12-10-2019, 12:03 PM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Great Britain
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| Stupid screw size
So I thought I'd paint my diff covers, unscrewing them I noticed that they were pretty rounded so no biggy I have tonnes of stainless m3 that would fit. Ha, the screws ar 2.4mm thick ffs
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12-10-2019, 06:52 PM | #2 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Indonesia
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| Re: Stupid screw size
I've also wondered about that weird size. What were they thinking? More genuine screw sales maybe? Not really a big problem. Simply replace them with 2.5mm screws. They will be a little stiffer the first time you put them in, less stiff than when you're building a kit and threading screws for the first time. I've been told the stainless screw kits use 2.5mm to replace them as well. Sent from my LG-H870DS using Tapatalk |
12-10-2019, 07:17 PM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: Stupid screw size
it is listed as 2.5mmx25mm in the manual. It is very common for diff covers to be odd though many are 2.6mm |
12-12-2019, 04:13 PM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Great Britain
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| Re: Stupid screw size
Well they were a pain to get out as a few stones had damaged 2 of the hexes so out with the dremel to make a slot! In two years only the servo has been changed, she's getting a good service this weekend both diffs stripped cleaned and greased up
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12-17-2019, 07:05 PM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: central VT
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| Re: Stupid screw size
What bugs me is that I can't seem to find longer bolts so I can use nuts on the back side of the upper link mounts.
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12-17-2019, 07:18 PM | #6 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: Stupid screw size Quote:
Another option to consider is the metal upper link mounts. These screws would thread into this metal piece. GPM makes some and I though someone else did too but I cant seem to find any others. https://www.gpmparts.com/venture-toy...a-p-13184.html EDIT: now I'm looking for a rear mount, I see Hot Racing makes one but I only see it with their link set https://www.amainhobbies.com/hot-rac...3plm01/p765919 Or you could try these screws, 2.5mm x 30mm https://www.amainhobbies.com/oxy-hel...0cs-10/p982581 I find Amain has a pretty big selection of screws. Last edited by HumboldtEF; 12-17-2019 at 07:34 PM. | |
12-18-2019, 08:06 PM | #7 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: central VT
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| Re: Stupid screw size
Thanks for the link to the bolts. I don't think I require an aluminum mount, but I sure would feel better about having metal threads from the extra nuts.
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