paul_f

The stock monster beetle tyres are really hard and I don't get much grip at our local carpet track. I had read in several places about stretching the lunchbox tyres onto the rims. I have done this, but I now have a huge amount of tyre wobble on all of the wheel. The beads look to be seated correctly all the way round. Is this normal? Thanks Paul VID-20241204-WA0012.mp4

Looks great! What springs are you using?

That's great, thanks. With no springs/dampers, the max length the suspension can travel down gives a max eye to eye damper length of ~78mm With my dampers internally spaced to get that I get 16mm of travel with these. I'll probably add some o-rings to get the right travel once i have reassembled it

I bought as built Monster beetle, however the seller had changed out the original shocks and fitted some alloy ones with inappropriate springs. I have the right springs. Can anyone tell me how much travel the shocks have so I can set these up to have similar travel to the stock ones What I am looking for is the approx length of the front and rear shock piston exposed when the wheels are off the ground

My son got a Lunchbox for Christmas as he wanted a monster truck that wheelies - lots of fun. This morning our usual area was covered in dogs mess so we went to the tarmac alley with a little jump behind our house. I have managed to damage my car a lot so need to rebuild again😬😬. The diff cover screws came out and I have broken the gearbox casing, chassis tub and front shock mount. I wanted a new body so I will probably just buy a re-release and rebuild what I need to - then avoid bashing around on tarmac

That Neo fighter looks really good for the money. So much cheaper than they used to be Ordered new A parts, so hopefully try again next weekend

Fortunately both the parts are on the A tree though I do have some used ones but they are also over 25 years old Should I just buy a new A parts set?

Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have let my 6 yr old son have a go indoors. Still at least it now means I have a good reason to get him his own car

Thanks for the tips. Should I grease the balls before fitting?

A bit more progress last night. Need to make the strengthening bracket for the LHS of the rear gearbox top cover. Also ordered some shims as the suspension links are very wobbly

I have noticed that the steering rod ends and balls have a lot of play (I used this car a lot when I was younger). Can anyone suggest what I need to search for and buy? I have seen posts about closed cups and coated balls but not sure what I need to get. I'll glue and redrill the linkage rod holes

Quite a few packets arrived today, including the D tree from @Percymon. Thank you ever so much!

I couldn't find the blue ones in the UK, so have ordered some red ones. Should I also replace the piston guides that go between the O rings?

I only ordered new seals for the top of the dampers. Need to order new seals for the bottom The rear damper oil was very black, fronts like new

Ordered quite a few things today -Damper oil and new seals -Steel dogbones 9805551 -Some M3 capheads and nyloc nuts to strengthen the gearbox top cover - New alloy wheel hex as a couple of mine were cracked