Not sure on the VTS, but I always ran my MTK basket just a turn or two from locked down.

I eyeball it. I don't bother measuring, as many pinions are different.


Thanks Krio, I was pretty far off from that. I was only running about 1-1.5mm of thread showing.

love this truck. had it in the street ran grate. the belt is not as tight as new its a good thing.

wow, I ran mine only mm or so from the nut being flush with the end on carpet and it would still pop the front end up easily.

i must have gotten those super secret HD pads that WC has that work on everything

sounds good. thanks lamar.

Ugh.. The spirits do not want me to try out this new truck.

Had just finished building my new FT kit, complete with the v2 Exotech chassis, super neat wiring layout - only to have the new Hitec servo flake out during initial testing (as in drive around the garage to to set toe-in, etc).

There are many neat design features of this truck to like (and some questionable), but the entire truck is practically built around the servo... I'm dreading having to basically tear down half of the truck to replace the servo.

I suppose thats what I get for straying from the Savox servos that I know and trust. The specs on the Hitec were awesome (HS-7940TH).

rant mode off.

Remove the clicker cover, belt, belt cover, and front pulley assembly. Take out the 4 screws connecting the upper front deck to the center chassis along with the under-body mount/chassis brace screw and the whole upper deck should rotate up and out with the servo.

^ This. I can get to just about anything on this truck in 10 min or so (and I spend most of my time looking for screws I've dropped).

Thanks for the roadmap.

Aaaah C-On now !!!

My little secret & please don't tell everyone....


Ae yellow pads are way underrated for the performance they bring to the Sc10 4x4...

Adjusted to show only
1.5 mm of thread above lock nut..

Whats the rest of your set-up ?

I consider those pads to work well on Buggy and ST but they are a joke on this 4x4. Running a very loose track and have lost front wheel pull due to glazed slipper twice in two times out. Glazing on high grip I would understand but low grip loose loamy track, I am hoping these Garodisc's solve the problem. Rear VTS is holding up fine although I am torching inner slipper pad that drives front end.

VTS tuning


ft wheels should pull almost as hard as the rear , my ride can make skid marks with both ft & back tires on carpet .

Been using the heavy duty pad on the ft drive...

Unless AE changed the material of the slipper pads they are still inferior to the garo pads. When I ran the basket HD pads would barely make a 6 minute main with a CC 1410. Put a pro 4 or Tenshock sc411 in there and they are toast in a few laps unless you practically lock it down. Garo pads slip just enough and don't fade. Of course some people who have never used anything else will give you the unqualified statement that the HD pads are under rated or the vts basket is the absolute best. Probably the same ones that said we just didn't know how to adjust the original slipper but know swear the vts slipper is best thing you can put on the truck. The difference is I can qualify my statement because I have actually raced with every option that has been available for that part of the truck.

Thanks for the info Dan.