Took a rear axle carrier off of a E-Revo, put it on a T-Maxx front, buddy reported he lost steering on the T-Maxx. Turns out I cranked down the pillow ball locking nuts WAY too much. thanks for the tip!
On the E-Revo rears were replaced with the RPM / Hot Racing Upgrades, Revo is crushing it on the course now after the hobby wing upgrade. Did Not know about adjusting the pillow ball lock nuts until dealing with it first hand tightening them down too much. RPM upgrades and the aluminum pillow ball lock nuts actually gave us perspective on adjusting them down to a .4mm free space for fluid suspension.
Ty Tessmann recently my friend bought a HB D815 ty tesmann edition, and i think it was the most durable and excellent nitro buggy kit i ever see and i dicided to have one of those in this year. but suddenly you change from HB to Xray, what makes you changes from HB team driver to Xray team driver? and whats your recommendations for me to be a good rc nitro buggy driver? thanks before
The reason I decided to switch to Xray from HB is because I had been running the HB cars for 12 years and felt that I needed a new challenge and that I needed to take a new direction. As far as becoming a good nitro buggy driver, I would suggest getting a 2wd electric buggy and driving that because if you can drive a 2wd 1/10 scale you can drive anything.
Ty Tessmann WOW, 12 YEARS.. now we understand why you switched from hb to xray and understand why you're a world champ, you must be have million of experience in rc. I've decided my mind to buy a 1/10 2wd buggy this year for practice and hopefully become pro rc driver like you. Thanks for your answer and thanks for your advice Ty, i hope i can beat your buggy sometimes 😂
Stephen Anderson I can't stand the pillow ball setup anymore! That's one of the reasons why I love TLR Platforms so much. I do still have an old school T/A MGT 8.0 Nitro MT that has it lol! Also the Fn traxxas stuf has them from years ago and still today. This is a great video that Ty did 👍 and it will help out many newbies in the hobby that are not aware of this!
Joel Smith as long as you completely rebuild them as described above by Ty, they will last for a few laps before the dirt starts to bind and wear. You can hear it in Ty's voice that it will never be as free as he likes.
It's a horse apiece imo. C-hub and Pillow Ball both have their ups and downs. I like the adjustability and simplicity of the pillow ball setup. It's easy to change track width, camber, caster, and to me the steering feels smoother and less twitchy than a c-hub.
The problem is consistency of the pillow-ball. It changes based on the current loading forces on the corner as well as how much dirt has found its way inside. I also see the hubs where down and sometimes start popping out with even light to medium contact. As for the C-hub design, the twitchy-ness could be due to many things, but can all be dialed out. i.e. tighten servo saver, stronger servo running 7.4V, adjust Ackermann to dial out sensitivity, or adjust it on your radio.
Just me but I really hate pillow ball suspension design. There are so many design reasons to never use them and so very few reasons to use them. From an engineering standpoint they make little sense and even less in real world. How many full size cars do you see with pillow ball suspensions "0". Just my 2 cent. Mr. Tessmann as always a great video and a great tip on how to eliminate as much friction as possible.
Those that miss out on tips like these replace more parts. Awesome tip!
The amount of tips in rc in general one needs to remember is incredible. This one is new to me and another one to ad to the list lol.
Good luck to you Ty with Xray!! Your a bad ass NITRO Brother!! F the E-words!!!
Awesome ingenuity
Took a rear axle carrier off of a E-Revo, put it on a T-Maxx front, buddy reported he lost steering on the T-Maxx.
Turns out I cranked down the pillow ball locking nuts WAY too much. thanks for the tip!
On the E-Revo rears were replaced with the RPM / Hot Racing Upgrades, Revo is crushing it on the course now after the hobby wing upgrade.
Did Not know about adjusting the pillow ball lock nuts until dealing with it first hand tightening them down too much.
RPM upgrades and the aluminum pillow ball lock nuts actually gave us perspective on adjusting them down to a .4mm free space for fluid suspension.
This is a great tip. I have to do this with my RC8B3E.
How long would this treatment last? Can it last for a whole day?
Do you use any other lubricant on the ball? like bearing oil, or anything of that sort? How often do you do this to the car?
Smart!
genius
Would the graphite powder work just as good ? Thank you and have a blessed day
Yes you can use graphite powder, but I prefer to use the pencil because I can actually work it into the plastic better.
Oh ok, that makes sense, Thank you
I agree, pencil works good but I've also used the powder and just dump it on, then work it in with a small piece of shop towel.
Graphite powder works awesome on 1/10 scale ball cups also. 👍
Hi Ty, can i ask you something?
Sure go ahead.
Ty Tessmann recently my friend bought a HB D815 ty tesmann edition, and i think it was the most durable and excellent nitro buggy kit i ever see and i dicided to have one of those in this year. but suddenly you change from HB to Xray, what makes you changes from HB team driver to Xray team driver? and whats your recommendations for me to be a good rc nitro buggy driver? thanks before
Something I was wondering as well, Like i feel im missing something here. (commented so i would see Ty's reply to your question)
The reason I decided to switch to Xray from HB is because I had been running the HB cars for 12 years and felt that I needed a new challenge and that I needed to take a new direction. As far as becoming a good nitro buggy driver, I would suggest getting a 2wd electric buggy and driving that because if you can drive a 2wd 1/10 scale you can drive anything.
Ty Tessmann WOW, 12 YEARS.. now we understand why you switched from hb to xray and understand why you're a world champ, you must be have million of experience in rc. I've decided my mind to buy a 1/10 2wd buggy this year for practice and hopefully become pro rc driver like you. Thanks for your answer and thanks for your advice Ty, i hope i can beat your buggy sometimes 😂
Sorry to hear you have to deal with Pillow Ball designed car. It's amazing a few teams are still using that design.
Stephen Anderson They use it because it works
Stephen Anderson I can't stand the pillow ball setup anymore! That's one of the reasons why I love TLR Platforms so much. I do still have an old school T/A MGT 8.0 Nitro MT that has it lol! Also the Fn traxxas stuf has them from years ago and still today. This is a great video that Ty did 👍 and it will help out many newbies in the hobby that are not aware of this!
Joel Smith as long as you completely rebuild them as described above by Ty, they will last for a few laps before the dirt starts to bind and wear. You can hear it in Ty's voice that it will never be as free as he likes.
It's a horse apiece imo. C-hub and Pillow Ball both have their ups and downs. I like the adjustability and simplicity of the pillow ball setup. It's easy to change track width, camber, caster, and to me the steering feels smoother and less twitchy than a c-hub.
The problem is consistency of the pillow-ball. It changes based on the current loading forces on the corner as well as how much dirt has found its way inside. I also see the hubs where down and sometimes start popping out with even light to medium contact. As for the C-hub design, the twitchy-ness could be due to many things, but can all be dialed out. i.e. tighten servo saver, stronger servo running 7.4V, adjust Ackermann to dial out sensitivity, or adjust it on your radio.
Just me but I really hate pillow ball suspension design. There are so many design reasons to never use them and so very few reasons to use them. From an engineering standpoint they make little sense and even less in real world. How many full size cars do you see with pillow ball suspensions "0". Just my 2 cent. Mr. Tessmann as always a great video and a great tip on how to eliminate as much friction as possible.
Since Mugen won the IFMAR 2012 worlds, a lot of the other car manufactures jumped on the pillow ball wagon. I don't know why, but it seems to work...
Can that translate someone on german?
What do you need translated? He shows you what to do.
Only graghite on the pivots and ready ??