e-maxx A-Arms problem!! help

[Street gp]

I just bought some new RPM A-Arms for the e-maxx and they are alot bigger than stock. Anyways i was loosening the screws to take the arms out and they backout a little and wont go out anymore they just spin but dont back out! Please help!!!!!

[MAXX-NyC]

I just installed them myself..and had the same problem..I unscrewed it till it just kept turning and then I pulled them out with pliers..

[ 05-18-2001: Message edited by: MAXX-NyC ]

[ammoace]

I have those arms and this will happen until you run the truck a little bit. They will "break-in" and be easy to pull out. This isn't a performance problem just a result of a tight fitting part. It goes away a little the more you run the truck but if you use a pair of pliers it will come right out.
AMMOACE

[Street gp]

thanks.. i figured that out about 1 hour after i wrote the topic. Man do those arms take forever to install all 4. it took me about 3 hours

[ammoace]

When I installed mine I was also replacing the bulkheads at the same time. Talk about time consuming. ;) I was going to go with the aluminum bulk heads but the LHS didn't have any in stock so I just bought more stock ones. Count your blessings that the E-Maxx and the newwer lots of T-Maxxs come with bulkhead braces. Mine didn't and in my opinion I wouldn't have broken the bulkhead had it been braced.
AMMOACE

[Street gp]

hey ammoce are you sure we arent cousins? I was installing the RPM bulkheads at the same time also! :p I kept putting the arms on and fogetting the bulkheads and screwed the bulkheads in without the bumper TWICE!!! Boy i had to go sit outside my back was killing me! :D

[ammoace]

Well that would explain why it took so long to change the arms. It took me three hours and about 5 back pain breaks. And a lot of words that aren't in the dictionary. But I had lots of help. Unfortunately the help was the four legged variety trying to convince me to pay attention to them instead of the T-Maxx. I do have relatives and friends in New Mexico though.
AMMOACE

[ammoace]

I forgot to add that you might want to check the clearance between the drive axles and the RPM Arms. When the suspension is allowed to extend fully the axle can rub on the little hump for the ball stud.
AMMOACE

[Street gp]

yeah i checked the arms they are fine, hey AMMOACE you are a lot different from most of the other moderators, you answer a question in about every topic :), unlike other moderators. Do you really work for RCCA or just a moderator? So you had help, im 13 and did it all by myself kinda pround of my self you know. ;)