godofcable

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ok chime in folks....need to know if this is true... i didnt shorten mine either

liftedcj7on44s

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Where did I ever say that shorter wires were not better. Hey I got an Idea, Pick up the manual that comes with the Castle setup and read it for yourself where it says to not cut the wires.

If I wanted to cut the wires I could have but I decided not too for my own reasons.

05PSD

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Lol!You're statement is incorrect! You cannot cut just any Castle motor wires as the wires ARE factored in to the motor wind on some models.

wcrase101

mine are as short as could be, just long enough to have room to remove the motor and not disconect from esc( direct soldered to esc)

been working just fine.

liftedcj7on44s

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Thank you, This is why I did not cut mine. If they can be cut on the 1410 then great I may make them shorter but for now I am leaving them as is.

suby723

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Negative, that is not the case at all. My 1410 wires are as short as possible with my rx8 esc.

nitro0619

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Yea i made sure of that. I opened it up a cpl times and reassembled and each time it felt the same. Ive seen some mention here about the diff cup having the inserts move or something. Didnt know they werent 1 piece on each half of the cup. Maybe ill order some new cups. Cant see anything else as the problem myself

Jstall7543

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The scte in stock form with a trakpower 5600 2s lipo and with the battery all the way forward the truck is around 70g to 90g lighter on the battery side front wheel. This is with a rx8 on the esc mount and ballistic 5.5 installed 17t pinion. That's why I was saying cutting the battery tray doesn't make sence to me. So theoretically un modded the truck should turn a little better to the left than the right, but the only way to tell is to scale your own truck. It doesn't need to be perfect obviously but the closer the better IMO. You can only get so accurate on the scales because the weight changes depending on the scale positions, spring preload on each shock must be even ect...I checked 4 times and the battery side front is always lighter. I might need a heavier battery, others may not, to many variables from truck to truck. I do what I can to my rigs just to make sure I'm as fast as possible.

wcrase101

I have read something like that before on the manual for the 1/18 size motors.

I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't seen other folks doing it and getting away with it no problems so I went for it. I think I remember it saying something about not being able to do it to them 1/18 size motors because they were a differnt type of motor wire on the motor side of the connectors. I belive you could shorten the esc side of the wires tho. been a while since I race them 1/18 scale cars, so can't remember all the details.

godofcable

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ok, from the Castle driver's ed guide:
"If you choose to direct solder or to shorten the motor wires, you may do so on the Castle Creations CM36 and Monster motors only. D O N O T C U T any part of the wire length from any other motor, regardless of brand or type. In most cases, only the last 1/4 inch or so of most motor wires is able to be soldered . If they are clipped shorter you may not be able to solder the remaining portion of the wire and the motor will not run properly, if at all. If the motor is supplied with connectors you do not want to use, simply unsolder the original motor
connectors from the wires - do not cut them off."

i do also remember reading somewhere about motor length having an importance on the 1410....going to get that manual

Jstall7543

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Stop! Check yourself before you wreak yourself lol! Tekin runs wireless! I'm sure it's because the included sidewinder sct esc is a meltdown waiting to happen on the scte.
The motor is fine with shorter wires bro, I've done it, anyone with a tekin rx8 would. Those are way to long IMO.

retsoorkcuf

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Shortened mine with no problems what so ever i cant say if i picked up a performance advantage but was alot of weight and it looks cleaner as well

CHIZZLE

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Easier way to do it is take the rx box off and grab that blue nut with some pliers, then turn the steering by hand to tighten it up. Basically swinging the steering instead of swinging the pliers. Then drop some locktite on the threads and then back it back down to where you want it. That's how I did mine anyway,

KIK

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You have to use the ofna pins when using the ofna spider gears. Along with KYO96775 - Kyosho bevel gear washer/shims or any 4x10x.15 washers. You'll need to put 2 washers behind each spider gear to mesh correctly. You will also have to cut down the ofna pins a little to fit into the diff cup.

This is an option since Losi gears won't be available until who knows when.

05PSD

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I stand corrected. I thought the Castle motors were replicas of the Neu motors in which you cannot shorten the wires.