Last Sunday, race day ended for me with a blown rear diff in my Hot Bodies Lightning Pro. I've read and heard from others on the track that the light-weight HB diff gears were soft and problematic. The LHS had three sets of Kyosho Inferno MP 7.5 diff gears (direct fit on Lightning Pro). I jumped on it.
I opened the rear diff and, as expected, the bevel gears looked like someone had flatened the edges with a hammer. I tried to get pic of the roasted gears, but they were too fuzzy. I installed the large bevel gears, the small bevel gears and the respective shims. Bam. That was it. It wasn't that had. I put in my 1000wt silicone diff oil and put it back together. It was easy.
I removed the mill and ripped into the center diff with some confidence. The center diff is sooo easy to take out. I think I had the new gears ready for oil in a matter of 15 minutes:
ain't them shinny diff gears purdy?
I put the center diff back on the buggy for whatever reason and proceeded to remove the front end. After the front end was off, it didn't look like much:
I was removing the last of the faggot from my buggy (that would be purple anodizing) and I was tempted to take everything off the chassis and turn it into a pure silver buggy. I amost did it, but I was running out of EZ-Off and the brown/goldish colored chassis didn't bug me nearly as bad as the remianing purple ano on the front end.
It was also at this time that I noticed the Lightning Pro (and RR) comes with a servo saver as standard equipment. I had never noticed before:
I tore into the front diff and it was just as easy as the rest:
I removed the very very last of the purple ano and felt much better because of it. I then put the whole thing back together: (well almost)
Look between the cooling head and the reciever box and you'll see that I forgot the rear chassis brace. Would I have to take the mill out again? Nope. That's why I love my hemostat:
All in all, the project seemed more scarey than it really was. I have yet to build an RC froma kit. Seeing my expensive toy in so many pieces made me a little nervous. It really wasn't until I had run three tanks of gas through the buggy that I'd realized that I'd put it back togethre correctly.
The Kyosho Inferno MP 7.5 diff gear upgrade is well worth it for anyone tha races the Hot Bodies Lightning Pro. $22 is cheap for peace of mind.
-Rob
I opened the rear diff and, as expected, the bevel gears looked like someone had flatened the edges with a hammer. I tried to get pic of the roasted gears, but they were too fuzzy. I installed the large bevel gears, the small bevel gears and the respective shims. Bam. That was it. It wasn't that had. I put in my 1000wt silicone diff oil and put it back together. It was easy.
I removed the mill and ripped into the center diff with some confidence. The center diff is sooo easy to take out. I think I had the new gears ready for oil in a matter of 15 minutes:
ain't them shinny diff gears purdy?
I put the center diff back on the buggy for whatever reason and proceeded to remove the front end. After the front end was off, it didn't look like much:
I was removing the last of the faggot from my buggy (that would be purple anodizing) and I was tempted to take everything off the chassis and turn it into a pure silver buggy. I amost did it, but I was running out of EZ-Off and the brown/goldish colored chassis didn't bug me nearly as bad as the remianing purple ano on the front end.
It was also at this time that I noticed the Lightning Pro (and RR) comes with a servo saver as standard equipment. I had never noticed before:
I tore into the front diff and it was just as easy as the rest:
I removed the very very last of the purple ano and felt much better because of it. I then put the whole thing back together: (well almost)
Look between the cooling head and the reciever box and you'll see that I forgot the rear chassis brace. Would I have to take the mill out again? Nope. That's why I love my hemostat:
All in all, the project seemed more scarey than it really was. I have yet to build an RC froma kit. Seeing my expensive toy in so many pieces made me a little nervous. It really wasn't until I had run three tanks of gas through the buggy that I'd realized that I'd put it back togethre correctly.
The Kyosho Inferno MP 7.5 diff gear upgrade is well worth it for anyone tha races the Hot Bodies Lightning Pro. $22 is cheap for peace of mind.
-Rob
sorry.. Peace!!
