Scx10 problems

[TyMcleod]

My rear axle is stiff and difficult to turn any suggestions on how to fix it my run times have also fallen drastically could it be a cause of that it something else

[Ambis]

Most likely (all) bearings has ceased.

Open the thing and try to spin the bearings, if they are not 100% smooth, replace with new ones. Sizes can be found in the appropriate PDF manual found at Axial's website.

[ElChupacabra]

Originally Posted by Ambis

Most likely (all) bearings has ceased.

Open the thing and try to spin the bearings, if they are not 100% smooth, replace with new ones. Sizes can be found in the appropriate PDF manual found at Axial's website.

+1 Open the axle and see what's going on inside. I've had dumb things like a tiny rock stuck in behind a gear mess things up. Simple fix.

[TyMcleod]

Ok I'll get around to tearing open the diff later to see what's going on I haven't opened them up since I bought my scx10

[shiftauto]

Another easy thing to do is disconnect your driveshaft and spin it from there to make sure it's not a driveline binding issue.

[TyMcleod]

Yeah I pulled it off a while back and it was pretty stiff turning inner shaft by hand

[shiftauto]

Originally Posted by TyMcleod

Yeah I pulled it off a while back and it was pretty stiff turning inner shaft by hand

Looks like you gotta dive into it then. Curious what u find to be the problem.

[PhantomRS10]

If you find its the bearings, might as well an get the Fast Eddy bearing kit and replace the front and rear bearing sets

[TyMcleod]

So what exactly would I be looking for on the bearing if they're shot

[shiftauto]

They won't spin smoothly. Might be in pieces. Should be pretty easy to tell

[jmz6]

Originally Posted by TyMcleod

So what exactly would I be looking for on the bearing if they're shot

Crunchy bearings are no good....


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[TyMcleod]

So I opened up the rear diff pulled out the big gear and inspected it,the bearings,and the housing for debris. It was all good.put the assembly back together and now it some how spins freely with the only difficulty being the weight of the gear.so the the only part left to inspect is the front diff because the transfer case was good and the rear diff assembly. Then I guess put it back together and run it and see if my run time improves before this it started at about 1-1.5 hours down to like 5-15 minutes.so hopefully it goes back to that

[TyMcleod]

So i got to run it tonight my run time is up to 30 minutes on a 5000 mah NiMh still shooting for an hour 3rd year owning this since new any suggestions on anything else to assume as a problem. Front diff drag? Or possibly junk electronics?

[RiderZ]

Do both front and rear diffs spin freely? What about the center transmission? Drive shafts binding?

[TyMcleod]

The transmission is good the rear axle is good just need to check the front axle

[Jeepy84]

Did you put new grease in there while you had the axle apart? It does eventually break down, even if you never take the thing off road and get dirt and water in there.

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[TyMcleod]

No i didnt but i have a tube of grease on the work bench but the back axle spun freely enough to be acceptable

[TyMcleod]

Front Axle is fine too could be the transfer case or the batteries and electronics arent what they used to be

[TyMcleod]

Everything worked great until I accidentally rolled it of a 20 so foot drop destroyed the steering servo and bent one or both VP vvd's on the front