Open rear diff?

[toyotatrucks83]

Thanks for some update info Stan. Did you run some diff oil in your open rear diff? I'm running mine with 500k diff oil. I'm liking it a lot as well.

[Bl-air]

Originally Posted by mink435

My friends farther runs a small engineering firm that specializes in gears and gogs. Would a copy of the drive shafts in aluminium with the same round head and hole as the front be up for he job? or even a set of spider gears with a square holes to go straight on to originals work?

If your friend's father specializes in gears & cogs, would it not be more appropriate for him and within his specialty, to make the gears with square holes?

[biggamehunter]

its a different animal altogether with the rear diff opened guys but remember to face off the sun gears for clearence and be sure if you hit them holes they are dead dead dead square or serious binding issues occur , open rear with 500k is the answer !!

my twin hammers , starting an upgrade

[biggamehunter]

also stan if you get in touch with gunnar , hes got a thread in the vendors forum titled cvd pins , he will make you a full set of ultra hard super high tensile pins for your cvd,s ,mip propshafts, wheel hexes and diffs , they are very very strong and very very good , i bought 2x sets not knowing how good they were but still have a complete set as the first ones i fitted are nuke proof !! cheers shaun

[Stan3535]

Originally Posted by toyotatrucks83

Thanks for some update info Stan. Did you run some diff oil in your open rear diff? I'm running mine with 500k diff oil. I'm liking it a lot as well.

Actually I am not running diff oil YET I am still using grease but plan on trying 500k. I have been trying out different tires. Just put on front GCM shock towers with Gmade aeration shocks. Wow! I wish I did this long ago. Also put the rear axle truss.
I used to snap the CVD pins when I was locked. Knock on wood I have not snapped any since I opened both diffs but plan on taking Bigamehinters tip again and getting a strong set from Gunner.
Currently have too many mods with no time to do them. Changing body and putting custom light buckets along with RC4WD light bar. Have all parts but may be a while to get to.

[fyrstormer]

I wish someone made an open-diff kit for the Twin Hammers. This mod looks awesome, perfect for reducing tire drag and traction-rolling when cornering on hard surfaces, but all I have is a Dremel and I'm not going to be able to drill through hardened steel with that.

[Natedog]

Wow, great thread with lots of great ideas! I've always thought this would be a great high speed basher buggy if it had open gear diffs front and rear that could be tuned with diff oil of different weights.