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08-16-2011, 06:19 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: jackson
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|  RC4WD XVD Axle
anyone try these yet? is there anyone else make a cvd style axle? will the xr10 fit? |
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08-16-2011, 06:26 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Petaluma
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I run the rc4wd Xvd's and i like them.way better than the stock dogbones. I hear Axial is there own style of Cvd's. |
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08-16-2011, 10:00 PM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Simply search "XVD" in this section and you will find several examples of people using them including myself. See my build thread for more info. |
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08-16-2011, 10:01 PM
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08-30-2011, 07:19 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Petaluma
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First one broke a axle pin,so I made one a drill bit and now i broke the axle.yes I'm on a 3 cell but my steering is turned down to 90%.  |
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08-30-2011, 07:33 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: the 'burgh'
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Samething happened to me over the weekend, broke the ball right in half!!  |
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08-30-2011, 10:47 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: miami
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I seen others thread and for what I can tell the stock ones are holding more or not ???
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08-30-2011, 11:49 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hiding the bodies
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I would like more steering but the stock bones are holding up fine for me on 3S.....so far.
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08-31-2011, 12:10 AM
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08-31-2011, 12:07 PM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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| Let me start by saying, the fit and feel of these RC4WD CVD's when first installed was good and it definitely smoothed out the front turning. Now if you run them with short tires, 2S voltage and be nice to them, they will probably be fine. That said, my experience with them on 4S and 5 3/4" tall was disastrous from the first time they had power to them. 1. The long side CVD pin broke in the first 30 feet. Not even 15 seconds of drive time and a CVD broke pin. Thankfully a Traxxas pin I had in my box fit perfect on diameter, but was a little long. I went ahead and used pliers to attach the ring around the pin. 2. The short side CVD pin lasted into the second battery pack before it broke. I replaced the pin and finished the second battery pack. 3. We came home and my son ran a third battery pack at the Crawler Innovations compound. That's when the long side CVD shaft broke.    4. I didn't run the truck for the first time until Saturday night when it broke the short CVD on the fourth battery pack.   I put the stock axle shafts back in and we have run 9 battery packs on them with no issues. |
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08-31-2011, 12:15 PM
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| Nobody  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maine
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Well, that pretty much sums up the durability of them...
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08-31-2011, 12:37 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: in a basement in Kalispell, MT
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4s on a 550 tekin brushless and my XVD's are still in one piece. I do see grooves in the pins and the slot in the ball wearing more than I like. My stock front dog bones didn't last long before the bound up and twisted both front axles. With solid steering links and desent stops, the dogbones may have lived. Lots of testing on pavement and log piles, but the front end is usually in the air. |
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08-31-2011, 12:45 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Gresham
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I am running them on mine with a Trx Titan 21t, 87/18 gearing, Pl tsl super swampers with 7oz in each front on 3s and I have about 25 packs through them and they are holding strong...knock on wood some of the pics above are making me not so confident in them. The steering is better lock to lock as the dogbones were popping out on me on full steer. |
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08-31-2011, 01:07 PM
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| 20K Club Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Mine are still holding up well after I replaced the pin. 13t Holmes Crawlmaster on 3s. 60/15 32p gearing.
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09-05-2011, 05:30 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: in a basement in Kalispell, MT
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Well both front shafts let go this weekend. Haven't torn it apart yet, but I'm guessing the necked down areas broke.  |
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09-05-2011, 07:22 PM
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These axle shafts need to be the same smaller diameter the entire length. It's not that the small area is too small, it the fact that having the one small area forces all the twisting action to happen in that one area.
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09-05-2011, 07:36 PM
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09-05-2011, 09:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia
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The thin factory axle allows too much twist reducing the entire axle size might result in the same issue. Mine lasted about 1 1/2 packs before a pin snapped. I'm only running a 7t puller on 3 cell. Will be interesting to see what the Tekin T8 does to them. | |
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09-05-2011, 09:45 PM
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09-05-2011, 09:45 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: ft. collins
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blew out a cup running 17.5 turn brushless on a 2cell with stock tires and gearing - not tough eneough
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