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The truck could use harder front springs in any case and as a side effect this would reduce the tendency to roll. Note that lowering the spring nuts on the shock body does not increase spring rate: these are only for ride height adjustments. You can also adjust the roll centers with the camber...

The stock plastic hexes have their merits. They are slightly larger than a few aluminium hexes I’ve tried, which reduces wear on the hex of the wheel. Another thing I noticed with the alu hexes is that the rear face and bottom of the wrist pin groove are 2.5–2.7 mm apart. The stock hexes are...

There are two ways to prevent a wheel nut from loosening: lock it to the wheel or lock it to the axle. Between the driveshaft and pin, pin and hex, and hex and wheel there is going to be movement no matter what. If you lock the nut to the wheel (serrated nut) the axle should be allowed to turn...

You’ve probably seen shaft boots though. They are eliminated from racing vehicles to reduce the weight (especially important when it comes to rotating mass), and the increased wear is less important than faster lap times. For me, the reduced noise and wear are more important. I limit the power...

Sounds like we were both working on the diffs recently but did the opposite: I added shims to reduce clearances even further wherever I could. Even between the pinions and ring gears inside the front and rear gearboxes. I was able to fit a regular M3 washer as a shim next to the bottom ”hinge...

Good observations. Removing the front anti-roll bar adds grip in the front and reduces it at the rear. In this case, it makes the truck easier to drive. When the rear squats, the front kick-up angle increases and leads to an even more raised front end under power. One negative thing leads to...

I’m using their old 13 mm SC10 springs. Direct fit, just a slightly larger inside diameter. Adding anti-squat to the rear (upside down C-block mod) allowed me to go a lot lighter there. I also moved the foam from the front of the battery to the rear. Now I got 52/48 weight distribution R/F...