Wow...so needless to say when we pin the layshaft that it puts MUCH MORE stress on the gears...thanks for sharing the pics . Sounds like if the FT version will have this, than AE should come out with an updated material for the idler gear.

It's not that. It's 'us' treating the slipper pinned as unpinned.

I torque'd down the slipper like I would any other time and so the slipper wasn't "slipping" thus tearing the gears like like any truck would do. It was my fault. We have to understand when we do the mod, to treat the slipper as we "thought" we were going to when we got these trucks (before this whole decoupled mess)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT6oxF-vSMM

here you go, iphones, it will work now.

I pinned ours too, my son tried it and didn't care for it. I tried it and liked it, but also took out the idler gear in the rear tranny? Not sure why, we have had our trucks for 5-6 months and they have been very reliable. Want to try the pin again but don't want to keep tossing idler gears!

I only have had my truck a week so take with a grain of salt but... I think when we loose the gear it is only because the slipper is not set correctly. I just turned on the nut and didn't check it, gone in just a few laps. Replaced, reset, no problems.

The first race day out after I pinned mine i messed up my idler gear replaced and it has went threw 2 weekend race days and haven't had a problem


I was curious about oPinions on the aluminum idler gear and diff gear

I got to say, unless My truck was built differently. I have had 0 issues with the slipper. I'm running a 6.5 Tekin 16P, stock spur with a 50c centre saddle for the entire season, and only replaced HD pads. NO SLIP I was waiting on the results of the pin mod, (glad I did) I think for now I'll leave the truck as is. Truck runs awesome, placing in the top 3.

hey guys
im sitting here looking for a new truck to bilt ower the winter and im really getting interestet in this ae sc10 4x4.
i all ready got the motor combo for it novak pro sc 4,5T. and normal 7,4V 2S lipo

what do i need for the kit other then sway bars when i run whit a 550 motor??
and what pinion size will u recomend for start whit ??
ths for the replys

I ordered the STRC o ring spring collars & just put them on...they are SO MUCH BETTER than the stock plastic collars...I always hated how easy they screwed onto the shock bodies, these collars have good resistance, I'm sure I won't have to check my ride height after every run...even though I probably will any way...it's r/c paranoia

Ah...understood.

If you start running 550 motors, the slipper problems show up.

The 540 motors don't have enough torque to cause the biasing problems. I would of not stopped running my 6.5 540 in my truck except in order to get it to be the same speed as the 550 (laptimes) I had to put a lot of gear in it and it would thermal in 5 minutes - with a fan! The 550 is easier to drive than the 540 was now that I pinned the belt cog.

I had a failure yesterday. One of my high zoot Jconcpets locknuts came off, giving me a "did you lose a tire" moment. It's serrated, I just didn't get it tight enough. And my truck has been getting louder and louder, so I assume it's the idler going bye bye.

I have the parts to build the brace. I'm going to build mine a little different in the back part of it (going to mount it to the shocktower) but it will be a few days because after watching Dan Wheldon die this afternoon (I never miss an indycar race) I just don't feel like being around anything racy.

so if u run a 550 4,5T motor u need to upgrad ur slipper???

if so can u plz put up a link to what i need ??
what other beef is ther whit this truck??

i know losi got problems whit diff and drive line.
nexx whit front bumper and a littel durabelity.

so what is the problems whit this one and what do i need to upgrad from the start im going to run on a big 1/8 loose traction big jumps track

I discovered tht the annodize was so worn out in the inside of my shocks that you could actually feel them catch through the stroke.
Purchase list:
Hard annodize shock bodies
TiNi shock shafts
RPM front&rear a-arms
2 hard anno aluminum idler gears

The freak, RCSHOX.com
( http://rcshox.com/shoxshop/catalog/p...ddf7bb8903e8f7) has some garolight slipper disc that work wonderfully well, and Mac the Knife makes a clutch basket that works very good as well- http://gearrings.weebly.com/rc-racing-stuff.html

Hey there all, ran my SC10 4x4 with the Tekin RX8 and tekin pro4 4600kv, all I can say is WOW this thing is amazing, plenty of steering and rear grip on a Medium to high grip clay track.
I love this truck ohyeahhhhhh bring on the next race meeting this Sunday then the Corr truck stampede event here in Australia at the Keilor offroad track

Still trying to figure out why the pinned shaft is killing transmissions?

I've only got 1 race night on mine. I noticed the truck was sounding worse but I had no failure.

Since then, I've had the trans in and out a bunch, building w/o the idler or diff, trying it pinned and un-pinned, messing w/ the slipper...and so on.

Trying to isolate the noise, my idler looks good, but sound like a bad pinion/spur gear combo.

From the looks of everyone elses, it must be the idler. My bearings feel good.

I was running my slipper (stock w/ garolite pads), pretty tight. I was also driving it a little harder than normal.

I guess the shock applied through the slipper to the idler is just too much for it to take?

What's the solution?