80LikesDurango DEX210 Thread
01-10-2012, 04:34 PM
#3452
RCshox gear case fix prototype
One of our faithful members was gracious enough to send me his broken gear case for a fix. so i came up with this:
Instead of tying on to the already weak gear case, this one mounts in the place of the rear sway bar mount and i even countersunk the M3 nyloc washers!! It is about a mm shorter but you can either space up at the ball stud or put spacers under the mount. We all know how much of a pain it is assembling that factory sway bar mount, this is MUCH easier! i also included three different mounting point for more tuning abilities.
I will test this weekend (although i suspect nothing could possibly go wrong and its definately not going to break) PM me if you are interested, i can do a pre-order on the site for them.
Instead of tying on to the already weak gear case, this one mounts in the place of the rear sway bar mount and i even countersunk the M3 nyloc washers!! It is about a mm shorter but you can either space up at the ball stud or put spacers under the mount. We all know how much of a pain it is assembling that factory sway bar mount, this is MUCH easier! i also included three different mounting point for more tuning abilities.
I will test this weekend (although i suspect nothing could possibly go wrong and its definately not going to break) PM me if you are interested, i can do a pre-order on the site for them.
01-10-2012, 04:37 PM
#3453
Tech Rookie
01-10-2012, 04:42 PM
#3454
One of our faithful members was gracious enough to send me his broken gear case for a fix. so i came up with this:
Instead of tying on to the already weak gear case, this one mounts in the place of the rear sway bar mount and i even countersunk the M3 nyloc washers!! It is about a mm shorter but you can either space up at the ball stud or put spacers under the mount. We all know how much of a pain it is assembling that factory sway bar mount, this is MUCH easier! i also included three different mounting point for more tuning abilities.
I will test this weekend (although i suspect nothing could possibly go wrong and its definately not going to break) PM me if you are interested, i can do a pre-order on the site for them.
Instead of tying on to the already weak gear case, this one mounts in the place of the rear sway bar mount and i even countersunk the M3 nyloc washers!! It is about a mm shorter but you can either space up at the ball stud or put spacers under the mount. We all know how much of a pain it is assembling that factory sway bar mount, this is MUCH easier! i also included three different mounting point for more tuning abilities.
I will test this weekend (although i suspect nothing could possibly go wrong and its definately not going to break) PM me if you are interested, i can do a pre-order on the site for them.
01-10-2012, 04:45 PM
#3455
One of our faithful members was gracious enough to send me his broken gear case for a fix. so i came up with this:
Instead of tying on to the already weak gear case, this one mounts in the place of the rear sway bar mount and i even countersunk the M3 nyloc washers!! It is about a mm shorter but you can either space up at the ball stud or put spacers under the mount. We all know how much of a pain it is assembling that factory sway bar mount, this is MUCH easier! i also included three different mounting point for more tuning abilities.
I will test this weekend (although i suspect nothing could possibly go wrong and its definately not going to break) PM me if you are interested, i can do a pre-order on the site for them.
Instead of tying on to the already weak gear case, this one mounts in the place of the rear sway bar mount and i even countersunk the M3 nyloc washers!! It is about a mm shorter but you can either space up at the ball stud or put spacers under the mount. We all know how much of a pain it is assembling that factory sway bar mount, this is MUCH easier! i also included three different mounting point for more tuning abilities.
I will test this weekend (although i suspect nothing could possibly go wrong and its definately not going to break) PM me if you are interested, i can do a pre-order on the site for them.
01-10-2012, 06:24 PM
#3457
Marcus,
Nice piece there. I like it. I'd be in for one just in case
I did some testing again today. Moved from Losi Orange to Red fronts, 25 to 37.5 oil front, and 20 to 35 rear. Moved the ackermann to the forward hole and got rid of most of my bump steer, and 0mm on the rear roll center. Definitely made the car feel better and wasn't so twitchy down the straight.
My SC10 diff needs thicker oil. If I get the rear-end unsettled under power it lights up the unloaded tire too much. Probably going to move from 3k to 7k oil and see how it works.
Also, if anyone is interested in running the SC10 diff, HPI makes shims that fit perfect. #Z892. Buy to packs. Be sure to shim the side of the diff with the backing on the teeth more as you need to center the idle gear first.
For whatever reason, someone at Mike's wanted to start grooving the track, so it didn't get watered, and had no rear traction at all, which doesn't help when trying to get a MM4 setup going.
I'm rebuilding the car tonight to get everything cleaned, and I'm going to change everything to kit specs, which exception of motor position and shocks. My front toe and camber is really funky; been having trouble getting them set where I want.
