redcat rampage pro 1 st start....not impressed....

[redcatmt]

hey guys.....well i just started up my pro mt 1 st time idled great........now comes the bad part.....i spent all this money and i am angry......right front tire locks up causing my truck to go into a spin .......not happy..it rolls a 1/2 turn then locks up again......all other tires spin fine....any help would be great.......


im not happy.....!!!!!!

 

[redcatmt]

no i have....i did not now i had too.......

 

[redcatmt]

i hope its a simple fix......if i put truck on a stand all 3 other wheels turn....right front locks....please me some guidance guys....how too's.....anything....

 

[redcatmt]

do u mean the pins in the dog pins that go into drive cups?...if so they are fine..

 

[satttheman]

check the diff and check the bearings

 

[redcatmt]

got it:.....,was the dog bone pins...headless screw came loose...


thanks 4 help

 

[satttheman]

anytime!!!

 

[kryptonite]

redcat, check the pre run sticky...there's a few little things to do like cenering the dogbones, loctite, check all the screws...do these before you run and it will save a lot of headaches

http://www.redcatrampageforum.com/showthread.php?t=1728

 

[ZielkeRacing]

It would be cool when these vehicles come good to go, if they are building it, it seems that they could build (properly) correctly. I grew up in the hobby building my own the point still. Even though support doesn't give you an answer on the smallest part on the truck

 

[badboy2]

any pic of the centering the drive shaft mod?

 

[badboy2]

check the dog bone pins, you should green loctite all of them before you run, have you centred the driveshafts?

this centering of the driveshaft bothers me,ive been thinkin of getting a redcat but then i see this driveshaft problem .is it an easy fix or u have to cut or fab something to do this?any pix of the part modded/centered already?

 

[DemonRC]

Just cut a piece of foam earplugs\ and stuff it into the drive cups on both sides of the dogbone. I've even used a piece of a napkin when I threw a dogbone due to a sheared suspension arm during a race. Don't worry about this as something that will be a problem owning the car. It's a simple and easy fix and is something common to any RC running dogbones.