I know about the "silly putty LSD" but has anyone tried dental wax??

[BNTaxleBRUZDknuckle]

Just getting back into RC after almost 10 years off!! Relearning everything I used to know and learning new things every time I read a post or watch a video!

I got back into things with a YETI Score but quickly turned it into a regular YETI.

Then I bought another YETI!!

I put 1mil wt fluid in the Score's front diff but it barely helps act as a LSD....I have read about the silly putty method and that got me thinking....way back when I had braces, I used to buy dental wax all the time! It is usually a very soft, low melting point parrafin wax. Has anyone tried it in their diff? I am 70% sure it will work amazing BUT that 30% of doubt got me worried about it becoming a gluey near solid mess after some runs....


Maybe you could atleast point me towards a 3-7mil wt diff fluid?

[Tralfaz Blecht]

I think the wax could cause some serious binding below a certain temp.

[hillbillyrc]

Title throw me off I was thinking about a different LSD. Ok back on topic.

[BNTaxleBRUZDknuckle]

@hillbillyRC everyone knows drips on PEZ is the best way to go on that route! LOL

[Tralfaz Blecht]

I knew my Hunter S. Thompson Pez dispenser had a deeper purpose... I gotta go tune my sitar.

[CM9000]

bad horsies diff lock. found here ----> Bad Horsie Diff Locking Grease - For all RC open-differential designs

[altd896]

Not sure what 1mil wt you tried but I use this stuff in 1mil CST, https://www.amainhobbies.com/mugen-s...53219?v=410171
This is like silicone window sealant & stays that way, you don't pour it, you scoop it!
A spider gear diff packed with this when you grab a wheel & turn it & it'll drive all 4 wheels back through the trans rather than drive the offside through the diff.

[BNTaxleBRUZDknuckle]

I got Team Ass....1mil wt fluid...

[BNTaxleBRUZDknuckle]

just ordered some of the no Bueno horsies stuff! Thanks a mil CM9000

[Steve g]

What about silicone ear plugs? Read that works good. I plan on doing it in my 2wd basher at some point. Currently it has marine grease, which kinda helped, but not as well as I wanted

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[Jim85IROC]

no idea how the tooth wax or the silicone ear wax works, but I put silly putty into the front diff of my Clone Hammers and it works great. It's a 100% functional locker, but if I get into a major bind, it'll give instead of snapping parts. I think. In the one major bind I got the vehicle into, I stripped the spur before the front slipped.

[ferp420]

That one guy on here thats in to the yeti xls sead.th3 wax works great when its cold but after a few min it acts like a open diff cause the diffs.get hot under normal use hot.enuff to melt wax and soften the plastic axle housings i did the silly putty trick and it dident work at all in my yeti xl but then again the aluminum locker wasent holding up ether

[jgrim]

I use Mack's Pillow Soft Silicone Putty Earplugs in the front diff of my Twin Hammers and it works great.