unccpathfinder
RCTalk Qualifier
When I got my stampede I pulled it apart and cleaned it up...this was my 1st R/C and I like Locked drivelines in real life so y not on the R/C I had an extra tranny so I locked the stripped planetary gears with some JB weld...sorry for the lack of "technical terms"
Here are the reasons not to do it:
1: Turning sucks on grass unless its wet on the street and dirt not so bad after tuning the susp
2: If any of the U joints on the driveshafts (CVD's?) have been streached too much it will pull them out
3: After you make sure those are all good you will then shear the pin/plastic inside the hub on the backside (where it goes from the plastic to the metal spindle)
4: The U-joint on the outputs of the transmission will start elongating the holes and cause the joints to seperate
5. To fix all of this I imagine aluminum parts would do the trick but then I would imagine the next thing to go is the gears inside the tranny and if not that then it would start reeking havoc on the slipper clutch and/or spur gear but I will be going back to posi before destroying anymore parts
It was fun/cool (great doughnuts in the wet grass and sand/dirt) while it lasted but I'm spending more time fixing than running although I'm pretty quick now at doing the fixes its aggravating...
Breakage seemed to occur when the truck was unstable and/or rolling generally when one drive wheel was not contacting the ground and the other was (where the posi would take up for the added energy and not break anything)
Hope this helps someone decide against it if they are thinking about it
Here are the reasons not to do it:
1: Turning sucks on grass unless its wet on the street and dirt not so bad after tuning the susp
2: If any of the U joints on the driveshafts (CVD's?) have been streached too much it will pull them out
3: After you make sure those are all good you will then shear the pin/plastic inside the hub on the backside (where it goes from the plastic to the metal spindle)
4: The U-joint on the outputs of the transmission will start elongating the holes and cause the joints to seperate
5. To fix all of this I imagine aluminum parts would do the trick but then I would imagine the next thing to go is the gears inside the tranny and if not that then it would start reeking havoc on the slipper clutch and/or spur gear but I will be going back to posi before destroying anymore parts
It was fun/cool (great doughnuts in the wet grass and sand/dirt) while it lasted but I'm spending more time fixing than running although I'm pretty quick now at doing the fixes its aggravating...
Breakage seemed to occur when the truck was unstable and/or rolling generally when one drive wheel was not contacting the ground and the other was (where the posi would take up for the added energy and not break anything)
Hope this helps someone decide against it if they are thinking about it
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