Broke a Bully 2 outdrive stub on my front axle!

[Master Basher]

I did not expect to be breaking bully axle parts, but here it is:

I was coming down an incline about 20" high and halfway down I punched it to keep from flipping over and I heard a pop. The pin fell out of the outdrive hole and I lost power to that wheel.



I've been running these with grease from day 1.

 

[Calderwood]

Will bully 2 knuckles accept 1/8 scale universals?

 

[josh6575]

I am going to look into that because of how well they work in the B1 axles with ax10 c's.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

What's the pin diameter, curious what version you have.

 

[SkaldidDog]

What's the pin diameter, curious what version you have.

The fragile version.

Check your steering stops/EPA etc. Any CVD cup will weaken if it doubles as the steering stop.

J

 

[Master Basher]

What's the pin diameter, curious what version you have.

I am curious too. What does 2.48 mm mean? That's as close as I could get to measuring with the rig put together. That is the size of the slot that the pin slides in on the axle stub. There is a very slight amount of clearance, but not much.

 

[xkill]

Normally bully gear is not easy to break.
Congrats!

 

[Master Basher]

Normally bully gear is not easy to break.
Congrats!

That is why I made a thread about it instead of adding it to my build thread. The part really shouldn't have broke and I'm just a little worried that it did after just two months of light play. I hope this was a fluke, and these axles are as stout as prior designs.

 

[Spiitz Travsky]

Would your steering mod have made a difference on the amount of wear and applied forces?

 

[nappahdog]

would luck or the fact that things break have anything to do with it:'( shouldn't have broke hahaha

 

[Master Basher]

^it should not have broke. Period. The other hole in the cup looks stressed too. The parts are suspect. They steer more than superdaves cvds, but they are weaker too. My steering mods didnt affect it...but several tumbles over the last two months may have caused the failure.

What im saying is that I believe the design needs work to make it more robust. I would like to see bigger thread on the ends like sd's have as well. Now I know to keep spares though.

 

[Master Basher]

would luck or the fact that things break have anything to do with it:'( shouldn't have broke hahaha

These are bully axles bro. Not xr10. They have a reputation to live up to.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

Check your steering stops/EPA etc. Any CVD cup will weaken if it doubles as the steering stop.

J

This is what you need to do.

 

[Master Basher]

This is what you need to do.

copy that roger.

 

[Master Basher]

I hope this tig weld job holds up.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

Probably will if you take Joels setup advice.

 

[Master Basher]

Probably will if you take Joels setup advice.

My c hubs move around a little bit. They did brand new too. That makes setting the endpoints a little difficult. Do you loctite the c hubs so they dont wiggle any? The two screws dont hold them stationary enough for my liking.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

I loctite everything.

Basically set your epas so that the part you broke is not the steering stop and you should be ok.

 

[Master Basher]

I loctite everything.

Basically set your epas so that the part you broke is not the steering stop and you should be ok.

What I was asking was do you loctite the end of the axle where you push the c hub onto to avoid the loose wiggle. There arent any threads there, but the right kind of loctite would keep it still.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

What I was asking was do you loctite the end of the axle where you push the c hub onto to avoid the loose wiggle. There arent any threads there, but the right kind of loctite would keep it still.

No I do not, I do put loctite on my axle tangs before sticking them into the locker though.