daSNAK3
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Got my kids some trucks for Xmas, step son already caused some carnage to his Slash 4x4..
I haven’t had time to really dig into it but looks like so far the parts that I can clearly see that were broken were the following..
-Shock Shaft bent
-Bottom of the shock is missing
-Front camber link snapped
-Driveshaft snapped
This will be my first time buying a bunch of stuff for upgrading so just looking for a little help/guidance for these parts and/or anything else I should upgrade while I’m at it to help beef this thing up a little bit for him.
I was browsing the Traxxas site and so far I was looking at the following for replacements/upgrades for the stuff that broke..
- Part #: 5862 - Big Bore shocks (hard-anodized & PTFE-coated T6 aluminum) (assembled with TiN shafts and springs) (front & rear) (4).
- Part #: 3643X - Camber links, front (TUBES blue-anodized, 7075-T6 aluminum, stronger than titanium) (83mm) (2)/ rod ends (4)/ aluminum wrench (1) (#2579 3x15 BCS (4) required for installation)
- Part #: 6851R - Driveshafts, front, steel-spline constant-velocity (complete assembly) (2)
And I was looking at picking up an aluminum shock tower as well.. Part #: 6839X
Will these suffice? Or is there better parts available out there that are not on the Traxxas website?.. any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
EDIT: Found MIP18150 X-Duty Front CVD Drive Kit.. are these good?.. I seen a few reviews raving about them.
Definitely open to other suggestions on what to upgrade now while I’m at it, even if it’s not currently broken. I was thinking about getting some bigger monster truck style wheels/tires for him, just because of his driving style.. has anyone here went the more monster truck style with the Slash?.. just trying to do what I can to help him not demolish this thing too badly and/or as fast.
I haven’t had time to really dig into it but looks like so far the parts that I can clearly see that were broken were the following..
-Shock Shaft bent
-Bottom of the shock is missing
-Front camber link snapped
-Driveshaft snapped
This will be my first time buying a bunch of stuff for upgrading so just looking for a little help/guidance for these parts and/or anything else I should upgrade while I’m at it to help beef this thing up a little bit for him.
I was browsing the Traxxas site and so far I was looking at the following for replacements/upgrades for the stuff that broke..
- Part #: 5862 - Big Bore shocks (hard-anodized & PTFE-coated T6 aluminum) (assembled with TiN shafts and springs) (front & rear) (4).
- Part #: 3643X - Camber links, front (TUBES blue-anodized, 7075-T6 aluminum, stronger than titanium) (83mm) (2)/ rod ends (4)/ aluminum wrench (1) (#2579 3x15 BCS (4) required for installation)
- Part #: 6851R - Driveshafts, front, steel-spline constant-velocity (complete assembly) (2)
And I was looking at picking up an aluminum shock tower as well.. Part #: 6839X
Will these suffice? Or is there better parts available out there that are not on the Traxxas website?.. any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
EDIT: Found MIP18150 X-Duty Front CVD Drive Kit.. are these good?.. I seen a few reviews raving about them.
Definitely open to other suggestions on what to upgrade now while I’m at it, even if it’s not currently broken. I was thinking about getting some bigger monster truck style wheels/tires for him, just because of his driving style.. has anyone here went the more monster truck style with the Slash?.. just trying to do what I can to help him not demolish this thing too badly and/or as fast.
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