Why wont my tiger work?

[The_Blue_Dragon]

Hi people,
My Tiger arrived yesterday and one of the rear wheels or hat ever you call them was snapped off so I cal;led the shop and they got Fedex to pick it up then they dropped a new one off this morning.

I put the batteries in, switched transmitter then tank on then press the engin button but nothing happens. The tank is just sat there with the lights flashing with no sound or anything.

What is going wrong before I get stressed and throw it through the window. I'm sure my battery is charged but just incase Ive got it on charge now.

[The_Blue_Dragon]

Fixed it after reading the FAQ section on here but now the front wheel thingy has come off so need to take it all to pieces to rebuild it :@ getting me really mad now


GRRRRRR Just took it for a spin after fixing the sprocket as tight as I could and it came off again. I'm not impressed at all

[BREL]

try putting some screw lock on the bolt holding the Sprocket on

[The_Blue_Dragon]

Thats what I've done and seems to be holding. I kept having trouble with the turret because when ever the barrel moved up or down the 2 halfs of the turret would come apart and the BBs would fall and get stuck so I've dabbed abit of glue to hold them both together and new seems to add more power.

Next up is how could I get more power for cutting through grass/snow? When I took it out earlier it was fine in straight lines but as soon as you try to turn it would give up and would only turn on the spot

[fv432]

more power = metal gearboxes (im assuming you have plastics with a slipper clutch?)

[The_Blue_Dragon]

According to the ebay shop I got it from it came with metal gearboxs, tracks and sprockets

[fv432]

Ok then they may need bedding in using toothpaste to loosen them up a little

[The_Blue_Dragon]

Toothpaste?

[fv432]

yes if you take out the boxes and motors and smear the gears in toothpaste and run them in a drill it frees the gears up Warning though its very messy

[fv432]

then just wash the gears out re-lube and re-fit