I have the trx 2.5 engine and a 72 tooth spare gear should i use 6 pegs or 12. It has 12 in at the minute but i just bought a new one with 6 pegs in. Also the one i swapped had 6 pegs in but i read that 12 is better so i put 12 in. Have i done the right thing what would be the difference in performance if any?
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Z400
Gone - bye bye.
you can also use balls in stead of the pegs.
back when i had a tmaxx the balls were the big thing to use.
dont know what size though, never tried it. they were balls out of ball bearings. or something like that.
I'm sure someone here knows
back when i had a tmaxx the balls were the big thing to use.
dont know what size though, never tried it. they were balls out of ball bearings. or something like that.
I'm sure someone here knows
ImBroken
Still Lurking...
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Stick with the 12 pegs in your slipper for now. You will get more grip with 12 than 6.
Later on you can look into upgrading to a better slipper setup.
Later on you can look into upgrading to a better slipper setup.
TWOCANE
RCTalk Addict
yhea 12 for sure!! some say six but thats BS. You might want to upgrade to pads, I did ang its nice.
12 gives you a slipper that gives you more control out of slippage. It also has a tendency to last longer due to less slipping.
I found that with 6 pegs, you had to keep it pretty tight to avoid constant slipping.
I found that with 6 pegs, you had to keep it pretty tight to avoid constant slipping.
unccpathfinder
RCTalk Qualifier
i've been running 6 in mine and havent seen any major issues but I plan to go to 12 but I dont have enough pegs for all of my trucks right now so I have them divided up...
its a good idea to check when you get a new truck to make sure the PO had installed pegs...I burned up a spur gear by not checking...but that was a stupid n00b mistake on my end
its a good idea to check when you get a new truck to make sure the PO had installed pegs...I burned up a spur gear by not checking...but that was a stupid n00b mistake on my end
TWOCANE
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I would go to pads and get better performance.
unccpathfinder
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can someone post up a lil more information on the different options...i'm still green here and thought pegs were the only way... pads seem to be more logical...
TWOCANE
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man thats the first time I have heard of doing that. ^^^^^
joneser4u
Hardcore RCTalk User
its not that uncommon? A few here run theres locked like me,and another forum only believes in locked slippers.
Where you at in cashville? Want to bash sometime.
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Azngtboi88
RC Newbie
Can someone post up all the different options? I would like to go pads since every has said that they are better but dont know anything about them
Well... to go with "pads" you need to get a non-stock spur/slipper setup. You can either go with the 3.3 maxx spur/slipper setup, traxxas makes a conversion for the 2.5 maxx.
RRP (robinson racing products) also makes a couple dual pad slippers. They were around way before the 3.3 type traxxas slipper assembly was around. Back when the maxx pro .15 existed. They have a Steel spur type and a Plastic spur type. I think if you run steel, you should also buy an RRP hardened CB or the hard steel spur will chew up your stock CB in short order.
Any one of these is a good choice to go with for extreme durability.
RRP (robinson racing products) also makes a couple dual pad slippers. They were around way before the 3.3 type traxxas slipper assembly was around. Back when the maxx pro .15 existed. They have a Steel spur type and a Plastic spur type. I think if you run steel, you should also buy an RRP hardened CB or the hard steel spur will chew up your stock CB in short order.
Any one of these is a good choice to go with for extreme durability.
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I guess 12 slipper pegs it is then. I am interested in the pads but think i might wait till i need to do some work on that part of my truck. Have just had to replace almost the entire front end due to my fail safe failing on me. Would be interested to hear more about the ball bearings z400 talked about earlyer in this thread though. I would not have thought bearings would work to good. But hey I'm new and spend more time fixing it then driving it lately.
TWOCANE
RCTalk Addict
Hey olds how much should mine be turned out you yhink?
I think joneser4u is right, 1/4 to 1/2 turn out from having the spring completely compressed.
TWOCANE
RCTalk Addict
even on my slipper setup I was goimg to do 1 turn.my shock are leaking on the right side both front and rear, why do ya think/ Theyare not old, maybe 6or 8 months qng have not been used much.
joneser4u
Hardcore RCTalk User
I think 1 turn out is going to melt the center of the spur from so much slipping,as for maxx shocks. I use traxxas aluminum bigbores with Ti shafts,stocks arent the best and wont take much abuse especially if you are running a heavier than stock oil in them.
TWOCANE
RCTalk Addict
I have big bore MIP ti shocks. Just to see if that makes a difference. Also I have 50 wgt oil all around. But it has never leaked so I bought more oil and I ll check it out.
