Originally Posted by
Quante
I agree that the slapmaster kit is expensive because of the delrin piece the kit contains. On a CRC car the red alu piece can be modded extremely easily to do just the same thing.
I did this with a body reamer cause at that moment I had nothing else in my hands, but you can just cut a chamfer on one side of the alu spacer and make sure that side goes against the bearing (the reamer didnt like it but its an area where the holes would be too big for a body post anyway). The inner ring of the ball bearing will not be touched, neither will the shield.
Easy, cheap and I can still turn it around and press the bearing when I want to.
See included pics to clarify.
In that setup though you have no spring mechanism for adjustment. The spring washer on a standard diff has enough give on it so that you don't go from too loose to too tight immediately. On the Thrustmaster the delrin spacer has some give to act as the spring.