Remote locking axle options?

[JpSonoma]

Besides the traxxas axles, are there any other axles on the market that have the ability to be locked/unlocked remotely?

[odomandr]

Traction hobby founder and cragsmen. 8th scale though.

[Greatscott]

Originally Posted by JpSonoma

Besides the traxxas axles, are there any other axles on the market that have the ability to be locked/unlocked remotely?

Why not use Traxxas axles, they work well and are reliable. You can get a portal delete kit if that is what you don't like about them.

[JpSonoma]

Originally Posted by Greatscott

Why not use Traxxas axles, they work well and are reliable. You can get a portal delete kit if that is what you don't like about them.

I haven't ruled them out yet, I'm just seeing what other options, if any, there are.

[indybama]

Originally Posted by Greatscott

Why not use Traxxas axles, they work well and are reliable. You can get a portal delete kit if that is what you don't like about them.

Ive been debatin on gettin a set for my scx10 ii. I like the idea of the portals n the ability to lock n unlock the diffs. Only downfall is lockin diffs just leads to more things to eventually fail. But half the fun is tinkerin on them lol

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[meatmonkey]

I keep hearing people speculate that the selectable lockers in the trx4 axles are eventually going to be a point of failure. The reality has been that the stupid micro servos Traxxas uses have been the real point of failure. I've been using and abusing mine for over a year with literally hundreds of lock/unlock cycles with the only failure being the servos. I bought a kit to use the servos in my rtr, and am making brackets to use Hitec 225mg's in the kit.

[OSRC]

Agreed. Just tore my axles down for the first time and the locking rings and what not show zero wear, and I use them quite a bit. Very compact and well thought out design. I'm not sure you'll find better ones out there.

[mewalsh100]

I think Teng here on the forums posted some axles from overseas that had cable actuated (via servo) locking/unlocking diffs. I could not find the thread here, but I'm pretty sure these were the ones in the link below. Might be a bit convoluted.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Alloy-Front...frcectupt=true