Question on Reveo Dog Bone failure
10-06-2007, 08:52 PM
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Question on Reveo Dog Bone failure
Hi All,
I am relativley new to Monster Trucks and I recently purchased a well equipped Revo with an Ofna .32 for bashing only. I was having a blast with it and starting to practice my jumps when I noticed the front drivers side dogbone used to drive the wheel had come out of the cup near the diff. My Revo has the extended RPM arms and I am wondering the best way to replace the dogbone. The pin on the dogbone does not appear to be sheared, nor does the cup appear to have much wear. This was not crash induced but I was flying the truck all over the place with a few landins on the front wheels which might have dislogded it. I would like some suggestions as to how to put it back in place. The way I see it I could do one of two things
1) remove the cup near the diff ( looks like set screw and pin hold it in place, replace the dogbone into the cup, then reattach the cup to the diff
2) Pull the a-Arms, and associted suspension off at the wheen end, slip the dogbone back in and replace everything.
I am hoping it turns out to be #1 above, but I am not expereinced enough on this yet to make that decision.
I have been flying helis for a long time and am not afraid to wrench on the Revo, so fire away with suggestions!
Thanks in advance for all who respond
Joe Finkelstine
Revo
TMAX
I am relativley new to Monster Trucks and I recently purchased a well equipped Revo with an Ofna .32 for bashing only. I was having a blast with it and starting to practice my jumps when I noticed the front drivers side dogbone used to drive the wheel had come out of the cup near the diff. My Revo has the extended RPM arms and I am wondering the best way to replace the dogbone. The pin on the dogbone does not appear to be sheared, nor does the cup appear to have much wear. This was not crash induced but I was flying the truck all over the place with a few landins on the front wheels which might have dislogded it. I would like some suggestions as to how to put it back in place. The way I see it I could do one of two things
1) remove the cup near the diff ( looks like set screw and pin hold it in place, replace the dogbone into the cup, then reattach the cup to the diff
2) Pull the a-Arms, and associted suspension off at the wheen end, slip the dogbone back in and replace everything.
I am hoping it turns out to be #1 above, but I am not expereinced enough on this yet to make that decision.
I have been flying helis for a long time and am not afraid to wrench on the Revo, so fire away with suggestions!
Thanks in advance for all who respond
Joe Finkelstine
Revo
TMAX
10-07-2007, 02:18 AM
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RE: Question on Reveo Dog Bone failure
I dont have a Revo but this is basically what I do to fix that on all my cars, it may or may not apply to the Revo.
Remove the wheel and uncouple the upright from the upper arm. That should allow the upright to angle out enough to pop the dobone back in on both ends, then just reattach the upright to the arm.
Remove the wheel and uncouple the upright from the upper arm. That should allow the upright to angle out enough to pop the dobone back in on both ends, then just reattach the upright to the arm.
