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Old 08-20-2010, 03:09 PM
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The shim has to be small enough as not to block ther piston holes correct? Would u say those motor shims might be about .5mm thick
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Originally Posted by E.J. Evans
I haven't tried a gear diff up front. Something I need to test.
Get with it slacker. Full time job, 2 part time jobs and racing. You should be able to test whenever you want, right?
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Old 08-20-2010, 05:09 PM
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Who u caling slacker slacker, I can top that. First I work the grave yard shift. Come home sleep for 3 hours then get up and take care of my son 4 years old. Then i take my two daughter 12 and 14 to their sports practices when they get home from school. I am the assistant coach for my oldest daughters traveling soft ball team. So on the weekends when I get off work at 6:00 am in the morning then I get back in the car by 6;40 and down the road at least two hour drive to the game. Usually get home by 8:00pm with out any sleep. Then do it all overt again on sunday.Oh did I mention that I also work an extra 36 hours a week on top of my normal 40. I try to make time to go racing but I'm not as fortunate as others who have time to "TEST" like u say. This was my first post on this site did'nt know I would offend anyone Just asking for a little help from a fellow photon owner
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Disregar last post mis read the earlier post sorry just a little tired. sorry again
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Originally Posted by DAAAANZ67
Disregar last post mis read the earlier post sorry just a little tired. sorry again
Yeah. I was busting on EJ. Besides having a full time job, he works TOP USA and imports for Solaris. Believe me, I'm not calling anyone out to compare work schedules. I've got it pretty good right now.
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Gear diffs built and ready to install!

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Old 08-20-2010, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DAAAANZ67
The shim has to be small enough as not to block ther piston holes correct? Would u say those motor shims might be about .5mm thick
don't think you'll get a .5mm shim in there. I think I usually use .010-.020 or something. just experiment till you get the slop out but can still get the e-clip on.
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Originally Posted by cpatel529
What are the red spacers for that come with the gear diffs?

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to correctly center the diff assy. between the bulkheads.
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Max shim would be .3mm, I tried thicker and ended up having to grind down what I had laying around, would not fit until I hit .3mm, and that was a snug fit so I'm guessing you could go a shade thinner maybe.

And I missed my second chance to have some track time last night, track was a wash out with rain, which sucks cause my new tyres had just shown up, so I would have had some grip, and I think most things on the car have been sorted now.
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I used .3mm as well. Kyosho has a shim kit that contains washers with the perfect ID and OD. It includes shims .1, .2, and .3mm thick. I'll find the part number to the kit. I have the receipt here somewhere.
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Probably these:

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...3x5mm-Shim-Set
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Yup, those are them.
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Photon Kit next week arrive again !
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Speaking of shims.....Are you all shimming the steering knuckle slop out in the c-hubs, or just leaving them lose?
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Originally Posted by pcar951
Speaking of shims.....Are you all shimming the steering knuckle slop out in the c-hubs, or just leaving them lose?
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