If you haven't found out already you will soon!
The screws used to hold your bumper mount [4936]
to the bulkhead [4929]
and bulkhead cross brace [3930]
are poor quality and should be replaced immediately. Here's
why...
While working on my differential
I had the whole back-end of my truck off and upon puting
it back together I had one of the bulkhead cross brace
screws snap! The head twisted right off leaving the
threads stuck in the bulkhead. Luckily I was able
to carefully twist out the broken piece with pliers
and then it was off to the LHS for some replacements.
A Traxxas screw set for the E-Maxx is about $10.00 and is a
nice thing to have but I opted for the stainless steel screw
set ($34.00) so that I could convert to all allen heads instead
of the phillips which are sometimes difficult to get to and...
snap off!
The
photo above, from L-to-R, shows a stock screw in good condition,
a bent one and a stainless machine screw.
Do not reinsert a bent one... it will break!
The photo below shows a Dynamite brand aluminum brace &
a stock E-Maxx brace.
One of the things that bugs me while
working on my truck is that I'm threading into plastic.
I know after a few times taking out the same screws
I'm going to end up with a screw that just spins and
never gets tight, I already have a few of these on my
truck. I wanted something more precise and since
another screw broke off in one of my bulkhead cross
braces and there was not enough of it sticking out to
grab with pliers, I decided to buy f/r aluminum bulkhead
cross braces at $9.95 ea. Now with my SS screw
set and my aluminum bulkhead cross braces I will have
precise threading and screws that wont bend on impact
or snap in half!
I saved what decent old screws remained to give to someone else
when they have the same misfortune and it was a good thing I
did, a fellow E-Maxxer at the track snapped one the next day.
Finished!
Installation is fairly simple. After the broken
parts were removed I ran the new SS screws through
all the holes in the new braces and then threaded
the screws through the bulkheads to prepare the holes.
Good thing to do as the new SS screws will push
out some extra plastic as they cut their own threads.
You don't want the extra plastic shavings inside
the threads of your new braces. Nothing left
to do now but to run it. I expect it will be
a lot faster now :) * If you buy new
braces make sure you get a front & a rear because
they are slightly different.
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