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10-11-2006, 11:29 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reno
Posts: 448
|  drive shaft u joints i'm kinda embarassed to ask this, but how do i get the u joint in the cup. its a really tight fit, and i figured i'd ask before i broke some thing. its traxxas shafts thanks |
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10-12-2006, 12:49 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Corning
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| I also would like to know this. I am starting my first tlt build and am curious about this. Do they just pop apart? |
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10-12-2006, 12:57 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| With my maxx shafts, I get one side seated in the hole and then I grab the other side with needlenose pliers and use the tip of the pliers to kinda bend the ear up a bit outta the way and I shove it in, usually swearing while I do it. |
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10-12-2006, 12:58 AM
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| Livin' the Dream   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Idaho Falls
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| They just push in. I just put some together for a friend tonight. Pain in the a$$! |
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10-12-2006, 02:04 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norcal
Posts: 294
| The ears on the shafts are very pliable (if thats the right word for it). Don't be worried about bending it back real far or far enough to get the joint in. I used needle nose pliers on my Maxx shafts and they went right in once I got the pliers positioned right. No hassle at all  |
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10-12-2006, 06:25 AM
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| Landy mad   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Newcastle, England, UK
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As others have said its a PITA, and they usually pop in when you least expect it. | |
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10-12-2006, 08:58 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Corning
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| Well thanks for all the info, I know it helped me |
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10-12-2006, 09:03 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reno
Posts: 448
| lol yea, thanks guys, i actually found an earlier post about this this mornign when i searched a bit. i thought there just had to be a better way then man handling them in |
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10-12-2006, 10:39 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cincy
Posts: 202
| There is a simple flat piece of metal with a slot in it that makes it much eaiser. I'm at work, so I can't get a picture of it for you but its about 1/8" thick with about a 1/4" slot in one end that fits around the metal rod. You use it like a shoe horn, piece of cake. |
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10-12-2006, 04:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton
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| snap ring pliers work great to spread the tabs apart |
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