Originally Posted by
Kromulous
Tore my truck down to last screw last night. I bought one used, got a good price so i can sink plenty of $ in it and upgrade it to how i like it.
Anyway, i noticed the diffs and the interior of the case is all full of the diff grease. It really bogged down the rotation of the drive line. So is there anyway to keep the diff grease contained in the diff? or did they use to much and it bleeds out all over the place?
Thanks, Krom.
Good job in tearing it down. Lots of people just run it at is, but its great to give anything you get in preassembled the full rebuild treatment.
I would say first confirm that the diffs have the the right shimming in them, AE's new standard is a 0.5mm shim under the sun gear, and NO shim between the diff outdrive cup and the diff case. Some setups people have used .4mm of shimming as well which I have heard works with that shim I mentioned that should be removed.
But if you diffs do not have this shimming, your best bet would be to email or call AE and get the right shims before doing a rebuild.
There is a nice video online on how to build the diffs. Me personally I usually run a nice bead of black grease anywhere the case will mate together or where the diff cup goes through.
I then fill the case with the applicable diff fluid, using the grease works to keep things in better than without it.
There is also a diff fluid that i have heard of that is more like grease, I think from Kyosho that stays in the diff better.
hope that info helps!