Common Breakage! Let's Hear it!

[Gregor]

Not sure if this was done, but lets list off all the items that commonly break on Vintage and New Cars..

Here are some that I remember:

Grasshopper: Front Bumper

Hornet: Front Bumper and the Body Posts

Frog: Rear Gears and tranmission plates

SuperChamp: Rear Bumper Breaking the corners

Well let's hear the rest!!!

[steviedee]

falcon - front shock mounts (r2 and r3) from experience ;o)

[Gregor]

Ok, here is one, the rear dog bones on the striker and falcon, I had one blast off this weekend!  hahahaha!

[hellbelly]

Lunchbox - body posts snapping off

Pete

[mt_100]

Boomerang - Front dogbones always bending.

Hornet - Front A-arms

[Wrc action]

TA05 - Rear diff pulleys due to little stones

TB01 - Nothing really tho slope in steering and also rear shocks need constant oil refills

TT01 - Front Suspension mounts for the damper from kirb bashing.

Cheers Ryck

 

[techie]

Lunchbox - body posts snapping off

Pete

Add steering arms and lower shock mounts to that for the 'box.

[Gregor]

Hot shot! Front Suspension, breaking the shock mount!  That sucked!!!

Same deal wit the Thunder Dragon and Super Sabre.

[mrbiccies]

Blackfoot Xtreme - Rear body posts  [:@]

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

Clod buster - B11 anti rotation braket, chassis tub.

Pumpkin - body posts, rear axel pivot springs.

Juggernaut - Body, wing mirrors.

Sand scorcher - front suspension arm mounting bars (always bend!)

Monster beetle/blackfoot/mudblaster - shock mounting positions, body posts.

Thundershot - that stupid A part on the front, that mounts the bumper and front suspension arms. A 12 i think?

TxT-1 - Drive shafts

[Tamiya1/10]

M02 - the steering post, don't ever drive it without the body, any contact will break the post and requires the front end replace...unless one can config. the steer with the rear.

[racingdowantheM64]

Sand Rover - front shock mount.

marcus

[maxHiLux]

Clod buster - B11 anti rotation braket, chassis tub.

Thundershot - that stupid A part on the front, that mounts the bumper and front suspension arms. A 12 i think?

It is the A5 part of Thundershot and derived cars that is probably the worst designed Tamiya bit ever.

On the origrinal XR311 I remember that all the plastic body parts had to be glued on and came ofcourse off the first time I drove the car (in fact every thing fell off my firts 311, because I hadn't used threadlock.....)

Max

 

[3doorpete]

Lunch Box / Midnight Pumpkin - rear axle springs snap and are useless.

King Blackfoot- Anything to do with steering - even more fragile if you try to reduce the slop. Also bodies crack behind the cab after a bad roll

Mini Cooper racing - Rear of chassis cracks - wheels broken very easily.

[Devilsome]

for me its the manta ray plastic motor mount, getting through 2-3 a month, now switching to the alloy/metal ones! []

[Mad Ax]

Mud Blaster / Brat - front grill-to-body mounting lugs always snap off

in a head-on crash; rear screen pushes through rear bed when rolling.

King Cab - rear hex drives / splined driveshafts wear quickly

[mr_pushrod]

Wild One/FAV - Diff gears and hex driveshafts prone to slippage (same as frog).

Avante - Aluminuium balljoints prone to wear, front uprights like to snap.

[Gruntfuggly]

Another shout for the A5...

Also, the Wild One chassis tub - seem to be lots cracked in front of the front roll cage mounts...

SRB front suspension arms...

Manta Ray gear box case lids...

[DJTheo]

Boomerang / Super Sabre: first generation bumper

Striker / Sonic Fighter: chassis at front

Mad Cap / Saint Dragon: chassis at front

Ford Ranger: body at front fender (weirldy most often the left one [:S])

Cheers