solid axles
 

i need a set of axles for my new crawler i was wondering if any one ever tried using mad force axles. I do want shaft driven axles. i believe jugg axles are shaft drives and i know txt-1 and x-factors are shafts drives but is there any other solid axle that is shaft driven and where can i find these axle. I know rc4wd has txt-1 axles, and tower hobbies has all the parts for mad force axles? any body have any recommendations other then clod axles.

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The Mad/Twin Force axles won't work well out of the box for crawling. To make them work you'd need to make/buy links for it; the stock suspension arms just don't allow for much articulation.

I don't know what the Jugg or X-Factor axles cost, but if you were to get a TXT you might as well get the whole truck kit to start out since the truck is only $90 more than the axles alone.

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I am a fan of X-factor axles. There wider then TXT-1 and I believe there are stonger then TXT-1 axles. Just my opinion. Expect to pay $140 for them though. I have no expereince with mad force axles.

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I have a madforce and a Xfactor and i do believe the ring/pinion are the same ratio about 3.3 to 1. I thought of using the madforce axles because they have bearing and are 1/8 scale strong however the servo mounting is difficult to figure out. I would go for the Xfactor personally but let me know if you get the madforce axles working i'm curious to see their true potenial due to their good ground clearance

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rcracer did you figure out a way to mount MF axles using a 4-link setup? i'm going to check around madforce.net but i have a problem logging in on madforce.net

Micro Diladum do you know where i can get a new set of x-factor axles. I've searched all over the place and can'tfind them anywhere. I tryed on ebay and can't find them on there either.

Malzem where do you buy a txt? at my local have shop they want $550 for the truck. either i would be getting ripped off at the lhs or those are extremely expensive axles.

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Go to Tower Hobbies and look up Tamiya TXT-1. They have them there for $370.00 I beleive might be lower or higher I am not sure.

jugg_crawler

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Yea Tower has them for $350. You could get the TXT axles alone, but they're only $90 cheaper than the whole truck, so you might as well start out w/ the whole kit imo.

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you could always get a set of Maxx axles/diffs and turn them into straight axles :wink:

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i forget to mention that i'm in canada so the prises are a lot more.

with using maxx diffs and converting them to solid, that was my first idea. i was going to use the 4wd upgrade kit for the sportmaxx for tower hobbies.