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10-12-2006, 02:06 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fenton, MO
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|  Shimming TLT axles Okay, so Ive searched, and havent really come up with an answer. Can someone tell me, or give me a pic of what Im supposed to shim in the axles. Also, what should I use to shim them? I just built my first TLT for my son, and I want to make sure its done right. I have never owned a shaftie, so sorry for the dumb question. Thanks for any help you can give me |
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10-12-2006, 02:12 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom,Scarborough
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| u can use a dremel to shim the diffs and u shim the bottom of the axle so when going over terrain u have more diff clearence  |
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10-12-2006, 02:24 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY
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| Well. On the bottom of the axle there is a ridge that sticks out all the way down the axle. Shave that down so its flush with the rest of the axle. Also, if you haven't tried it yet, move your lower link mounts to the back of the axle. If you have not yet done so, let me know. I can either tell you on here or AIM how to do it. And yes, you can use a dremel. |
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10-12-2006, 02:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: One Legend.
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But he asked about using SHIMS in his diff... not trimming the case! | |
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10-12-2006, 02:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal
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| How do you two geniuses expect him to shim his axles with a dremel?  Beatnbruised, you add washers behind the pinion gear to bring it in closer to the ring gear, this reduces slop between the ring and pinion. Unholy beat me damn. |
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10-12-2006, 02:40 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fenton, MO
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10-12-2006, 02:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal
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10-12-2006, 02:53 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fenton, MO
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| Awesome, thank you for all the help. Thats why I love this site  |
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10-12-2006, 02:54 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| I thought a shim was someone whose gender cannot be visually determined without um... closer inspection... |
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10-12-2006, 03:54 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal
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shim A male, usually fat, hairy, and prone to playing everquest 16 hours a day, who pretends to be a female while on the internet. Shims allow for roleplaying to be taken to a sexual level while playing video games, and sometimes practice while cybering with random guys in teen chatrooms. DARK WIZARD: yo wassup SweetElfChic: hey hunny ;) *flirts* DARK WIZARD: omg ur really a girl? let's get our characters married and have hot online sex ;) ;) ;) | |
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10-12-2006, 04:07 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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10-12-2006, 04:12 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fenton, MO
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| Im actually pretty curious how Rockpiledriver knows all of this Hmmm? |
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10-12-2006, 04:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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| theres sicko crap on the internet?!?! and all this time i thought it was only for informative purposes...... im tearing down my tlt axles to give em a once over, i didnt shim em at all. how much are you finding you need to shim em? i got a bunch of different thickness's but it didnt seem like there was alot of play |
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10-16-2006, 09:09 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VARCOR
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| Does any one have pics of how to shim the axles. I just can't figure it out. Thanks |
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10-16-2006, 09:13 PM
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10-17-2006, 03:29 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: rite here all along
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| I forget the part# but traxxas has a pack of teflon washers for about $3, one on the back of the pinion and one on the side of the diff so that it pushes the gears together and you are done, I have done it to 4 axles and have not blown up a diff yet, before that I grenaded about 4 of them, and I'm running an outrunner in one of the trucks with a heavy finger  , the gears are a little tight at first but smooth out as the gears break in |
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10-18-2006, 09:27 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VARCOR
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| When you say diff side is that the short axle or long axle??? Quote:
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10-19-2006, 12:05 AM
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| Dirt Addict   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stumblin' thru the parking lot of an invisible 7-Eleven
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10-30-2006, 12:00 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Corning
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| Does anyone know the number to these shims. I was at my lhs yesterday and the guy had no clue what I was talking about. He just kept trying to sell me steel washers that were to thick. |
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10-30-2006, 12:08 PM
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| OCCUPY RCC!   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: I am the 53%.
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