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ya it sould but the onley diffrence if the 4908 has FOC in it and you can do that to the 4909 trans and its varey easey
 
4908 tranny transplant ?

I put a 4908 tranny in my maxx. The only thing I needed was a new front driveshaft as the braking system is different. The new 4908 brakes are better than the old ones as well. Just get the new 4908 front center driveshaft or just the yoke with the pins to hold the new type brake disk. Oh and make sure you have the new brake setup with the 4908 tranny. Hope this helps, Tom
 
I'm running the steel center cvds from traxxas if that makes a differnce
 
4908 tranny

I am running steel drives as well. The shaft itself is not the problem but the yoke. The yoke is the part that attaches to the tranny. You need the revo style with 2 pins sticking out twards the tranny. These pins hold the new type brake disk. Your current setup has that blue aluminum hex on the yoke for the brake disk. This will not work on the newer grey 4908 tranny.The bolt pattern is even different. As far as I know traxxas has the new yoke for use with your traxxas center cvd's on backorder. First i made my own plastic driveline and installed pins to hold the brake disk but it was a weak setup. I just bought a new 4908 revo spec plastic driveline. It has held up to my axial .28 for 3 gallons now. I will eventually get the right front steel driveline but it works for now. This tranny is pretty strong. Good luck.

see attachment if not in post. pic is a little blurry. I can take a better one in the am if needed.
 
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driveline

Yes that is the one. Here is another pic of the brake assembly.
 
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tominator06 said:
I am running steel drives as well. The shaft itself is not the problem but the yoke. The yoke is the part that attaches to the tranny. You need the revo style with 2 pins sticking out twards the tranny. These pins hold the new type brake disk. Your current setup has that blue aluminum hex on the yoke for the brake disk. This will not work on the newer grey 4908 tranny.The bolt pattern is even different. As far as I know traxxas has the new yoke for use with your traxxas center cvd's on backorder. First i made my own plastic driveline and installed pins to hold the brake disk but it was a weak setup. I just bought a new 4908 revo spec plastic driveline. It has held up to my axial .28 for 3 gallons now. I will eventually get the right front steel driveline but it works for now. This tranny is pretty strong. Good luck.

see attachment if not in post. pic is a little blurry. I can take a better one in the am if needed.
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do u have a long Plate or longer than stock wheel base
 
tranny question

Yes I have an xtm big block conversion chassis. If you are trying to use the plastic driveline you showed me on a standard chassis you will have to just use the end with the pins on your old driveline. The newest t-max truck has an extended chassis as well and that is why the driveshaft is longer. The yoke is also available by itself from traxxas. Another option is just to trim off both ends of the separated driveline so when it is fitted back together it will be shorter. Let me know how you make out. Later, Tom
 

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