[Mark Bristow]

Started building my TB-02 R tonight in the cupboard under the stairs to avoid the Mrs and soon came across a problem i'm hoping you guys can help me with.

I bought the reinforced diff joints (53627) as I heard the stock ones were a bit weak. The stock joints have a moulded nut shape in one half to hold the nut so you can tighten up the diff screw/bolt. The reinforced ones do not have this and I can't see any good way of holding that tiny nut all the way down the bottom of the diff joint so I can tighten the bolt.

Am I missing something?

Thanks.
Mark.

[TRF Drive Hard]

Yes you are... there is a lil lockin thing that holds the nut which is held in the outdrive... im trying to remember which to get it off... try this, might have it on hand actually... look at your body post trees and/or all of them... there should be a piece that has the shape of the nut to be placed inside... if not ima try to look it up... i know the 414m trees has this piece youre lookin for...

[Mark Bristow]

Thanks for reply,
I have found what I think your talking about. Small black tube with nut shape in it and little legs that stick out to locate in the outdrive slots, this is listed as unused on the R.

My next problem is that the legs reach the bottom of the outdrive slot before the tool reaches the nut. In the R manual it shows the bolt head tightening up against the bearing and spring with the nut being on it's own on the other side. If I put the nut and bolt around the other way so the nut is up against the bearing the nut will be spaced out by the spring and bearing and maybe I'll be able to get the tool on it.

Do you know which way round it goes on the EVO and there is there a washer under whichever part ends up against the plastic outdrive.

Thanks again.

Mark.

[TRF Drive Hard]

Hmm, if youre talkin bout how to assemble the diff...

Diff screw + Thrust bearing = To the Short outdrive

Diff spring + that black thing for the nut + Lock nut = To the Long outdrive

[Mark Bristow]

Ahh, I get you. I thought the black plastic thing was just used to hold the nut whilst you tightened the bolt but it fits behind the nut and stays there.


Thanks for the help.

Regards.

Mark.

[TRF Drive Hard]

You bet ya! I never did like the stock balldiff... i knew there was something wrong the minute i used it... i had to switch mine right away.

[aus jd 2703]

hey ive had a tl-01 for like 4 years and it got sheleved for a kyosho tr-15, now i wanna race and dont know wether to go with the buggy or the tl-01 but then i wanna be comepetative so wether i should bye a new car?? im only gonna race in stock on road on an open track is the tl-01 good enough or do i need a new car like the tb-02??? also if i bye the tb itll be bone stock but if i stick with the tl-01 i might buy a esc and new tires??? what to do???

[Mark Bristow]

I am currently racing a TL-01 whilst I'm building my TB-02 R to replace it. I only bought the TL-01 to race in the Tamiya Eurocup where that was the only chassis allowed a couple of years back.

I brought it out of the cupboard at the end of last year to start racing a my local club (indoors on carpet) to see if i wanted to race electric again before spending out on a new car. What I was surprised to find (and so were many of the people at the club with Scumkomo's and the likes) was that the TL-01 is a pretty good little car. I normally make the B final and have once made the bottom of the A final which really made people look! don't get carried away, it takes a lot preperation to get a TL-01 to handle this well and it's high centre of gravity makes grip roll a constant reality.

My advice to you if you decide to race the TL-01 is not to do what others have done and spend a fortune on useless and pointless expensive upgrades that will do little to improve the car. I have a carbon propshaft, ballraces, adjustable top arms, plastic oil filled shocks, front roll bar, hard springs(Yokomo GT4) and the lightweight chassis kit.

I have removed some material from the chassis around where the motor mounts to let heat out, removed the battery retainers as they do not work in a crash and are heavy (cells taped in). Cut away most of the front bumper to remove more weight. Car weighs about 1536 grams. mount your speedo at the bottom of the chassis, not on top.

The car generates a massive amount of grip but loses out on punch due to weight of all the gears etc. Hope this helps.

Have fun.

Regards.
Mark.

[TRF TT-01]

Box of TB-02R:

[Mark Bristow]

yeah, and that's just the label on the end of the box The actual box is even more sexy than that. Blue cardboard box with black carrying handle and TB-02 R in big white lettering . Sorry....getting carried away again, I'll just get on with building it

[TRF Drive Hard]

I was gonna get the tb02r but the pro4 came first might fit one in the near future...

[TRF TT-01]

Originally Posted by Mark Bristow

yeah, and that's just the label on the end of the box The actual box is even more sexy than that. Blue cardboard box with black carrying handle and TB-02 R in big white lettering . Sorry....getting carried away again, I'll just get on with building it

Is the box big?? Also, is the box similar to TB Evolution IV??

[Mark Bristow]

Originally Posted by TRF TT-01

Is the box big?? Also, is the box similar to TB Evolution IV??

46 cm long, 13 cm tall and 22cm wide. Bit like a large shoe box really. Should be able to carry the car around in. I've not seen the Evo IV box but I think they were slimmer like a case, no good for transporting the car.

[TRF Drive Hard]

The TB boxes are special only for the TB series

[TRF TT-01]

Originally Posted by TRF Drive Hard

The TB boxes are special only for the TB series

TB-02R is also the TB series

[digitalmindset]

does anyone have any experiance with the Novak Dually ESC? i fried my EXII and im looking at the Dually as a replacement. my cars out of commision now that i dont have an ESC, but i should get some capital to get a new one soon...any other suggestions or reviews of the dually would be most welcome...

[TRF TT-01]

Are you going to race with it??

[digitalmindset]

no; i just drive in parking lots/streets with friends...

[TRF TT-01]

Maybe you might want to consider the Novak XRS Revisible. It has a low price and also it has reverse. That's my opinion. BTW, what motor will you use and what's your budget??

[digitalmindset]

naw, if i get a lower price ESC im getting the explorer II again; i had it for three years and i loved it. im runnin a trinity speedgems pro 15T double wind, and my price range is up to 100 [paying anything more than that to drive in the street/parkinglots seems silly to me...but even 100 is pushing it, right now im leaning towards another EXII...]

[TRF TT-01]

Anyways, what did you do to cook your ESC??

[digitalmindset]

runnin cars w/my friend late last month...it was a little wetter than i thought, my esc sent out some smoke and hissd at me. o well...it served me well for 3yrs, tiem for a replacement or an upgrade....

[Mark Bristow]

well, the R is nearly finished. Haven't had much time to build it as the Mrs found my hiding place but I have a couple of TB-02 questions for you.

The R comes with the lightweight suspension off the Evo IV which looks really nice and stiff but also looks really weak. Is anbody using this suspension set (perhaps on a Evo IV) up and if so how does it stand up to being knocked?

Also, the rear hubs have only got 1 degree of rear toe and the R only comes with the standard TB-02 lower wishbone inner pivot mountings which offer no additional toe in. 1 degree of rear toe does not look enough to handle very well, what does the standard TB-02 have?


Thanks.

Mark.

[TRF TT-01]

I have a Evo IV and the suspension is really smooth. Maybe you should get the aluminum suspension mount.

[Mark Bristow]

How much rear toe in are you guys running on your TB-02's or evo IV's ?