hugewhitenfurry

Hello to everyone. I'm quite new to the world of RC and am wondering what oil weight to run in the diffs. on my hotbodies lightning stadium? I bought it used and would like to check everything over B4 I run it. The engine does run, I changed out the servos w/ some heavy duty ones right away. It has seen better days but I think it will live. Please help.

Duster_360

iTrader: (21)

I have a HB Buggy and run 5k -7K -3K (F-C-R) which works well. Might start there and see what its like and fine tune based on how it behaves. Shouldn't be too far off.

hugewhitenfurry

Thank you!!!! Is it a rather involved process to change the gear oil?

TheAnalogKid

A lot easier if you access to the instruction manual. Check hot bodies website, they may have it there.

Hitman Racing 1

Yeah they should have a parts explosion on thier website. It really isnt that difficult, I have a photographic memory so that aids me a lot. I'd say do one at a time so you dont forget what parts are for wich diff.

RC Dad

iTrader: (26)

Run heavier weight diff lube if you plan to bash with it.

We used to have a lightning stadium truck, and unlike the buggy it worked best with heavy oils, 15-20-10 I believe, which was lighter even than the previous owner (LHS owner) ran in it. It had to be driven like a drifter to carry any corner speed since the heavy oil was needed to keep the diffs from unloading. Fun and predictable to drive, but too heavy to be really competitive racing IMO.

rc-mike

When you change differential oil do you need to clean it out good or just dump out the old and put in the new?

Hitman Racing 1

Clean it out good, I take all gears out and clean indivudually.