AX10 Drive Shaft

[Coyote_Crawler]

I was running my AX10 the other day and I got the rear tire in a bind and the rear drive shaft popped off. I got it back on but I was wondering if you could use a zip tie around the pin connector to keep that from happing again? I'm also thinking about getting the drive shaft up grade later on.

[crawlincircles]

Zip ties will work temporarily, that is what my kid did until I could get him MIP's. Just don't count on it as a long term solution.

[southernextreme]

I use copper tubing from the hardware store that is just large enough ID to slip over the shaft and use CA glue to keep it in place

[Krakker]

I've seen a 4 guage crimp connector (like for a battery cable) used as well. It's got a plastic slick cover so it works pretty slick.

[kmnss]

Axial and many others make driveshaft rings just for this problem.

[Greatscott]

I have a set of HR rings. Sense I have put them on I have not had an axel pop off. The only problem with them is they have tiny little grub screws that fell out in about 10 minutes, to hold them on I used paper clips, kind of ghetto, but it works great. Of course, the cheapest fix is small zip ties, they work too.

[DeweyCJ5]

get these and forget about it

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

i am still on my first set with no trouble what so ever , running goat 18.5 with 2s lipo

[RJLosi]

Originally Posted by DeweyCJ5

get these and forget about it

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

i am still on my fist set with not trouble what so ever , running goat 18.5 with 2s lipo

I just put a set of these on yesterday when my stock ones finally just ripped through the side of the pinhole. rings and ties are temp fixes until the pin comes through like mine did. Those seem to be a little more durable at least until i get cvds.

[SDheavymetal]

I got the MIPs and they are bullet proof!

[GSRswapandslow]

Originally Posted by Krakker

I've seen a 4 guage crimp connector (like for a battery cable) used as well. It's got a plastic slick cover so it works pretty slick.

you mean this:

[Coyote_Crawler]

Thanks for the ideas. I will up grade them later.

[bob1961]

Originally Posted by DeweyCJ5

get these and forget about it

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

i am still on my first set with no trouble what so ever , running goat 18.5 with 2s lipo

being i went custom when i built da tigress tuber i went with the steel pede yokes and plastic shafts....started with the two pack of shafts then bought a 6 pack of shafts for spares....so the total i spent on 7 drive shafts is only 45 bucks with the steel yokes....after 40 packs i just popped one off....it is still intact but i just put a new one on....i'm even thinking of getting another set of steel yokes to have a spare driveshaft for each front/rear, so instead of trying to pop a new shaft on in a repair time situation on the rocks....all i need to do is undo 4 set screws and pop a whole shaft on and go.........bob



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[oldhippie]

Originally Posted by SDheavymetal

I got the MIPs and they are bullet proof!

Nothing is bullet proof! I twisted the yoke holes out of stock and pede shafts, twisted a pede shaft in two and snapped a pin on mips. I kinda like the pede's, they are a good fuse size.

[crawlerboy97]

Originally Posted by Coyote_Crawler

I was running my AX10 the other day and I got the rear tire in a bind and the rear drive shaft popped off. I got it back on but I was wondering if you could use a zip tie around the pin connector to keep that from happing again? I'm also thinking about getting the drive shaft up grade later on.

now i personally got a upgrade because mine broke too but i would not suggest to put a zip tie on it because it could mess the system up. i would go buy some stock ones or if your doing extreme crawling where you get the car in a bind you should do a upgrade.

[mascman]

Originally Posted by crawlerboy97

i would not suggest to put a zip tie on it because it could mess the system up.

What would actually get messed up from this? It's just a zip-tie on the drive shaft.

I actually popped my Traxxas shafts off the yokes when I was running the tranny and only had the half-shafts on...they caught the frame and both flew off!

I popped them back on and used 3 layers of heat shrink on them. Other than the heat shrink getting chewed up, they are holding fine.

I'll get new Pede shafts eventually, but these are doing good.

[mini max]

shrink tube is also a quick fix..but for temp use only

[Krakker]

Search "Maxx shafts made easy", and "Super shafts", then we can be done and you will have saved money.

[mascman]

I was one of the first to do that on the TLT, but on my R2D trans, I don't think a Maxx shaft would fit due to the disconnect being so close to the shaft.

[some87]

i know this is for axial but i run the older tmaxx drive shafts on my tlt and they are super strong and reallly cheap. you would need some of these or something close to it that will fit on your axles and 2 sets if your running the ax10 trans http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=350176257831

[crawlerboy97]

Originally Posted by Coyote_Crawler

I was running my AX10 the other day and I got the rear tire in a bind and the rear drive shaft popped off. I got it back on but I was wondering if you could use a zip tie around the pin connector to keep that from happing again? I'm also thinking about getting the drive shaft up grade later on.

now i am kinda new to this i am only 12 years old. my dad bought a artr axial ax10 and i had just put a edge tuber on it. i have a mip drive shaft i am having the same problem. you guys know the part that the drive shaft hooks up to the transmision it just keeps on breaking. so if you guys could help me find some stronger ones that would be great. thanks crawlerboy97