4200XL gearbox failure out of the box?

[TheBennyB]

Yea I already tinned and got the jumper in place. 2nd planetary is even worse. I only counted one existing tooth on the final gear. Hope to get some replacements once I hear back from Tang and RC4WD. Would love to know what happen to these. Wonder if it was the 8 year old's first day on the job that does the "tested before shipping." Moved it a foot heard some crunching and said yup....good to go. If nothing else it's provided me some laughs and a crash course on how this clone goes together.

[thebigo]

Haven't heard of the Soyland upgrade unless that's Rimrocks upgrade?

[Rimrock]

Originally Posted by thebigo

Haven't heard of the Soyland upgrade unless that's Rimrocks upgrade?

That's the same upgrade, that's correct) Soyland is my 'brand', and surname, Rimrock my 'artistic' name here at the forum I've put some notes regarding the brushless kit versus the brushed motor kit I offer in my thread. The machine in the video used to have the brushless kit but the owner changed to my upgrade. Main issues where the speed of the brushless, 'was that an tracked excavator overtaking my truck..what just happened?' ) With a high top speed it get more difficult to operate the tracks smoothly and with good power at slow speeds. In addition he had difficulties getting the ESC 'parking brake' for the motors to function, stopping the tracks from rolling during excavating, so he was a bit frustrated about things and we got our heads together to develop some optional upgrade motors. So he has kind of 'upgraded the upgrade motors' on that machine )

[Lil Giants]

10-4... scroll to the bottom

http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...splay.php?f=35

[Northern Farmer]

Same here waiting to see Rimrock's track motor upgrade...from the video he posted it seems to work great!

http://youtu.be/60gSjtnwJog

[TheBennyB]

RC4WD is sending me new track motor units. No real matter though as I have a set of Rimrock's track motor upgrades on the way and will probably still be here quicker. Thanks again for all the responses/advice on this.

[Northern Farmer]

Wise decision

[thetractorfan]

That shows the manufacture`s commitment to "quality".

[Jack3M]

So how did this all pan out?

[Northern Farmer]

Originally Posted by Jack3M

So how did this all pan out?

Check out Rimrock's track motors upgrade here

http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...ad.php?t=11276

[Jack3M]

Yes, have looked at that thread. But did RC4WD make good on the damage? I am seriously considering one.

If they did, how long did response to your notice take, and how long to get the replacements from them.

This thread concerns me about purchasing this excavator. Maybe not the right decision if I have to spend $300 out of the box to make it work right.

[Northern Farmer]

I'll let Benny answer that as my motors waren't damaged on mine (Ver. 1.5)

[TheBennyB]

RC4WD replaced both track motor units after sending them some pics. Took around 2 weeks to receive.