ok to jb weld diff gears
 

hello, I'm new to the forum but not new to RC.I picked up a venom Safari a couple weeks back and everytime I drive it I lose either a shaft pin or a hub pin. I tried the heat shrink fax for the drive shaft. That seems to be working well and holding.I tried using using heat shrink on the hubs but it seems to be wearing off from hittingthe outer part of the hub.other than JB welding the Pin indoes anyone have any better ideas. Thank you in advance this forum and the people on itare a great source of informationand very helpful.

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got so carried awaywith the hubs I forgot to ask if anyone has JB weld it the inner gears in the differential to lock it? thanks again in advance.

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Thats how I use to do my TLT axles, worked great.

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Was going to buy the heavy duty diff lockers on ebay, but the jb weld seems to be working great. Have only done the front because the inner gears got smeared crawling over a 2x4 piece of wood. Thanks for the input rockedup Ricky.

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Also another way to "lock" the axle is to back out the small screw to the left of the lock switch. The screw will block the switch from sliding and unlocking. I haven't heard of anyone doing this but I've been running my truck like this for about a month without any problems.

Jb weld or, my favorite fix, mighty putty.. Had mine in for over a year an kept it as a back up diff gear when I got Rmdw Lincoln lockers.. When I desTroyed one of those, the mighty putty one went back in..
Make sure you get it jammed in every knuck an kranny, or it won't hold long..

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When I first bought the safari, the speed controller went in a cloud of smoke about 5 minutes in. I called Venom and they had a new one to me in 4 days. While on the phone I asked about the locks on the diff. I tried backing out the screw and within one charge I had only one wheel locked in the other spun freely. It smeared the small gears inside the diff so filled it with Jb weld. I have about 2 packs through it now and no problems . Its not reversible but the new diiff cases are only 10 bucks. Not going to mess with the open diff any more anyways.

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JB Welding the spider gears to each other and the diff housing is a must-do IMO. I did mine during initial assembly. The gears are so small that any sort of external locking method isn't going to hold up in the long run.

If your drive pins keep coming out you must not have the newer updated axles with retaining sleeves?

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Picked up some rings and axles. We will see how these work. Thanks for the input.

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JB welded my front end last week, put it all back together and within 30 mins the RF was dead again. Took it apart and the red slider ring with the 3 pins was still moving. Gonna shim it to stay tight and CA glue the plastic ring slider fork from the outside of the axle. I'm sure there's a how-to on this in the venom thread somewhere.

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for anyone who wants to know how long it last... iv had my creeper for 3 yrs now and have had jb weld since day on still locked tighter than a nuns cu@%"thumbsup"

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ive had a creeper for about 4 years now and i love it as i go out with a group of guys every sunday and my creeper never disapoints as some have ax10s and the creeper breaks far less than the ax10 and is just as capable and durable as the ax10,the diff lockers venom will send you for free just call and ask

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Do u just pack the inside of the diff housing full of jb weld all over the gears inside then reassemble? and if u do this do u still need the red ring on the outside of the diff case that keeps it locked?