Good Morning folks.

TGIF!

I am in the middle of a a project for a client that wants a complex map. There is a lot of information he wants on the map and he keeps changing his mind about the layout. Oh well that is why he cane to us, to get what is in his mind, not what he first told us to do.

I don't mind the snow, but I hate the wind this time of year. But hey, all I had to do was get the snow up in the air and the 44mph gusts took it away to another state.

Rick, I hear ya on the temps.

Snow But...

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Woohoo! Snapped a driveshaft on the RC truck!

Get used to that Joe, My son keeps them in stock. He builds trucks as a side job and ships them all over the country and has been written up in a few mags. Don't ask me which ones it isn't my thing.
Got some good news today, AT&T is adding data rollover so after this month I will have unlimited everything, and two smart phones for 90 bucks a month

Fortunately, the shaft is 9.97 shipped on amazon!

And you ordered how many?

I ended up going with the super duper metal ones from MIP instead of stock plastic. Supposedly, I could convert the truck to dual motors and bash it twice as hard as I do now and not come close to stressing these......

You still ordered an extra so you won't ever need to replace one, right?

With the bigger wheels my truck manages to twist them apart regularly. But you try to beef them up it trashes the slipper clutch and gear.... No winning lol.

Just like real race cars. The more power you put through the drive-train the weakest item breaks. You make that item stronger and the breakage moves to the next weakest link.

85mm of rain overnight. Woke to news of lots of localised flooding - we're still okay.

That is a lot of any type of precipitation.

Are the diffs in these similar to what we had racing RC back in the 90s?

Yep, lots of rain and unusual for this part of the world. All the water holes will be full for this years camping season.


Lots of photos on FB here;
https://www.facebook.com/topic/Todd-River/135967103101440?source=whfrt&position=2&trqid=6102 466972157518349&pnref=story

No idea what you had back in the 90s, but t the current stuff is pretty impressive...ring/pinion diff's, you can get multi speed trannys...... Here's the shafts I bought

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00177XHYQ

Is it inappropriate for me to have "LOL'd" when someone posted a thread for help with a backed up drain?

Call a plumber you cheap a$$ Porsche owner!

Nope. I did not LOL but I had the same thought. I have done my share of home snaking of sewers. It almost never worked. I end up calling a rooter company. The have to the right equipment and experience.

Sometimes its easier to DIY... ;). And in some places plumbers are a pain in the butt to get to show up.

Joe, if you have plastic gears in your trucks diff those are the next things to go. Or the driveshaft

Sometimes I think I must have plastic gears.