Mini LST2 bent rear axle - how?

[pasan]

Got my MLST2 today and ran it for the first time an hour ago, it jumped some foot high jumps. Later, while running it stationary to show my dad the center diff action, I noticed the rear left wheel wobbling, and when the wheel was taken off, the axle is slightly bent where the thread starts. Could this be due to the jumps I've been doing? I nailed the jumps each time and it always landed nose first because I let off the throttle. The only flips were on the carpet and during some silliness trying to do doughnuts on the wet concrete and it fell off the edge and onto it's lid.

[rccardude04]

It's a Losi Sport vehicle. It doesn't take much to bend the cheap metal.

Their CVD axles should be made of a stronger metal. But the stock ones bending like that doesn't surprise me too much.

-Eric

[pasan]

Yeah I think I'll order those along with the brushless upgrade. I was also looking at the exotek conversion so that I can run a single 1/10 servo.

[Mitchhpilositrx]

Hi Ive had a losi mlst2 for over a year now and I highly encountered the problem you are having with the axles I bent many of them and the main thing that bends them is clipping objects eg hitting a curb at an angle or hitting or landing jumps very badly on one wheel the best thing to do is don't get the cvd axles yes they are stronger but I got them formy mlst2 and instead of bending they snapped off and they are about 3x the price of stock replacement axles so buy a few packs of the stock axles and replace them as they bend. In the mlst2 another thing that brakes very quickly are the servos they are only plastic geared and very weak in my mlst2 for a replacement I bought 2 jr es375 servos and bought 2 sets of the metal gears these servos are unbreakable in a mlst2 but they do require a few things to make them fit in. The one other weak link I found in my mlst2 is the centre diff they stripped very easily especially when jumping and a way tougher drop in replacement is to get the losi mini-t ball diff this can be easily tuned for different power output. Hope this all helps
Mitch

[pasan]

I've ordered a set of new axles, the existing ones haven't bent any further. Also installed a center spool, but 10 minutes after that broke and A arm in the front, so those are on the way too. I haven't had any trouble with the servos yet, the servo saver seems to be working fine. Thanks for advice against the CVD, I had almost ordered a set. I'd rather have bendy axles which I can straighten up. We need titanium CVDs.

[Mitchhpilositrx]

hello pasan yea its a good idea to stick with the stock axles as they are way cheaper than cvds. im very surprised youve had no problems with your servos as about 4 of my friends have mlst2s and all their servos have gone within the first few runs. With your center transmission go with the mini t ball diff(the mlst2 and mini t have nearly exactly same tranny) the ball diff doenst strip but is a lot more expensive than replacing the plastic gears. also are u just using the stock battery? ive got a flightpower 2s 1600mah 7.4 lipo and its way more powerful than the stocker battery although be careful as mlst2 doesnt have low voltage cutoff, this battery fits perfectly in the mlst and is very cheap ( i got one from my LHS for $40 australian dollars)
MITCH:)

[pasan]

Hi Mitch, the servos still work just fine. I got the replacement A Arms today, and then broke a second one on the other side just 5 minutes later. Good thing I ordered 4 packs :D I've already installed a center spool, I think it's the same thing you use in a Mini T to get posi-traction. I use a Zippy 2s 1300mah battery which cost me US$8.65. I got at least a solid 15 minutes of bash time today, and even then the pack still had a voltage of 7.44v, so I guess 15-20 minutes is the ballpark figure I should aim for in run times. As for the axles, one of the rears is really wobbly now, I removed all of them and am planning to straighten them out tomorrow. After that I'll be removing all oil from the shocks. I use 50w in the front and 40w in the rear and it this makes the truck get air even over the smallest bump.

[pasan]

Looks like I spoke too soon. I spent the entire day playing with the E-Revo and MLST2 alternatively, and I think one of the servos in the MLST2 have bitten the dust; I can hear an odd grinding noise and and steering movement is a little erratic now. Looks like I'll be looking to those servos you mentioned Mitch.