cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
Thanks Nate.
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Ascender in Honduras
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cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
So every 4 months I post one of the few upgrades to my ascender, I haven't even got to installing the sway bar :roll:, but I did manage to finally try out the duratrax scaler tires, I really like these, I went with the Chinese knock offs and duratrax tires with stock foams (imho the only thing these tires need are good foams and you have a contender), anyways a couple of pics.8)
LOL ...i did the same thing...took me like 5 minutes to figure out it wasn't a piece of molded plastic...looked like a plastic box to me for some reason :lmao:
Cheers!
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
So i have been driving my ascender for a while, but lately i have been running into an issue, seems the low gear doesn't want to remain engaged, i have tried the servo travel settings and expos, i can put it in gear manually, i guess my mini servo may have crapped out.
Sounds like bad servo.
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
Yup, that's what i am thinking nate, i am looking to get a new servo before the comp, i am taking the ascender, the trx4 and my faithful tlt fj 40 to the comp.
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
Another outing yesterday, i am having trouble with the 2 speed not staying in gear, i have tried all the adjustments possible and it feels like eratic behavior from hte servo, sometimes it will fully engage and other times it won't, shift linkage is smooth, i am even debating on going back to the single speed tranny...
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cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
Thanks man.
I have a question, who has stripped any internals from the tranny? what gear is the most common? i have a grinding noise on mine, i both speeds and it's not the spur gear and pinion mesh, the tranny 2 speed rod fully engaged in second or first same noise, i still haven't taken it apart but i am hoping for some input before the teardown, oh btw this is a 2 speed from a hammer not sure if the internals are metal as the ascender's.
I have a question, who has stripped any internals from the tranny? what gear is the most common? i have a grinding noise on mine, i both speeds and it's not the spur gear and pinion mesh, the tranny 2 speed rod fully engaged in second or first same noise, i still haven't taken it apart but i am hoping for some input before the teardown, oh btw this is a 2 speed from a hammer not sure if the internals are metal as the ascender's.
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
So i guess no that many on here have opted for the 2 speed? in any case i took apart the twin hammers tranny (i already put back on the single speed on the chevy) and i found out that the only gear that stripped is the only plastic gear on the tranny...part#vtr232008, just in case anyone else has a failure."thumbsup"
Twammers tranny had some plastic gears, my first Ascender Blazer is still on original factory Vaterra metal gears and smoothly crawling along. Glad you got it figured out. 
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
no i killed the spur gear on the single speed...:x, chevy is parked for now waiting on parts...:lmao:
my TH 2 speed is still going. but the traxxas micro servo killed itself (endpoints set too far chewed up its own teeth) so its a manual shifter lol but the control is so smooth on the hobbywing 1080 i can leave it in high gear and still nice and easy on the rocks.
I've been considering going back to single speed as well. we shall see...
I've been considering going back to single speed as well. we shall see...
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
so i am headed to a comp on sunday with new shoes to try out, i have the redcat iroks on the blazer, hopefully they do well.
Good luck! Picture of your truck with the tires?
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
So i have no good news, scored a dnf in the comp, went class 2 , tires had grip, but the lack of practice and the boldness of going into a comp with an untried setup took it's toll, the wheels are some cheap plastic i had laying around and had no air holes, so although the tire had a nice grip they were bouncing all over, that added to a th spur gear and a 20t pinion plus a 3s killed the driveshafts...
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cartronicshn
I wanna be Dave
i am know waiting on new beadlocks, spur gear, pinion and foams , venting the tires setup and reporting back my findings.
Untested truck setup, OG driveshafts (not the update heavy duty) , geared too high for good crawling can do that. Vent tires, not wheels, is better imo. Tires look good on there and looks like you had fun!
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