Well, after many thousands of laps on my trusty Mini-Z MR-02 I finally broke the chassis. One of the upper king pin mounts broke. How did I know? I was running some test laps with the new HFAY Season 6 70-turn motor and had been pretty consistent on lap times when I inexplicably slowed 10 seconds a session. A session is 20 laps of my track which is a bit longer and has more turns than the #7 HFAY track. So, I check out the car and lo and behold, a broken king pin mount. Nice. Looks like it is time for the PN Racing Front Tower Bar set to come to the rescue.

Installation was very straight forward and took about 15 minutes. Dremel off the remaining stock front suspension mounts and screw in the PN replacement. Simple.

In addition to the needed repair and extra chi-chi now on my car, I get to play with caster settings to try to improve my car’s handing. Those tests coming as soon as I get the needed tower bar replacement parts.

You can normally get this part from my eBay store at http://stores.ebay.com/mini-speedway

PN Racing Mini-Z MR-02 Aluminum Front Tower Bar Set
PN Racing Part # MR2002

The broken left kingpin mount.

Another view of the damage.

The stock plastic mounts have been Dremeled off.

The new PN Racing Aluminum Tower Bar installed.

The front end reassembled. Form plus function. Sweet.

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