How to keep the axles alive?

[m1009cucv]

Helping a friend get his kit assembled. This is his first crawler. Bought some really nice electronics. MMP tekin crawler motor. Wants to run it on 3 and 4s. 2.2 tsls As well. The heavy-duty pinon and an MIP drive shafts are in the mail. Been thinking over time some hardened gears will show up and some over under drive gears like they did with the axial. For now though what can we do to keep the axles alive? Thanks a lot

[Volvospede]

shim the gears tight. The manual says one shim for left and right. You can use them both behind the gear. Then adjust the slipper so loose that you hear it slip in normal conditions. Then tighten it little by little, until it doesnt slip when crawling normally, but will slip if a tire gets bound up or something.

this has kept my truck from breaking and i have driven really lot. And i have the stock gears and driveshafts.

[m1009cucv]

Got this shims on the one side.Okay soon as we get it completed I'll try that with the slipper clutch.. Thanks a lot

[Johnnysplits]

2.2's? Why?

[m1009cucv]

thats what he wants i guess. sure we are going to cut the body a lot more. going to cut the back off to make a convertible.

[Johnnysplits]

Hey man, tell him 2.2's are for kids.

[Johnnysplits]

If your friend plans on comping with his rig or even doing some heavy off-roading with it, I would tighten the clutch as far as you can. You don't want any slip at all. If that clutch is allowed to slip, there's a good chance it might not be able to get itself out of some situations. Sorry volvospede, running stock gear and not breaking anything, then you're missing out on a lot more fun!!

[m1009cucv]

im thinking he should stick with 1.9 till there is a HD gears and or over and under gears available.

[MudMonster]

I haven't had any issues yet with my stock gears and im running 2.2 tsl iroks with a 5.7kv motor that doesn't mean i don't have 2 sets off the hd gears on hand just in case but so far so good for me and I've got about 5hrs of run time in with this setup

[MudMonster]

And of course i just snaped my rear driveshaft. This is why i bring parts to camp lol

[Johnnysplits]

Originally Posted by MudMonster

And of course i just snaped my rear driveshaft. This is why i bring parts to camp lol

It's time for an MIP upgrade!!

[MudMonster]

I still havent put my hd shafts in . I just snapped my stocks

[m1009cucv]

I took the differentials part. Interesting design. I put the bowl shims and the gear side. There was no grease in there so I re greased everything to

[bennett]

What if I got the rtr and it has no shims can I order them or anything because the there is a lot of slop and the hd gears are on order mips are already in

[m1009cucv]

mine had one shim on each side. put both shims on the gear side. thats where i started