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Axial Wraith slipper clutch adjustment

Old 02-12-2015, 04:06 PM
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...is a huge pain in the butt, I'm sure you've noticed. The slipper clutch is buried inside the transmission tunnel, and there's suspension linkages, a driveshaft, a servo, and the bottom edge of the receiver box all conspiring to make it impossible to reach without dropping the transmission. Since the slipper clutch needs to be adjusted periodically as the pads wear down and the motor ages, and occasionally needs to be loosened and re-tightened to break it loose after it gets stuck together -- and since you can't test the new setting without the transmission being bolted in-place again ---the positioning of the slipper clutch makes for a very irritating time about once every week or two, if you use your Wraith on a regular basis.

However, I just realized that one of the wrenches that came with my Traxxas Summit solves this problem, allowing me to quickly adjust the slipper clutch in small increments without having to drop the transmission first:



The wrench is Traxxas part 3980, and it costs two dollars: https://traxxas.com/products/parts/3980

It's cast aluminum, so it's not very strong (e.g. don't use it on wheel nuts), but it works great for this job. So much easier now.

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Old 02-13-2015, 06:53 AM
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