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Started my build and I installed the drivetrain. I found the rear center driveshaft (the short one) has no play. The front driveshaft has some play but the rear seems a little tight. There appears to be room (the dog bone is not bottomed out in the drive cup) but I can't move it back and forth like I can with the front shaft. Is this normally? will it loosen/free up after I run?

Did you grind the pinion shaft flat spot out or shim as update suggests?

First run today. Had horrible speedo problems. The VTX8 just didn't like 2s. Wasted practice time and first qualy. Put RX8 in and qualed 5th out of 20 trucks. After getting punted in the main, stayed fifth. My buddy qualed 4th and finished 3rd. He loves the truck too.
Gotta learn how to chase traction. It went away badly, and I was stuck with a high bite setup. Think adding droop as the day goes on may be the answer. The track is crazy high bite clay, but dried out today. I have the droop down 5 mm from stock all the way around, and it rocks on high bite. As the days goes, I think I'll add some to get it back to stock. The truck was skatey in the main.
What do you guys think?

Yes I ground the pinion shaft. The drive cup fits flush with the gear case. Like I said there seems to be clearance (between the short dog bone and the drive cups) it just seems the dog bone is kind of tight in the drive cup and I can't move it back and forth. With the front center shaft I can move it back and forth about 4mm's. I guess I need to take the center diff off and check the rear dog bone plunge and see if the bone is sticking in the drive cup.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...psaabba3fa.jpg
Here is a shot of the rear shaft. You can see there appears to be clearance for the bone to move, but it is tight (i.e. no play).

Rcmiket were you using the rear and center brace

And I have an 1/8th inch of rear dog bone play on my eb48

It should free up after running. The tolerances are tight. If it doesn't free up, let us know and we can figure out another solution.

You are making it way too difficult LOL!!! AE is thicker (Scale wise) than Losi according to everything I have read and that chart I posted as a quick reference. Look at the chart.....a Losi's equivalent of 25wt AE is 27.5. It takes a thicker Losi oil (27.5) to equal the same weight AE (25) I can't help you on the Tekno stuff.

That's correct, Sean... it is the FTW Diambondback, body. FTW did an awesome job with the lines on it and look even better in person. Pyro (https://www.facebook.com/scott.beran) is one of the best painters in the world (does lots of the Pros' lids)... lucky to have him living right here in the 'Natti. I can at least look fast. :)

Sean, haven't had time to catch up on this thread, did you get your issues resolved? If not, meet me up at the Factory on Thursday night and I am sure we can figure it out.

So are the team guys not running center and rear brace?

Pretty sure we are all only running the front, no center or rear.

You Guys are way over thinking this,,,Inside = Less aggressive, outside the opposite :tire:
SO( -X-) SCTE owners whats the verdict???I think this truck is the real competition for the Losi so that's who I would like to hear from AS FAR AS A COMPARISON.Thanx!!

I ran mine bone stock today except the rear hubs with outer for camber. Trucks better than my lightened scte for sure. Its more nimble but more stable as well. Think its because of the shocks. Overall very happy with it.

I had horrible luck with the wheels though. They stripped the plastics kept coming loose (used premount gridirons SS). Is the losi aluminum hexes a direct bolt on? Also the servo horn is junk stripped in one whack. Put the tlr in and its golden. Ran a 16 pinion and temps are fine but will need a fan in summer. Ran a 18T as well but ESC was going nuts HW scte pro with 4000 kv hobbywing. I might run the tekin 3300 with 3s and rx8 for more speed maybe. Overall I love this truck!! Thanks tekno!!

Is everybody else's truck a bit noisy I'm used to my Durango it was very quit so wasn't sure if a little noisy was normal.

what size are the turnbuckles?