Traxxas Slash Tie Bar

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I noticed by tie bar was broken after a rather violent crash and did not have one at my local hobby shop. Didn't want to wait for an online order, so... TO THE PRINTER! With concern that an exact replacement wouldn't be strong enough out of ABS or PLA, I beefed up the design around the mounting holes. This fits my Slash nicely. The holes are a shade undersized once printed (although they are oversized in the design!) in PLA and required a slight reaming with a round file. I left space to allow insertion of the C-clip, although I ended up putting the pins through from the front and putting the clip on the rear. The fit is perfect - time will tell how it holds up to bashing abuse. UPDATE: The print in PLA didn't hold up. In the part's defense, though, the car did hit a mailbox post at 30+mph... Thus why I laid out and printed the shock tower... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2889194 I'm sure it's not my aggressive and stupid driving (right??) but I broke it again - printed in ABS. I uploaded a V2 with more meat (it broke where it thins out). Should fit just as well as the first. Again, put the first set of c-clips on, the push the pins through the tie bar and through the bulkhead, put the other c-clips on from the rear...