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[offroadmike]

I have just gotten my new E, and i've gotta few question abou it.
1st. Ok, when i look at the truck from a birds eye view the front 2 tires werent parallel, so i turned the turnbucle that goes from the chassis to the right wheel untill both wheels were straight. Is that ok? Should I of fixed it a different way?

2nd. I got the little plus sign shaped screw driver, took of the rubber cap to the slipper clutch on the transmision and turned it in a clockwise direction but when i turned it the motors turned too, so i'm guessing that it was tight right? Is that what i have to do to check the slipper clutch?

3rd. How would i know when the tires are slipping because of something internal, like the slipper clutch as opposed to there is no trackion when i'm driving? Will there be a big difference or what?

4th. This is about the shocks, when i was driving the truck had a lot of body roll on turns, so i replaced the skinny pre-load spacers in the front for some bigger ones. Is that ok? If i put too many spacers on the shocks would it do any harm?

5th. Is there anything else i should check or tighter before and after a run besides all the screws and connections and make sure everything is clean?

If you guys could answer any question or tell me anything i could do better it would be great. So thanks in advance, it means a lot to me.

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[XXXER]

Okay, for ? #1, I would have done the same, only for the front, for the back, you want a little bit of toe-in.

#2Hmmm, I do not understand that really. You take off that little dust cover, and there will be 1 big gear(the spur gear) and 2 smaller ones, that are on the motor. and coming out of the spur gear, there will be a small locknut. I think it is the 7.5mm one, not sure, your small wrench that was included will fit it. You adjust it, so that you hear a 'chirping' noise, when under hard accelaration. You can adjust so it only slips very little, or a lot. I would do it, just a small amount, so it slips when coming off a jump on-power.

When you have no traction, your tires are probably slipping more than the slipper clutch.

It is fine to have a pre-load spacer in there, but I will tell you now, putting more in DOES NOT make the shock any stiffer. that is a common misconception of new owners, but I will tell you now, that a springs rate is constant throughout it's entire movement. Putting more on will just wear out the springs faster, in my opinion. You should keep your truck off the ground, make some type of stand, so that the springs are relieved, and not holding the weight of the truck while not in use.
To get less body roll, you could put a thicker oil in the shocks(NOTE: You may want someone with experience to do/help with this part). The stock stuff is 30WT, I would try a 40WT fluid.

After each run, take a little time, and clean off the stuff, it is not hard, just that little bit of dust, here and there. I find a Toothbrush does wonders, and for that nice black shine it had when new, use Simple Green!

[offroadmike]

thanks a lot man!

[old phart]

#1: You want about 1* toe-in on the front and 2* on the rear. Hard to do without a toe-in gauge. RPM makes gauges.

#2: General rule of thumb is to have about 2 feet of slippage under hard acceleration. An easier way to do it is fully tighten the slipper clutch nut, and then back off 1/4 turn. Hold the large gear with your hand to prevent it from turning when tightening the nut.

#3: If you have not glued your tires to the rims yet, gauranteed they are slipping inside the rims. Once they are glued you will know when your slipper is slipping and the tires are slipping. Slipper slipping = low acceleration. Tires slipping = throwing dirt and rocks all over the place. If your tires hook up well and your slipper clutch is adjusted well, you will be pulling big wheelies all over the place which is one of the great, fun things about the e-maxx.

#4: When adding preload pscers you raise the suspension and make it stiff. It will handle going over jumps better, and will have less body roll. But it will flip over very easily when cornering and especially cornering and then letting off the throttle. Taking out all the preload spacers will lower the ride height, it will have lots of body roll but will corner like gangbusters and will not roll over when you lett off the throttle. Also, if you take jumps you will bottom out and break stuff.

#5: Make sure your pinion gear set screws are tight and have been Loc-Tite glued. Make sure your bullet connectors are fully seated into each other. Lower the body mounts a couple of notches to help prevent broken body posts.