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May 13, 2020

RC Maker Awesomatix damper O-ring tool V2

RC Maker have introduced the latest evolution of their popular damper O-ring tool for the Awesomatix range of cars. With the positioning of the P63 piston inside the damper vane being critical to the smoothness and longevity of the damper, the designers decided to make the process a whole lot easier. The V2 tool features the helpful O-ring seating and oil removing features of before, but now with an extra stick that inserts into the centre of the damper and when pressed down together with the main O-ring, seats the P63 in the optimal position whilst seating the O-ring. When using the tool, simply push the O-ring down and the excess oil will bleed out around the two contact patches of the tool on the O-ring, keep rotating the tool around to seat the O-ring all the way around its perimeter. No back and forward O-ring, then P63 positioning, no paper clips or drawing on wrenches. Simply push down and seat the O-ring, and at the same time the piston position will automatically be set once the O-ring is seated flat. Then spin the tool to remove excess oil from both on top of the O-ring, and inside the centre damper cavity above the P63 Piston. As a final step the main bearing is inserted and the damper ready to go. The damper O-ring tool V2 will work with both normal damper caps, and ADC.

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May 12, 2020

Pilot RC Products White Edition piston drill kit

Pilot RC Products have released their new White Edition piston drill kit. The new offering is specifically designed by customer feed back as it includes new sizes that will be essential for 16mm bore shock bodies and pistons as found on Tekno and Schumacher 1/10th scale cars. In addition the sizes are more applicable to 1/8th scale buggies and truggies. New sizes include 1.1mm, 1.15mm, 1.25mm, 1.35mm, 1.45mm, 1.65mm, 1.75mm, 1.85mm, 1.95mm, and 2.9mm bits and the kit also includes an aluminium handle for effortless drilling. The bits are made from Japanese carbide and are super sharp to ensure accurate holes. The White Edition set is available separately or as combo package including the existing Grey Edition bits.

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May 11, 2020

T-Works T4’20 anti-tweak block

T-Works have introduced their new anti-tweak block for the use with the Xray T4 2020 mid-motor touring car. The tool allows to straighten the bulkhead assemblies of the car, ensuring maximum precision and thus minimised chassis tweak and less stress on the spool and diff ball bearings. Using the block is pretty straight forward. During bulkhead assembly it will be sandwiched between the left and right bulkhead sides and the lower bulkhead screws are tightened down with the block ensuring the bulkhead sides are sitting perfectly parallel. The tool is also usable during car maintenance, making it ideal for quick checking between races. The block is machined from aluminium, it comes black anodised and it is usable for 16mm and 17mm bulkhead spacing.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

May 8, 2020

MR33 hard case tool bag

Tonisport have introduced the new MR33 brand hard case tool bag. It allows to stow a complete set of tools in the included foam inserts one of which is pre-cut for up to five allen wrenches and two hex drivers while the second insert is made to carry droop blocks, height gauges, scissors, the multi shock tool and the circle droop gauge. The inserts simply get placed over each other in the hard case bag for a maximum in space saving. The foam inserts are made for Hudy and Scorpion tools to name just a few and they fit the soon to be released new MR33 tools fit as well.

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May 5, 2020

T-Works 14mm body hole reamer

T-Works have introduced their new step-less 14mm body hole reamer. The tool makes use of T-Works’ lightweight tool handle for effortless working with the gold-colour and laser-engraved reamer tip being good for holes of up to 14mm in diameter. A protective cover ensures safe and secure storage, keeping the reamer from becoming damaged or causing damage to other tools or tool bags.

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May 4, 2020

Team Powers V2 multi-functional car stand

Team Powers have announced the soon release of an updated version of their multi-functional car stand. The Version 2 car stand again includes a range of handy setup tools such as chassis support blocks, a droop gauge, camber gauge and turnbuckle wrench that can all be stored within the car stand, but the tool also allows to measure and inspect BRCA and ISTC wing dimensions as well as 115mm ISTC body height. Four strategically placed holes on the top of the stand provide space for shocks placement during setup and maintenance as well as two holes to store gear differentials during rebuilds. The ride height gauge offers a 3.8mm to 7.5mm range in 0.2mm increments, the droop gauge allows to measure 4mm to 6.5mm droop settings in 0.5mm increments, the camber gauge has a 1.5 degree to 3 degree range and the turnbuckle tool is usable with 3mm and 4mm turnbuckles. The car stand weighs in at about 351g in total and it will become available very soon.

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May 2, 2020

Arrowmax chassis balancing tool

Coming from Arrowmax is their new-generation chassis balancing tool. Machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium the tool allows to check and adjust left-to-right chassis balance by placing the race-ready chassis on top of the pins using the small dimples or holes found in the front and rear of most competition chassis. An imbalanced chassis will be visible by hanging to one side with optional balance weights allowing to bring the chassis in balance again. Adjusting the chassis balance will make for a more predictable car and the tool is usable with most of today’s on-road and off-road kits.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

May 1, 2020

T-Works L-type hex wrenches

T-Works have introduced their new L-type hex wrenches in 2mm, 2.5mm, and 3mm sizes. The tools make use of T-Works’ proven aluminium handles and they feature an ultra-short tool blade that sits at a 90 degree angle, allowing to use higher forces when undoing or tightening screws. The wrenches are available separately or as a 3-piece combo set.

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