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Finished rebuilding my battered old Thundershot a while ago which needed a full rebuild and a fair few new parts including the dreaded weakpoint the A5 part at the front end that always breaks. Anyway i took it for its first run today and managed to clip a small piece of brick that had been left lying on the grass and the A5 part broke clean in half after less than ten minutes running! It wasnt even a bad impact. Does anybody know of any upgraded parts I could use to replace this as i dont want to buy another A parts tree just for the same single part again.....especially as its so weak. Has anybody manufactured a replacement thats reinforced? This is a bad design floor by Tamiya i wonder how many kids had their christmas's ruined when this part broke on their first run of their shiny new toy.

None idea TBH ... but it's not unique - I think most Tamiya cars have at least one bit of boneheaded design in it.

Maybe we should compile a list

Funny i was thinking the same thing....a list of floors would be good

You could ask this member from www.modelbuild.co.uk .
I see a reference about it in his shop when I google but I cannot read the page itself.
But it indicates he might have sold them in the past and could maybe produce some more...

Thanks Edou i have sent him a pm and will wait to see if he responds ill keep you posted on any progress

Had the same issue with mine.
It's possible to reinforce the A5 with a fabricated metal "Tie-plate" in front of it, to tie the suspension pivots together better (Better still if you also screw the plate to A5 as well), but you'll need a good A5 in the first place as this metal plate won't do the job alone.
If you breathed on the A5 hard enough to break it, you need to be looking at the suspension pivots on the gearboxes too, as they probably broke in the same impact.
Easiest option is, get shot of the shot & buy a less fragile car, eg a Baja Champ or Gravel Hound!

Hi

I looked into having this item made out of aluminium but the cost was too high so the project was put on hold.

Thanks

Bob @ Model Build
www.modelbuild.co.uk

eddrick wrote:

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Easiest option is, get shot of the shot & buy a less fragile car, eg a Baja Champ or Gravel Hound!

The TL-01 is my most-loathed chassis, it doesn't get any better with long suspension arms

Ditto for the TT01

Its not looking too good for this thundershot then i think ill keep it as a box of spares as i just cant be bothered replacing the A5 part again and the chassis has a few little cracks in it too (not from the impact just age i think and ham fisted screw tightening) if anyone needs any parts let me know

Wassup with the TL01 then Jonny? - too reliable for ya? I've yet to find fault with mine & it's had some horrific pile-ups whilst in my ownership! In fact, the only grief it's ever given me was related to snow & the LRP ESC...