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Old 01-01-2012 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaz240
Yea at this point I really just wanted it gone. I know a dozen people with this truggy and none of them have the problems I was having. I spent all day Friday wrenching on it to get ready for Saturday's race. I put $80 in new parts on it including a complete brand new rebuild of the entire drive line including axles and diffs and bulkheads. That was the second time in 2 months I completely rebuilt the driveline. All new pins and couplers at every dogbone, all new bearings and I re-shimmed both diffs. The set screws on both front and rear pinions are red thread locked and I took extra care to make sure the set srews were on the flat spot of the pins. Truggy ran great for practice, and both quali's and I double checked a few things before the main. Roll em out and check em in and 2 laps in my entire rear diff just let go. Ran down to pit lane just to see if maybe I got the only bad bottle of red thread lock on the planet but the rear drive extension was tight and secure on the pinion and I could not even turn the set screw without applying heat. I did not take it apart because I am so over it, but it actually feels like there is no pinion gear head in the rear bulkhead anymore. I can spin the driveline and the rear diff is not engaged at all. Maybe the ring gear ripped off the diff case. I don't know and don't care. Had a issue with this truggy every time I raced it since I bought it so now I'm back to buggy only until the A8T comes.
Maybe it was just bad mojo from the previous owner if you see a good deal buy a serpent truggy their tuffer then nails I always thought the d8t was solid maybe a trip to the church would have helped check your shoes
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