Originally Posted by Cpt.America

hardy har

Originally Posted by JOJOHAMBONE

hi im going to be getting a dex210 soon and i was wondering if there is any mandatory upgrades that would be worth doing right away. also what gearing would you guys reccomend with a tekin 8.5t. i cant wait to get mine!
thanks
Blake

Originally Posted by JOJOHAMBONE

thanks cant wait to get mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Cpt.America

So the setup on my 210 has come all the way around, and is darn close to being perfect. It ran fantastic last night. But in my main, about 1/4 the way in, my car started to make some funny sounds. It is starting to squeek a little bit, usually in the high speed sections of the track. I havne't taken the gearbox apart, but all the external bearings seem 100% perfect, and everything spins nice and free...

Anybody else seeing this?

Originally Posted by Cpt.America

So the setup on my 210 has come all the way around, and is darn close to being perfect. It ran fantastic last night. But in my main, about 1/4 the way in, my car started to make some funny sounds. It is starting to squeek a little bit, usually in the high speed sections of the track. I havne't taken the gearbox apart, but all the external bearings seem 100% perfect, and everything spins nice and free...

Anybody else seeing this?

Originally Posted by Cpt.America

So the setup on my 210 has come all the way around, and is darn close to being perfect. It ran fantastic last night. But in my main, about 1/4 the way in, my car started to make some funny sounds. It is starting to squeek a little bit, usually in the high speed sections of the track. I havne't taken the gearbox apart, but all the external bearings seem 100% perfect, and everything spins nice and free...

Anybody else seeing this?

Originally Posted by tomdav

Setup sheet?

Originally Posted by 2wdMod

I bet your getting cvd squeek or outdrive squeek at loaded high RPMs.. I chased thats very same every once in a while squeek when I ran the academy gv2 platform..never constant, but enough to make you check all your bearings ETC..a couple drops of light oil on the cvd's and outdrive slots and it disapeared...

Originally Posted by Cpt.America

CVDs (and hub bearings) are cleaned and re-greased before every race day.. so it isn't those. I have yet to tear into the gearbox housing however... I think it may be in there. Or... it could be the wear slots in the outdrives?

Originally Posted by 2wdMod

I was thinking the wear spots you mentioned in previous posts..the gv2's had soft outdrives and the squeek always started after there was some wear showing..when they were new/ungouged..not a peep.

Originally Posted by 2wdMod

I was thinking the wear spots you mentioned in previous posts..the gv2's had soft outdrives and the squeek always started after there was some wear showing..when they were new/ungouged..not a peep.