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GTD - 19 Feb 2007 20:22 GMT

Does anyone have one of these. . .I see Tower is still pimping them on
the front page, but I have read nothing or known anyone that had tried
one. The only little bit I read was possible on here, and was
generally about how it was fairly fragile.

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Doc - 19 Feb 2007 20:51 GMT

> Does anyone have one of these. . .I see Tower is still pimping them on
> the front page, but I have read nothing or known anyone that had tried
> one. The only little bit I read was possible on here, and was
> generally about how it was fairly fragile.

Tower will always pimp Duratrax stuff ahead of the other brands they carry
as it's one of their "parent" brands, AKA Great Planes distributing. I have
never seen one in action or driven one; I did get a real close look at one
at the LHS and was immediately turned off by how the chassis is laid out; it
looks to be a huge PITA to wrench on and the location of several vital
components would expose them to nefarious amounts of dirt and crud.

I've read a few mostly positive reviews on them, but you know how reviews
are!

Doc

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Iridium - 19 Feb 2007 21:47 GMT

>> Does anyone have one of these. . .I see Tower is still pimping them on
>> the front page, but I have read nothing or known anyone that had tried
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> I've read a few mostly positive reviews on them, but you know how reviews
> are!

A pain to wrench on? Have you ever worked on a Revo? Getting the front
diff out took me literally, an hour, and I never did get the gearbox all the
way apart, ended up just bending it and yanking it out heh.

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Doc - 20 Feb 2007 04:00 GMT

> A pain to wrench on? Have you ever worked on a Revo? Getting the front
> diff out took me literally, an hour, and I never did get the gearbox all
> the way apart, ended up just bending it and yanking it out heh.

Nope, haven't had the displeasure yet! <g> My bud is going to break in his
new 3.3 in as soon as it dries up outside so I wager I'll get to wrench on
one this summer.

Doc

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GTD - 20 Feb 2007 04:19 GMT

>>> Does anyone have one of these. . .I see Tower is still pimping them on
>>> the front page, but I have read nothing or known anyone that had tried
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>diff out took me literally, an hour, and I never did get the gearbox all the
>way apart, ended up just bending it and yanking it out heh.

They're a little difficult to work on, , but an HOUR to get the front
diff out?. . .

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Dre - 20 Feb 2007 04:35 GMT

>>>> Does anyone have one of these. . .I see Tower is still pimping them on
>>>> the front page, but I have read nothing or known anyone that had tried
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> They're a little difficult to work on, , but an HOUR to get the front
> diff out?. . .

Long time innit??

Takes me around an hour to take the diff out, rebuild and then reinstall!

But then I have an original non X Savage and they take ages, LOL :)

Cheers Dre

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GTD - 20 Feb 2007 15:57 GMT

> >>>> Does anyone have one of these. . .I see Tower is still pimping them on
> >>>> the front page, but I have read nothing or known anyone that had tried
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Ok, ,, I can see an hour for R, R, & R, I thought you meant an hour
just to get it out. ..

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Iridium - 20 Feb 2007 11:24 GMT

Tell me about it. It was my first ever attempt, and I have no instructions
of any kind heh. I can do it on the Sav (original, none-X) in not much time
at all :-)

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