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Plastic lockers? Wow

That would require new axles and diff housing. Is that on your new one? Thats what I was meaning by a spool is going to be hard on things. That's the weak link. Might be time for an upgraded axle or internals. I don't remember ours being loose. You could try wrapping the axle end with foil and...

You mean this part?

Well, people do it. It's going to make it terrible when turning if you have traction under the tires, like dense grass and such. But it will climb better. I'd stick to loose terrain like these are intended for. They do climb rocks, but most 1:1 rock bouncers you see like this are flying up dirt...

Yup. Common hillbilly diff locker 😉 And actually probably safer than putting a spool (locked diff) in there because the earplug will cusion the blow a bit. Whereas a wheel in a bind with a spool and the motor in the Ryft would probably snap an axle. Ours has a spool in the center diff, and...

Those plastic ends are common. Shouldn't be a problem at all. Kinda nice actually to have a weak link in the system in case you get a wheel in a bind too. Much cheaper and easier to fix than a diff or trasmission gear 😉

Oh man. Someone was trying to be sneaky. Most people in this hobby knows Traxxas servos are crap. There are cheap servos that will do the job, and there are servos that will cost ya your first born. The ones in between aren't bad. Just depends on your budget.

🤢🤮 Just for the record... Traxxas servos are garbage. Those are really weak for a crawler. But drive it til they give out I guess. You won't need to alter the BEC voltage til you get better servos.

I was going to say the same thing. A lot of crawlers you see are mutts 😄

Not that I know of. Chances are, any other combo motor/ESC will likely need an external BEC as well.

Ok, I remember you are new, so I'll try to explain how this all works. If any of this confuses you, let me know. An ESC has a built in battery eliminator circuit (BEC). This is basically a voltage regulator to deliver the correct voltage to your receiver (Rx) and servos. Say you had a 3s...

The shocks are typically mounted here

Yeah, just swap any of those motor wires. Should do the trick. Just give it a couple throttle blips to test it. Blue and orange looks easiest to swap.

I don't believe that has a sensored ESC/motor in it. Can you post a pic of the visible end of the motor? You said it is RTR though right? You bought it new? If it doesn't have a sensor wire, you can swap any two wires. Here is where the sensor wire would be if yours has this port. 99.9% sure...

Those are Mod1 (metric gears). The Ryft should have Mod1 gears from the factory with a 5mm shaft size on the motor. So those gears you have shown there should work. But, if it has Vitavon gears, it's hard to say what the actual pitch is. As Tunedfrog said, it should have the gear pitch and tooth...

Sounds good. We'll be here, and pics are awesome. We love our Ryft. It's a heck of a kit. The only thing with it is I wish they gave it longer axles as it tends to want to tip over a lot.

Take two of the motor wires and swap them. That will reverse your motor. That is as long as it's not sensored. For the gearing, swap to a bigger pinion and/or smaller spur gear. Keep an eye on motor and ESC temps any time you play with your gearing. You want to keep your electronics below 160°F...