turtle189mt

Anyone selling a xb4 14 or 15?

skeasor

I'm building my 2015 xb4 tonight and I'm either reading the manual wrong or something...What length drive shaft goes from the slipper to the front and rear when running a shorty? i have the 95mm in the rear and 85mm in the front and it's messed up haha. The manual says, 95mm (shorter) in the rear but 85mm (longer) in the front? How is 95mm shorter than 85mm? Any help is appreciated because I obviously have something messed up

rcgod

iTrader: (33)

There is an addendum in the kit for assembly when running shorty. It uses different driveshafts than saddle.

skeasor

Yea, those are the ones I'm using (bag 9). For the slipper, does the longer shaft go toward to the front of the rear of the car?

suby723

iTrader: (21)

85mm front

skeasor

Thanks....My front is binding badly. I have the diff completely out and any angle I put to the front drive shaft causes binding somewhere...If the drive shaft is level is spins freely but as soon as i connect it to the output drives of the slipper it binds. Cant figure it out.


edit: It's the actual drive shaft is binding. The cup that keeps the pin in is binding...hmmm

edit 2: fixed it...removed the grease, cleaned it up and regreased. odd. maybe not enough grease the first time

suzukipro

iTrader: (33)

I wonder if I'm the first to have a broken steel pinion gear? I bought and installed the steel ring and pinion gears on my 14 XB4 as soon as they were released and ended up hearing the dreaded clicking sound tonight coming down the front straight . I was confused as I didn't believe I would have issues with the diffs after installing the steel gears but low and behold it happened . I'm running on hard pack dirt and my slipper is set at 7.54mm so I'm not running it too tight, the ring gear appears to be fine so I guess it's not so bad...good thing I have the composites as back up I guess

kevinpratt823

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85mm in front 95mm rear, the shorter/longer is a typo.

kevinpratt823

iTrader: (12)

I have heard of a few people who put the CV pin through the wrong hole by accident........

001casey

iTrader: (31)

I just had a phone call from a friend to say he just stripped one tonight as well. He was racing on a high grip carpet indoor track. Was also the front 14 tooth in a 13 model.

kevinpratt823

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I wonder if it has anything to do with the earlier gearboxes? Weren't they updated to eliminate some slop at the bearings?

001casey

iTrader: (31)

Yeah I do remember something like that. When I assembled my 15 I considered shimming the 14t forward with shim between the bearing and gear.
I have had 1 run on mine and can see the wear mark only on the front 2/3 of the teeth. Plenty of depth left to play with.

QuadCamd

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anyone grenade the front bearing center mount on a 14?

BDRMBULLY

iTrader: (40)

Yup . And a rear gear box inner one.
And far as metal ring n pinion it prob wouldnt hurt to open gear boxes and throw grease on tge gears from time to time even if not rebuilding. What kind of lube are you guys using on the metal gears. I just been using black grease but looking for something better.

DustinEich

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Red and Tacky has always worked the best for me.