sylv456

Hi all,

Did anybody already try this kind of installation? I've used a XXX-T CR motor fan support to put the speedo in front of the motor. Before soldering I'm interested to know if somebody already tried and concluded this was not ok (weigth distribution or maintenance,...?).




Cheers

Casper

iTrader: (34)

Not sure what this buys you? Truck really does not need more weight up front IMO. It also raises the ESC higher off the chassis. I just use a servo extension to route my reciever wire under the battery tray. You can mod the battery try by cutting off the ESC tray to mount the ESC directly to the chassis.

Other then that no reason you can't do what you did.

i would expect you to need a fan on that ESC as well.

FangsCPO

Interesting setup but I'm not sure if I lilke all my wires so close to my gears.

Feint Motion

iTrader: (24)

The new gears will be in the new rtr trucks coming out this fall.

I bought the latest batch, and it has been solid. No wear on the gears or diff pins. Over 100 packs.

No more diff problems, buy this truck

FangsCPO

Diffs and gears are old news. As advised, buy this rig, you won't regret it. It's tough as nails and with a few additional Losi options....it can only get better. Losi Rock!!!!!

SEF

iTrader: (39)

I guess the original question was are all the gears and pins being sold now the latest and greatest?

I am wondering this as well. I just went to the LHS and saw some gears and pins and I picked them up. I also want to make sure they are the hardened pins. Also, if I remember correctly, there is a running change to the diff gears. I want to know if I have the latest gears.

How do I know that I am not mixing and matching old and new if I've picked up a couple gear sets and the last month or so?

hacker07

iTrader: (13)

I am suprised this is coming up again...but here goes. Everything out there that you can find will have the hardened pins. As far as the gears go, anything you are finding now is good. However, the gears from the new mold will be in the RTR truck and on past that and will ship as replacement parts shortly, as soon as we run out of existing stock.

SEF

iTrader: (39)

Thanks Ryan. I stopped reading and keeping up with the thread for a month or two because of how fast it grows. I just recently started reading again.

In any case, I got the truck immediately when it came out, and I am still running the very original gears. I replaced with Chris pins from the beginning and still run the original gears.

Also still running the original rear bumper and no problems with center drive shafts. That's a long time of running on 3s with a 2650 motor on a 1/8 scale track

micrors4guy

iTrader: (50)

Ryan when will some hard annod shock bodies be out? also have yall thought about doing the suspsnsion balls in hard ano also? im eating threw them pretty good with the dirt we run on at a couple local tracks.

bico1

iTrader: (74)

Ryan -

This past weekend, my car was behaving very strangely and I localized the problem to worn down gears inside my diffs. All the gears were worn down quite a bit. Also, the big shim behind the sun gears showed quite a bit of wear from the rubbing against the pin underneath the sun gear as well as a groove from rubbing against the metal diff cup that goes into the diff housing.

Fortunately, I have several replacement sets, so this wasn't a big deal. Now, I have had these gears for some time and have easily put them through 50-100 battery packs. Is this normal wear and tear? Or is this from the fact that the large sun gear shims are worn (should these shims be replaced regularly)?

I just wanted advice on how to minimize this in the future!

Thanks in advance! I love my scte and all the awesome advice available in this forum!

(note: I have had chris kit installed since I bought this car a few months ago)

lowroad

iTrader: (79)

Chris also makes hardened shims for under the sun gears. Get em!

bico1

iTrader: (74)

I'm actually using the hardened shims. Those got grooved right up also just like the stock washers.

Mr.juarez

iTrader: (37)

you need to ca glue the metal insert that goes in the diff cup where the out drive comes through. glue that to the diff cup and it will no longer rub up against the sun gear shim.

the stock shims only lasted me a week befoe they would turn into a folded taco look a like, the chris a shims never showed a sign or wear.

ScottKelly911

iTrader: (9)

I know Ryan already answered this question for you, but I'm sure other people will be wondering the same thing in the not too distant future. I have the new mold (not released yet) gears in my rear diff on my truck. You probably missed it, but I did a big write up about them. If you're really interested to read it, I'm sure you can find it by looking at my previous posts by clicking on my profile. But it's REALLY easy to tell the soon to be released new mold gears vs. the old mold gears. Here's a pic of them. The new Spider gears are slightly longer for better mesh and the splines on the sun gear go all the way through. Also, the new mold gears even though are molded, look almost machined. The old mold gears have held up great for me in my front and center diff, but once the new gears are available I'll definitely be switching them out. Again, there's nothing wrong with the current gears, I've beat the snot out of them and they've taken all my abuse

Here's the pic, New gears on left, old gears on right, you can easily see the difference, so there will be no doubt which set you get when purchasing them:

10sctrel0v3r

iTrader: (1)

should be no more complaints after these bad boys hit the shelves.