B44 breakages

[IceMike]

As it says whos broke what so far.

As some of you might have guessed so far the time has come and i had a boo boo!! wit mine. only broke a wishbone, hing pin, and snapped the top off the shock :P

has anyone have a shock snap before(just under the top screw on the cap) or is it something with the new design

[showtime]

i saw quite a few break at the MK GP a couple of weeks ago & they pretty much all did wishbones & shock caps!
they just broke the mounting lug off the plastic cap, you must have just been unlucky to break the shock body

[IceMike]

no thats wot i meant i did. so if this a flaw with the new caps or just a design flaw wit the car???

[showtime]

its more a flaw with the driving if you're hitting things hard enough to rip the caps off the shocks

i don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with the design

[racdeaf]

i killed front diff as shred the gear ring last weekend
just bought a yokomo one way diff

[Northy]

I've seen BJ4's snap the top off the front shock when the wishbones gone

Just think how much force is put into the shock cap when the wishbone goes, its probably the thing holding that corner on the most at that point. Things break

There are some B44 spares in the for sale section

G

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by Northy

I've seen BJ4's snap the top off the front shock when the wishbones gone

Yeah I've seen that once too, I wonder who was driving at the time...?

/Points at G

I've seen a few B44's break the rear topdeck where the camber link mounts, but other than that normal stuff you might break.

[Northy]

I think Jim was in control wasn't he?

G

[Lee]

Jim said his car just kept going North

[ashleyb4]

It was ace when you broke that lol also you had a pin fall out of your cvd. God and you mocked me and my cr and i beat you 2 rounds and in the final lol with a 2wd against your b44 lol

A

[rcracer]

Maybe these will help

http://rctopnews.net/?p=315

[ben]

That rear top deck looks like it will be popular seeing how many have broke. Why does the rear top deck break

lil ben

[AndyM]

the ball stud hole is too close to the edge of the top deck, so it is very weak

i think thats why anyway

hth

[B4james]

Associated have mentioned on RC Tech forums that they are looking to release a better version of the top deck which should be stronger.

I had a 501X prior to the B44 and that originally had problems with the rear alloy camber link support breaking and Tamiya then released a reinforced one.

Every new car has its bugs but I am sure that Associated will iron them out with updates.

[Parry]

for a b4 you can get a wide bumper im wondering if it would fit a b44 to protect from arm and shocks?

[sly]

Big bumpers are for people who bat the wrong way.

[Parry]

protects the back pocket tho!

[c0sie]

I broke another front shock shaft today

[grindog]

first run today. very happy with the handling. No breakages despite a few good attempts

[DaveG28]

Where do people get spares from, both crews and decks/arms etc?

Dave