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Just thought I would share my experience.. bah!! :-D
Suddenly the buggy would not move forward. Not without alot more throttle applied that usual. There were no unusual sounds so I had no clue, but knew that something was wrong.
I had just made a spider gear & diff oil mod to the center diff recently so I thought I would start with the rear and then the front diff. Included is a picture of what faced me when I removed the diff housing from the chassis plate.. Dry-ish grease with metal shaving sprinkles in it.. DOOH Toast :boxing:
I ended up doing a complete disassembly of the buggy. I bought the Sport RTR, and I have never completely done this before as I have with all of my other RC vehicles. I'm usually mechanically and tool declined and usually break both hammer and nail but when it comes to scale toys it usually works out. I guess the right tools = half the job done.
I will now do the spider gear & oil upgrade to all of my diffs. 5K in the center, 3K in the rear and 1K in the front. That is the weight of oils I have now. I hope this will be a resonable setup..
Now only thing left is ordering my stuf from Tower. Surprisingly the ring gear is cheaper in Denmark opposed to ALL other parts on ALL other RC cars/trucks... Tower = $36 ARGH... Denmark = approx. $22.
Sorry for the long post.
Regards.
Suddenly the buggy would not move forward. Not without alot more throttle applied that usual. There were no unusual sounds so I had no clue, but knew that something was wrong.
I had just made a spider gear & diff oil mod to the center diff recently so I thought I would start with the rear and then the front diff. Included is a picture of what faced me when I removed the diff housing from the chassis plate.. Dry-ish grease with metal shaving sprinkles in it.. DOOH Toast :boxing:
I ended up doing a complete disassembly of the buggy. I bought the Sport RTR, and I have never completely done this before as I have with all of my other RC vehicles. I'm usually mechanically and tool declined and usually break both hammer and nail but when it comes to scale toys it usually works out. I guess the right tools = half the job done.
I will now do the spider gear & oil upgrade to all of my diffs. 5K in the center, 3K in the rear and 1K in the front. That is the weight of oils I have now. I hope this will be a resonable setup..
Now only thing left is ordering my stuf from Tower. Surprisingly the ring gear is cheaper in Denmark opposed to ALL other parts on ALL other RC cars/trucks... Tower = $36 ARGH... Denmark = approx. $22.
Sorry for the long post.
Regards.