- Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:01 am
#144119
My wife and i got a 12V Ford Raptor a couple weeks ago for our son for Christmas. Over the last couple weeks i have been modifing it. We gave it to him yesterday for Christmas and although he is happy and im happy with the way it turned out im VERY, VERY disappointed in how the truck rides. The lugs/tread on the tires although look cool they cause a HORRIBLE ride, the truck bounces and shakes bad, i thought maybe it was the asphalt street we have but even after bringing the truck to my mother in laws it did the same thing on the smooth cement by her house. My sons entire body was shaking due to this, the tailgate darn near opened itself as well from the bouncing/shaking. As much as i dont want to put a ton more money into the truck somthing has to be done so my son doesnt shake himself to death. I could do "Power Bands", Bike Innertubes, Etc... but i dont want to cause another issue of destroying gearboxes by putting some sort of rubber on the tires to cushion the ride. Any idea? I thought maybe i could put them in a lathe and make sure there true but with how thin the plastic tires are im afraid i could end up cutting through the plastic and destorying them.
Please HELP! I have to much money invested into this thing for him to end up not liking it due to all the shaking.
I also think that it seams like the passenger side rear wheel gets more power when the throttle is pressed. I thought both tires would spin when taking off put its always the rear tire. Both tires spin at the same speed when off the ground but when its on the ground the right seams better. Any ideas on what to check and how to check it?
Wayne
Please HELP! I have to much money invested into this thing for him to end up not liking it due to all the shaking.
I also think that it seams like the passenger side rear wheel gets more power when the throttle is pressed. I thought both tires would spin when taking off put its always the rear tire. Both tires spin at the same speed when off the ground but when its on the ground the right seams better. Any ideas on what to check and how to check it?
Wayne
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