-Auto
Nice piece there. I like it. I'd be in for one just in case
I did some testing again today. Moved from Losi Orange to Red fronts, 25 to 37.5 oil front, and 20 to 35 rear. Moved the ackermann to the forward hole and got rid of most of my bump steer, and 0mm on the rear roll center. Definitely made the car feel better and wasn't so twitchy down the straight.
My SC10 diff needs thicker oil. If I get the rear-end unsettled under power it lights up the unloaded tire too much. Probably going to move from 3k to 7k oil and see how it works.
Also, if anyone is interested in running the SC10 diff, HPI makes shims that fit perfect. #Z892. Buy to packs. Be sure to shim the side of the diff with the backing on the teeth more as you need to center the idle gear first.
For whatever reason, someone at Mike's wanted to start grooving the track, so it didn't get watered, and had no rear traction at all, which doesn't help when trying to get a MM4 setup going.
I'm rebuilding the car tonight to get everything cleaned, and I'm going to change everything to kit specs, which exception of motor position and shocks. My front toe and camber is really funky; been having trouble getting them set where I want.
-Auto
01-10-2012, 06:53 PM
#3460
Marcus,
Nice piece there. I like it. I'd be in for one just in case
I did some testing again today. Moved from Losi Orange to Red fronts, 25 to 37.5 oil front, and 20 to 35 rear. Moved the ackermann to the forward hole and got rid of most of my bump steer, and 0mm on the rear roll center. Definitely made the car feel better and wasn't so twitchy down the straight.
My SC10 diff needs thicker oil. If I get the rear-end unsettled under power it lights up the unloaded tire too much. Probably going to move from 3k to 7k oil and see how it works.
Also, if anyone is interested in running the SC10 diff, HPI makes shims that fit perfect. #Z892. Buy to packs. Be sure to shim the side of the diff with the backing on the teeth more as you need to center the idle gear first.
For whatever reason, someone at Mike's wanted to start grooving the track, so it didn't get watered, and had no rear traction at all, which doesn't help when trying to get a MM4 setup going.
I'm rebuilding the car tonight to get everything cleaned, and I'm going to change everything to kit specs, which exception of motor position and shocks. My front toe and camber is really funky; been having trouble getting them set where I want.
-Auto
Nice piece there. I like it. I'd be in for one just in case
I did some testing again today. Moved from Losi Orange to Red fronts, 25 to 37.5 oil front, and 20 to 35 rear. Moved the ackermann to the forward hole and got rid of most of my bump steer, and 0mm on the rear roll center. Definitely made the car feel better and wasn't so twitchy down the straight.
My SC10 diff needs thicker oil. If I get the rear-end unsettled under power it lights up the unloaded tire too much. Probably going to move from 3k to 7k oil and see how it works.
Also, if anyone is interested in running the SC10 diff, HPI makes shims that fit perfect. #Z892. Buy to packs. Be sure to shim the side of the diff with the backing on the teeth more as you need to center the idle gear first.
For whatever reason, someone at Mike's wanted to start grooving the track, so it didn't get watered, and had no rear traction at all, which doesn't help when trying to get a MM4 setup going.
I'm rebuilding the car tonight to get everything cleaned, and I'm going to change everything to kit specs, which exception of motor position and shocks. My front toe and camber is really funky; been having trouble getting them set where I want.
-Auto
01-10-2012, 07:26 PM
#3462
For what it's worth, I've had just about that same exact set up for the last 2 weeks (other than your ackerman/bumpsteer adjustments) on a medium/high-bite track and have had great results. 5K oil in the Associated gear diff is working. Glad to see it's not just me liking this.
01-10-2012, 07:35 PM
#3463
For what it's worth, I've had just about that same exact set up for the last 2 weeks (other than your ackerman/bumpsteer adjustments) on a medium/high-bite track and have had great results. 5K oil in the Associated gear diff is working. Glad to see it's not just me liking this.
01-10-2012, 08:17 PM
#3465
For what it's worth, I've had just about that same exact set up for the last 2 weeks (other than your ackerman/bumpsteer adjustments) on a medium/high-bite track and have had great results. 5K oil in the Associated gear diff is working. Glad to see it's not just me liking this.
With the 5k oil, how much resistance is there to opposing rotation? With 3k is really smooth, but really like on the tension.
I'm running 81/25 at Mikes with a 6.5. You can ream out a JConcepts B4.1 spur, and use the AE pads. They're thicker too.
If you want to try it out I have a few RW spurs coming Thursday so I'll have an extra.
Btw, you going to race Saturday?