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just ordered me self some new upgrades

according to my rc club mates the avante metal ball joints were subject to getting microscopic dirt and dust in them causing them to were and therfor cause grinding eventually making looseness and play on them so i just got orderd my self a very old hop up whichis designed to help prevent this woot

Vintage and INCREDIBLY RARE Tamiya Avante Ball End Cover Set (20 Pcs), Part No's. 53035 (OP.35)

its shame that they re-release the avante and dont re-release the hop ups there is still some left on british ebay but if you have got or are getting a avante my advise is to buy some of these now




the secound thing i orderd is cool its by three racing and its rear metal hubs

heres the link

www.yeahracing....-3064.html

and lastely some advise i was told by a meber that perhaps i should upgrade the pinion because the standard on is not any good ? any idears on this anyone

thx dark

Loving those upgrades! I'm a hop up man myself...
It could be that Tamiya will still rerelease some upgrades, although I think it can never be enough.
These items were among the latest releases :

84256 Avante 2011 Racing Steering Set
84257 Avante 2011 Ball Diff / Torque Splitter Set

I've heard many stories of Tamiya pinions being too soft.
The Avante uses the same AV (0.6 module) pinions as the Manta Ray and I am still running them myself.
Maintenance is probably the biggest key to gearbox survival.
But a hard steel pinion (don't use diametrical pitch in this case!) would most likely be a recommended upgrade...
They are the pinions on the bottom of this page :

Robinson 0.6 module 22T hard steel pinion

Almost only HPI pinions on eBay but this one from Racing Punk might be an alternative - although it's somewhat pricey :

thanks matey your a star as always i shall get this stuff orderd ASAP


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