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This troubleshooting guide has been provided to help you diagnose and solve most problems that you may encounter with your X-Cellerator
Racer. Most problems encountered can be solved by carefully following the problem-cause-solution sections. If you cannot solve the
problem using this troubleshooting guide, please feel free to contact us at the address, phone number or email address shown on the
second page of this Assembly Manual.
SECTION 8: TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
PROBLEM
CAUSE
SOLUTION
1) Vehicle pulls to one side
A) Steering trim out of adjustment
A) Readjust trim to center both wheels
B) Toe angle out of adjustment
B) Readjust toe angle
C) One wheel is hanging or has damaged bearing
C) Remove wheel and clean bearing. Replace if necessary
2) Brake seems ineffective
A) Brake linkage out of adjustment
A) Readjust brake linkage
B) Brake disc worn
B) Replace brake disc
3) Clutch does not engage
A) Clutch shoes damaged or worn
A) Replace clutch shoes
B) Clutch bell damaged or worn
B) Replace clutch bell
4) Clutch does not disengage
A) Clutch spring worn or damaged
A) Replace clutch spring
5) Truck does not "go"
A) Stripped spur gear
A) Replace spur gear
B) Stripped differential gear(s)
B) Replace differential gear(s)
C) Slipper clutch set too loose
C) Readjust slipper clutch until truck accelerates smoothly
D) Clutch shoes slipping
D) Clean clutch bell as described on page # 6, step # 5
and carefully remove any "glaze" from the clutch
shoes, suing the same method
6) Truck wheelies or flips
A) Slipper clutch set too tight
A) Readjust slipper clutch until truck accelerates smoothly
over backwards
7) Suspension not smooth or free
A) One or more shocks sticking
A) Clean and/or rebuild the affected shock
B) Bent shock shaft
B) Rebuild affected shock
C) Bent or otherwise damaged hinge pin
C) Replace hinge pin
8) Shocks leaking oil
A) Shock seals worn
A) Replace shock seals
B) Bent shock shaft
B) Rebuild affected shock
