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Old 05-24-2004, 01:06 PM
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do u guys run ur drivetrain dry?
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I do. But If I had a dry teflon lube-I Would use it. I cannot say I have had any noiceable wear in my TC3 trannies running them dry and have even hard from guys that they saw a lot of wear when running a lube!! Doesnt make sense.

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Old 05-24-2004, 01:14 PM
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I run with grease on my gears...
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I laos run my gears dry with teflon lube
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Old 05-24-2004, 04:35 PM
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I run mine dry, but usually I over grease my diff and it slings out onto the gears. And my car spins super free.
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Old 05-24-2004, 04:41 PM
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I'm thinking using one of these. What do you guys think? Which one would be better.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...3&I=LXKR90&P=K

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...3&I=LXKR69&P=K
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Old 05-24-2004, 04:48 PM
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Originally posted by Aku-Man
I'm thinking using one of these. What do you guys think? Which one would be better.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...3&I=LXKR90&P=K

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...3&I=LXKR69&P=K
The first one is the same is Bike Lube w/teflon...very messy....

get dry lube it sticks to the plastic better... a great alternative is Ultralon...but is discontinued at Tower... next best thing is
White Lightning bike lube...
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Old 05-24-2004, 04:54 PM
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I have Ultralon and I don't like it. Once I put on, I have to keep spinning till it dry or the gears will seize up. And it is hard to remove. That's why I want to try somethingelse.
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Paragon makes liquid graphite or at least they use to. I used that on my Pro4 gears. Dries in like a minute or two and stays on a long time. My local shop was getting it for me all last year.
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Originally posted by Aku-Man
I have Ultralon and I don't like it. Once I put on, I have to keep spinning till it dry or the gears will seize up. And it is hard to remove. That's why I want to try somethingelse.
For best results...It's usually applied before the car is assembled.
the standard grease that came with the car will work fine....
or soak your gears in WD-40
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Old 05-24-2004, 05:04 PM
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Graphite powder should also work very well
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I might try soak in Mobile 1 fully synthetic transmission fluid. But it stinks.
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Old 05-24-2004, 05:10 PM
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Guys The only thing to use on diffs is Graphite Powder.The brand I use is made here in Australia.Being a dry powder you just puff it on and Hey Presto no worries!!!!!!

I had a major problem last race night......For the first lap I had MAJOR interferance,thenfor the rest of the race full control again.This happened 4 times...practise was fine...I tried putting the reciever (KO kr297fz)on the servo,I also changed crystals....Still the same problem.

Any ideas??????
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Graphite Powder, where can I get it?
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you should be able to get them at hardware store.
Mine says it's great for all "locks"

Anyways, Ultralon is good stuff too!
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