qwkpony

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My truck handled well out of the box, but it's time to make it better. I pulled it down to the bare chassis last night to freshen up the diffs and check everything out. The front diff case was very full of a clear-ish grease but the rear diff only had a little. Is this grease that has leaked out of the diff or did they over-lubricate the front ring gear from the factory?

Lucid

I did soak mine in hot dishwashing liquid filled water, still took forever.

I had to scrub them with an old toothbrush

BashemSmashem

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Dish soap will only work on petroleum based oils/grease , the silicone based oil/grease that we use needs some kind of solvent to break it down .

The problem with solvents is most give off harmful fumes so you have to clean the parts in a well ventilated area .

Starlite033

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Which aluminium servo horn is everyone using? I ordered this one last night since I was already making an order. Did I make a mistake? Are the clamp style ones superior?

http://www.canyonhobbies.com/CH_Gold...p/ghh01089.htm

I'm not worried about the tooth count, from what I can see the JR horn will work on my Spektrum 6040.

Star

BashemSmashem

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I use the JR horns , mainly because the LHS I go too sells it the cheapest out of the horns they stock , that horn you got looks ok but if it has a plastic insert in it its gonna wear/strip over time . JR makes the servos for Spektrum so yes the JR horns will fit the Spektrum servos .

hacker07

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I can tell you the motor in the truck works great on 2s and thats geared at an 18. It outperformed the 3800 motor on the track and temp wise. I did try the 2400kv 1415 as well and it was not fast enough in my opinion. I know you can put this RTR down on the track and be competitive and that includes in speed. I did have to consider people would want to put 3s in this and that is also why we went with this, although I would recommend gearing down. But calculating RPM's based on Kv is not always very accurate and not always a true indicator of speed. I know it does hold value though but in this case, the motor does very well.

hacker07

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The spektrum servos have the same spline count as the JR and were originally made by JR but have not been for some time now...just for trivia knowledge.

vic0280

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hey guys got the aluminum pivot supports and went to put them on late last night.

question i have is which fitting do i put in to match stock settings.
is the frt 0-0
rear is ?

dtr

Go to the page for the SCTE roller and there's a checkbox at the bottom to include the Bump chassis.

mxr300ex

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Cool, thanks.

dtr

After the first race with the SCTE I took the diffs apart to see how the internals held (a bit disappointed since after 6 10min heats even the replacement pins were worn 1-2 tenths of a mm and on of the sun gears had chipped a tooth, as if it had a mold problem; the pins were from the EU distributor and visibly different from the original , I hope horizon EU will take care of these issues as well as Ryan&co does in US) My problem is that to get the front diff out I had to take out 14 screws and it feels a bit too many.
What is the best method to reach the diff more easily?

BmainStar

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zero all the way around!

BmainStar

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BashemSmashem

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Hmmm , I did not know this

BmainStar

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1-2 tenths of a mm ?? You mixed fractions and metric in that LOL No easy way around it! You are the Driver and the Crew chief and the Mechanic,just use very good hex drivers or a power driver!!