VF Dig

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Well I have had my new Edge together for about a week.. freking thing is awesome.. better than my last one..(Thanks Tom for the setup tips etc).

Ok so I dediced to take the Dig out of the box.. I laid out all of the parts. Watched the VF.com instructions like 3 or 4 time to make sure i understood it before I even touched it..

I tore the truck down as instructed and put it together. Started setting up the servo end points..and noticed some serious smoke coming form the servo.. ..

Realized the linkage was jammed and the servo was working against itsself..

So I thought ok..maybe I did something wrong and Ill just go buy another servo..Took it apart to see what was causing the jam.. It looks like the brass rods were not machined correctly and when you put the case together it would jam the mechanism (sp).. So I spoke with a few folks and read some fourms and most folks had to snad down the brass shafts that the fork slides on as well as the main cog..so I did that seemed to move a little better. Hooked the linkage back up and tried moving it with my hand and it still jammed..I come to realize the
 s*&%tty bushing that the brass rods slide through were cusing the bind.. when the linkage would pull or push them..Its like the linkage is pulling at a slight angle instead of a stright throw..so now i have ruined the bushings...

After talking to Tom i decided to give it a rest for tonight and will work on it later..Also you have to cut you r rear drive shaft  as well as shorten the bolt that mounts the 4 link set up to the frame. You also have to completly turn your tranny around in the chassis and mount it backwards which will require you to either re wire your motor connections or reverse your servos from your TX..

If I would have realized that there was going to be so much work involved I would h ave just paid someone to do it for me..geez what a pain.

I think Silas has the same problem with his..VF shoul dhave engineered these a little better.. Im thinking about throwing it in the garbage and getting a R2D Disconnect ranny and a new skid plate to mount it and be done with it..

So for those of you wanting a Dig.. be careful.. Tom was one of the lucky one who got one the ones that was correctly made form the factory and had no problems with his..

Just ranting...Thanks VF!!

Steve-O

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Rant on brother...I can understand, Bring you VF today if you have room and I can take a closer look at it. If your going to throw it away i have a parts bin that is getting empty(Harold ). I dont having any experience with RD2 but TCS is suppose to have a newer dig set-up coming out. It is in the testing stages now from my understanding.

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Im not going to bring it today.. I have got the whole crawler tore down now.. took all of the electronics back out and everything because of the tranny reverse..

Ill work on it later in the week

Steve-O

[RCShocker]

Hang in there Steve...........Stories like your's & Silas' are the very reason I have not even considered a dig yet. But I'm sure once a few guys start getting them hooked up. The crawling courses will tighten up to accomodate them. I'd hate to think a dig would be a "must have" to be competitive at this point/local level.

Have you posted pic's of the "new" Edge yet Steve? Or am I just missing something? 

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naaa no pics yet...heck its back in a million pieces after last night. I just ordered a New RC2D Tranny and Servo and linkage etc etc.. I know that one is tried and true..

I got 2 day shipping on it so it should be here mid week.

Steve-O

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naaa no pics yet...heck its back in a million pieces after last night. I just ordered a New RC2D Tranny and Servo and linkage etc etc.. I know that one is tried and true..

I got 2 day shipping on it so it should be here mid week.

Steve-O

atta boy  Steve...

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Good News!! I got a wild hair and thought  "ya know im going to send a email to those folks at VF and let them know" So I did and I get a email beack almost instantly. from "Don" super nice guy very understanding.. He offered for me to send him the unit back with my tranny and he would set it up for me complete. free fo charge. he says he/VF wants to make sure Im happy with their product..

Not very often do you get good customer service like that ..

Steve-O

[Uroplatus]

Yeah.. I worked with Brock...

They knew exactly what needed to be done to get mine work (thats good and bad). They sent me a new tranny side cog and rear output shaft. Filed down the brass rod, and it worked like a champ.

I have used it several times now, with very little issues... I do recomend using a slipper with it though. Get it bound up, the aluminum output shafts aren't as sturdy as the stock ones, and they will spin and ground out if you don't watch it. I have the slipper cranked tight, and have a nice clean set screw circle around the output shaft.

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I didnt mean to sound harsh about this product.. but you would think they advertise it as a "drop in" application we shoul dnt have to be filing/sanding etc.. know what I mean?

Steve-O

[Uroplatus]

I am in 100% agreement with that.  I had gotten some lockers in a free drawing on RCC.... guess what you have to do...


Drill out the hole in your ring gear...  I mean, why can't someone create a truely "Bolt On" upgrade for the AX10....

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It would be nice.. but I got something else now to go along with the AX-10 Guess you will have to wait till the next comp to see it..and yep its a 2.2 

This crawler will be out of the H&E Skunkworks division..

Steve-O

[Buster]

H&E Skunkworks? Hmmm. Does this mean Schumacher has a crawler now? I rememeber pulling into the school parking lot and seeing a line of cars and trucks with R/C cars and Trucks every where and more guys wearing r/c T-shirts than I see at a race! Then  I see this Blue Schumacher Shirts.... I'm thinking, damn is this a factory Rep. for Schumacher? LOL  J/K Steve

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I wish I was that good..

Steve-O

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Lil update...

Don called me form VF yesterday to tell me he had my tranny  and would be sending it back out today. He said he was going to do something as a "Bonus" for my trouble and because of the way I handled the situation. Not sure what "Bonus" means.. Im figuring t shirt or something..unless he sets me up with a new servo too.. how cool would that be? Well see

Anyways... those guys have great customer service. Im pretty impressed witthe way the handled the situation..

Steve-O

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VF now DNA sent me my tranny back with a New DIG Unit and installed one of the new VF/DNA Motor Plates..That thing is smooth as silk now. I installed it this afternoon....WOW!!! That thing Rocks...I just came in from running it...

Thanks to Don for DNA/VF for the great service on helping me out. That my friends is what customer service is all about!!

Steve-O

Ill have pics of the "New" Edge up tomorrow evening