ATTENTION: A broken alda can be fixed! Or at least, you can do something to make it work again.

My alda broke, as the result of too much playing around with it. The screw didn't seem to do anything anymore, it just goes in and out.... and the car is stuck in a mode that is really slow. You DON'T need a new alda, just use the "shim" method to adjust the alda, and you can get it back to a good setting. Although you might have to take the alda off and put it back on a few times to get a good setting, it's better than buying a new alda. My alda was never broken... it was just the adjusting part that was broken. By adjusting a different way I was able to get around the problem and save money.

For those of you who don't know, you can adjust the alda in two ways, 1) tinker with the screw on the top (ccw giving more power), or 2) put a shim under the alda to raise it a little bit (raising gives more power). 1.25mm shim = 2 turns ccw of the screw. As a shim, I used a perfect-size washer I found sitting around, it was about 1.5 mm thick. My car is fast now!

Hope this helps.

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