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Old 2007.10.24, 04:17 AM   #1
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Kyosho Aluminium Knuckle??

Hi guys,

I m wondering whether Kyosho is producing any Aluminium knuckles for AWD?

What other good choices in the market for aluminium knuckles or i should stay on with plastic knuckle?
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Old 2007.10.24, 07:13 AM   #2
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Hi guys,

I m wondering whether Kyosho is producing any Aluminium knuckles for AWD?

What other good choices in the market for aluminium knuckles or i should stay on with plastic knuckle?
pn sells them. itz 15 bucks a set of 2.

http://www.rckenon.com/public_html/s...oducts_id=3271
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Old 2007.10.24, 02:16 PM   #3
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pn sells them. itz 15 bucks a set of 2.

http://www.rckenon.com/public_html/s...oducts_id=3271
can't find any Kyosho knuckles on that page...
Not sure Kyosho make any...
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Old 2007.10.24, 02:58 PM   #4
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Hi guys,

I m wondering whether Kyosho is producing any Aluminium knuckles for AWD?

What other good choices in the market for aluminium knuckles or i should stay on with plastic knuckle?
I know Kyosho makes them in plastic, not sure about ALuminum, I know that PNracing, Atomic and 3Racing makes aluminum knuckles
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Old 2007.10.24, 08:58 PM   #5
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naw, it looks like kyosho doesnt make any. the plastic works, im using pn's 1.5 rear 1.0 fronts.
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Old 2007.10.24, 09:49 PM   #6
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I second dohc's recommendation - PN's alloy knuckles are great.
As of this moment Kyosho does not make an alloy-version knuckle for the MA-010.
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Old 2007.10.24, 10:01 PM   #7
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Just a friendly reminder to those who are getting the PN knuckles, the new ones have shorter top king pin, and they are nicer in a way that it will hardly or never touch the shell when the springs are compressed.

If not mistaken, the newly released 0.75 and 1.25 deg are both in that format. I wish they will come out with new format 1.5 and 1.0, so that I could update my knuckles.
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Thank you for the information.

So i guess it is worth in investing for the PN Knuckles.

How do i know that the new one are shorter? is there a code for these shorter PN Knuckles?
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Old 2007.10.25, 09:38 AM   #9
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Thank you for the information.

So i guess it is worth in investing for the PN Knuckles.

How do i know that the new one are shorter? is there a code for these shorter PN Knuckles?
what's wrong with plastic, except for looks? Word of caution: try to avoid the knuckles with teflon(?) on them: these pieces tend to slide off and become stuck in the track
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Old 2007.10.25, 09:01 PM   #10
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boydnhl,

I don't know which one of them have the shorter top king pin, but I do know the new 1.25 and 0.75 should have them since that is the first time I see the short king pin. Maybe asking the sales folks will help prior to the purchase.


michvin,

Good point. I usually get mine, and then pull the sleeve on the PNs as hard as I could, and if it fell out, I will simply put a very tiny little tap on glue on the king pin and slide the sleeve back on.
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Old 2007.10.26, 04:07 AM   #11
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michvin,

I m considering the aluminium knuckle because i broke a lot of those plastic knuckles i am still a newbie on track so . . .

i would prefer to use original kyosho product but it doesnt last.


Aurora,

Thanks for the tips
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Ive bent a couple sets of the PN Alu knuckles... I am running plastics now, performance is the same... The plastic is also lighter :P
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Old 2007.10.30, 09:33 PM   #13
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I was wondering the same thing for my Kyosho-only AWD. I dont' know why they didn't go with alloy's as they did with the MR02 chassis.
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Old 2007.10.31, 07:01 AM   #14
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Ive bent a couple sets of the PN Alu knuckles... I am running plastics now, performance is the same... The plastic is also lighter :P
I havent used the PN knucks. My dad did and hates them because of the nylon sleeve that slide down and drags

I bent one of the only set of ATM alloy knucks and couldnt find out for the life of my whay my car wouldnt drive straight.

I run only plastic K knucks now. As EMU says "performance is the same... The plastic is also lighter". Ive learned why they break, and have been fortunate enough to be able to keep it from happening any more.
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I guess I will just have to be extra careful when using the plastic knuckles and keep few for replacement.

IMO, the aluminium knuckles are durable but it might be hard to straighten it up when its bend and might causes some handling problem.

perhaps when i get better in this hobby, i ll consider getting this aluminium knuckle. at the moment, im still strugling in setting up and controlling my AWD.

Thanks everyone for the advise
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