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HawnMT

HawnMT

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northerngames said:
I got a one in each set when they came out I sent it back and they sent me out a new pack of 2 the same day I wrote them about it.

almost was treated like a known issue and pretty much no questions asked replacement for me.
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It happened to me sometime last summer. I ordered 4 pairs of tires and out of all of them one tire had one bead that was larger than the Clod/TXT rim. I notified them right away and sent pictures of how the rim "floated" inside the bead. I never heard of it happening again so I assumed it was just a single defect. I guess it has been happening more.
 
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SixtysGuy

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HawnMT said:
It happened to me sometime last summer. I ordered 4 pairs of tires and out of all of them one tire had one bead that was larger than the Clod/TXT rim. I notified them right away and sent pictures of how the rim "floated" inside the bead. I never heard of it happening again so I assumed it was just a single defect. I guess it has been happening more.
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Doh, I wish I had of done something about it when I bought them now. I just figured that's the way it is. I can't say if it was every bead. I put them on the TXT wheels and they were visibly loose. The tyres spun on the wheels, so I put wide rubber bands on the wheel bead, but they still slipped. The other issue I had was that on all four the inner bead would roll off the wheel. This happened on all four wheels and would happen within a minute of two of driving around. I know I could have glued them, but I don't like the idea of glueing just in case I want to swap tyres around. I ended up putting them on some EQR wheels that I made. As the inner wheel diameter on the EQR wheels is 3" they fitted really well and didn't slip on those wheels.
 
HDMM

HDMM

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I just put mine on the rims, they were pretty tight to get on, but there is a little tiny bit of slop in the bead once installed, not a lot though, if I glue them and use tire bands they will be fine. I was hoping to not glue them though in case I want to change wheels or something later. Guess we'll see what happens.....

 
northerngames

northerngames

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sorry guy's I thought you meant the B&H was smaller then a clod but yes it was still my rumbles that were too large.

at first I thought it was the wheels but once I mixed and matched it was confirmed something was goofy with the 2.
 
william g

william g

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why not use shoo-goo or ''household goop'' on the beads?
It adheres very well, and is removable without destroying anything. I myself and a few others use it all the time.
 
HDMM

HDMM

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I probably will try that, I have some, just never used it for mounting wheels / tires yet.
 
HDMM

HDMM

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Well.....still no wheel adaptors.....

This is the last bit of tracking information from USPS.....then nothing since then.....:mad

"Processed through USPS Sort Facility
2014-03-12, 16:26:00, JAMAICA, NY 11430"
 
HDMM

HDMM

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I never like it when a delivery shows as processed through somewhere, or that it left somewhere and then nothing....

Lately I have had issues with deliveries disappearing into thin air. Don't know why, just a rash of bad luck I guess.
 
HDMM

HDMM

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OK, I wasn't liking how the Rumbles were fitting a little loose on the bead of the rims, so I went ahead and glued them up using traditional tire glue ( that's the racer in me ) LoL. Glued up with tire bands, one side done, one side to go.....now I'm happy! :D

 
HDMM

HDMM

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Got a few goodies in the mail today. :D

Tamiya TEU-106BK ESC

Xtreme Racing BTA servo mount, rear lock out & top link mount savers. :cool





I was able to get the steering all sorted out, had to use my stock steering link pieces for now along with a Kimbrough 124 servo saver and Hitec HS-5645MG servo. I'm running a Futaba 4PL radio so I was able to dial in the steering pretty nice. I want to do thicker links, but was having some clearence issues, I'm gonna get the suspension all together, shocks, driveshafts, etc and see if I can get it worked out.





 
HDMM

HDMM

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I was able to get a little work done here and there, been fighting some flu bug. :p



Xtreme Racing rear lockout





Finally got my wheel adaptors!



It's finally starting to look like something!

 
GRAVETXT-1

GRAVETXT-1

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Hope you get better soon buddy. This txt-2 is excellent even with the un planned body on there.

This build thread sure makes it tempting to hit the buy button on stella hobbies website! ;):):D
 
TXT-2.0

TXT-2.0

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Were you planning on stock drive shafts ? With the steering mount like that you won't be able to run revo shafts ....when I had that mount I had to move it to the side and drill new holes .
 
william g

william g

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TXT-2.0 said:
Were you planning on stock drive shafts ? With the steering mount like that you won't be able to run revo shafts ....when I had that mount I had to move it to the side and drill new holes .
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funny, mine has revo shafts on it with that mount :)
 
HDMM

HDMM

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I'm running stock motors and a Tamiya ESC so probably going to stick with stock shafts for now and upgrade later, not 100% sure yet, just wanted to get this together.

The one issue I am having with the servo mount, is my servo is hitting the upper link when the suspension is about 80$ compressed. I have my servo mounted on the top side of the bracket or else my servo saver was hitting the long steering link. I may have to move the servo under the mount and do not use a saver or pick up a low profile servo so everything will clear.
 
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