Which aftermarket driveshaft for AX10?

[85toycrawler]

i too want to look into the max shafts, can someone hook a brotha up with a part number? even a website? i know tower carries the traxxas shafts, but which ones do i buy?

[Mini]

Originally Posted by Dave Anthis

The Punishers get "sloppy" after a while and can't be rebuilt. They are about twice as heavy as the MIP's also....

Thank you for saving me alot of money

[davidsc3]

I like the Traxxas stampede shafts, use one cut male and two female's per axle. Traxxas part # 1953

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXJH85&P=OW

[JaDeR]

MIPs for me. although i might just leave the stock ones. ill rather have that part give out the something inside the bulkheads or transmission. a broken stock shaft is cheap and simple to fix. dont have to worry about taking anything apart. but if i do decide to get a set its gonna be MIPs

[Mini]

Originally Posted by davidsc3

I like the Traxxas stampede shafts, use one cut male and two female's per axle. Traxxas part # 1953

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXJH85&P=OW

Running this would I have to run Traxxas Drive Yokes Steel, or can I use my Axail one's?

[non ya]

well after adding it up looks like mip's are cheaper than stampede shafts if you use the traxxas steel yokes.
mip's are $39
traxxas are $9.95 for shafts+$17 a pair for steel yokes total of $44.

looks like i'll have to bite the bullet and get the mip's.

[Mini]

MIP is also if am not mistake the only company that offers a short shaft if you are running a DIG you dont have to cut yours.

[zach]

Originally Posted by Mini

MIP is also if am not mistake the only company that offers a short shaft if you are running a DIG you dont have to cut yours.

do you have a link for thoes cant find them

[Jesse Robbers]

MIP does not list the "short dig" length driveshaft on their website, just the stock length driveshafts. A seperate company (Thunder Tech Racing in Illinois) says on their site they are the only ones selling the shorter dig length driveshafts. I tried to search for this driveshaft (my truck needs them f/r) and I didn't have any luck finding them elsewhere because Thunder Tech is out of stock. I might call someone I know that works at MIP to see if they can tell a bit more about this. If anyone else knows where to find these driveshafts or when they will be available again then share the info.

http://www.miponline.com/MIP/Axial_Hop-Ups.html
http://www.thundertechracing.com/crawler.htm

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by Jesse Robbers

MIP does not list the "short dig" length driveshaft on their website, just the stock length driveshafts. A seperate company (Thunder Tech Racing in Illinois) says on their site they are the only ones selling the shorter dig length driveshafts. I tried to search for this driveshaft (my truck needs them f/r) and I didn't have any luck finding them elsewhere because Thunder Tech is out of stock. I might call someone I know that works at MIP to see if they can tell a bit more about this. If anyone else knows where to find these driveshafts or when they will be available again then share the info.

http://www.miponline.com/MIP/Axial_Hop-Ups.html
http://www.thundertechracing.com/crawler.htm

http://www.tcscrawlers.com/Thunder-T...1-p-17111.html I run them.

[Mini]

Originally Posted by Tanis

http://www.tcscrawlers.com/Thunder-T...1-p-17111.html I run them.

You beat me to the punch again lolol

Those are the shafts I will be ordering for my DNA DIG

[jedsled]

Originally Posted by sbchero

more like bomb proof.

im now breaking tranny output shafts. got some 4130 ones on the way though.

thats why i run the slipper clutch!

[jedsled]

Originally Posted by OGmicromonster

You gotta have a weak spot somewhere. Something is GOING to break, so personally I'd rather have the drive shafts pop. That's an easy repair, or an easy preventative maintenance job. You don't need to open up the tranny or axles to replace parts. Plus plastic shafts are cheap and come in bulk packs if you get the Traxxas shafts. So, I say just stick with either the stock Axial ones, or get some Traxxas shafts. BUT if you HAVE to get shafts, I'd say get the MIP ones. The part that will break with the MIP ones are the cross pin in the joint. So I'd get some spares of those as well and keep them in your tool box. Plus the MIP one's are rebuildable if needed.

ok, now a couple of people have talked about how they want the driveshaft being the weak link as opposed to anything in their tranny.... this is why you run a slipper clutch with mips/ thundertechs, then you wont have any problems with stuff breaking

[DeweyCJ5]

Originally Posted by non ya

well after adding it up looks like mip's are cheaper than stampede shafts if you use the traxxas steel yokes.
mip's are $39
traxxas are $9.95 for shafts+$17 a pair for steel yokes total of $44.

looks like i'll have to bite the bullet and get the mip's.

but you dont need the traxass yokes
i run the stock axial yokes on my stampede shafts with no trouble , i went the 9 dollar route and went with the whole bag of shafts and im still on my first set, gave a set away and still have spares

[davidsc3]

Like Dewey said, you can run the Traxxas shafts on the axial kit yokes. I don't run a slipper (yet) and I have not broken a Traxxas shaft. I would love to run the MIP's with a slipper, just not in the budget yet.

[Mini]

Thank god I have my slipper went to a gather the other day and if not for the slipper I think I might have snapped something but as soon as the truck thats it the slipper kicked in love it.

Now just have to order my DNA dig and the MIP Drive shafts.

[-WHEELMAN-]

Originally Posted by hardhead

MIP the dominate shaft

x1,000,000,000