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12-14-2006, 10:23 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Palmer
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Is there another type of drive shaft i can use besides the traxxas ones i have spun through 3 sets. I have a team prp chassis with a 55t motor and all the trouble started when i got my new 4300 batery. Any ideas? ((((((( I'm new to these things)))))))) |
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12-14-2006, 10:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chattanooga
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What traxxas ones?Pede,Maxx,Revo,Jato?  |
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12-15-2006, 03:39 AM
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| I lost my vendor privileges Join Date: May 2006 Location: TOP OF THE HILL
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12-15-2006, 05:22 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Elberfeld
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How much engagement do you have on the sliders? If you have minimal engagement, this might be the problem.
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12-15-2006, 07:17 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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I can't understand why a lot of you guys mess with sliders. Does your driveline change length too much to use dogbones? I've always managed (somehow) to keep the drivetrain "shrinkage" (for lack of a better term) on my suspension designs to under 3/16". The stock drive cups from a TLT are steel, far superior IMO to some of the plastic couplings a lot of you guys are using as interfaces. When I first started building that was a big concern of mine, how was I going to do driveshafts? Stock dogbones from an RST worked the first time, but that wheelbase was only like 11". Then I stretched the wheelbase to 12.5", and had to make my own dogbones. Scroll down this thread to see a drawing of how I did it. $60 to spend... I'm not a super rc genius at getting maximum torque out of a motor, so this method has so far been good to go. I'm currently running an Integy 65 turn motor, stock TLT trans and spur, and a 14 tooth pinion, and have'nt spun a shaft yet after switching to the permanent threadlocker. (regular CA will work, but it will eventually fail) |
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12-15-2006, 07:50 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: R.I.P. Chip
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I have used Jato's, pede's and I am using 2.5 Maxx sliders now and I have only pulled 1 set apart and that was because I changed the wheelbase on my scale rig. I have not stripped or broke any others.
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12-15-2006, 09:00 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Santa Rosa
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i use t-maxx shafts, 0% problems so far, really durable.
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12-15-2006, 12:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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There are only a few dogbone lengths available. Sliders are easily modified to suite ANY wheelbase vehicle. They are cheap, readily available and strong. (I rarely brake them) ryan |
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