless steel screw kits for a madrat?
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My lhs has a lot of screws so its not gonna be a problem. Its just annoying that i have to buy screws!
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Just bought some expensive titanium screws.
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Oh my god what is going on!? These screws are just as crappy
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it maybe that the screws are too thin or short for the holes in the car?
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No thy are same size as the standard screws. Man this is annoying i also ordered an aluminum hex driver with the car but its not in stock
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Are your hex drivers in good condition?

If they are worn you will strip the screws just as badly as if the screws are worn.

Always worth having quality tools to hand if you want to do a quality job.

PS A lot of the titanium screws sold for RC are pretty poor quality as well.
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I dont think the tools are worn. Ive tried many allen wrenches and hex drivers. Its really annoying that. Didnt get the hex driver that i ordered im always unlucky
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are the ones you are metric or imperial what do the say on them ie 2,5mm, 2.0mm or 1/16 5/64
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The screws are called m3
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