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Old 05-03-2015 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Drachenschorsch
I actually did, for the very first time ever.

I just didnīt think about getting a diff housing as spare. My 20-year(or so)-old M-01 still uses its original gear diff. Ok, it might be used only 5 years because at some point I put in a ball diff and I didnīt use the car at all for some years, but still.
Yes, I've had this happen to me too. I had everything except for the one piece that broke!

Lessons learned, I will be buying 2 kits at a time from now on for chassis that I REALLY like. One will be a spare.

Originally Posted by sjminiman
I run tamiya mini shell and motech spidi shell tried ball diff which held out all night which is more than gear did mind you there is a lot of light contact at our club my spare I order from germany they come in three days as tax is paid so no holdups in customs
Nice! That's good to hear you can get parts real quickly too.
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