Differential Gears

[tecboy]

Has anyone tried to use differential gears? Is there benefit? I know these are not good for crawling rocks.

 

[romulus22]

PROS. tighter turning radius
CONS. loss of traction

SOLUTION. dig

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

Its a great mod! Search "underdrive" or "overdrive" and you'll come up with lots of info...

 

[indiana mudcat]

I think he means open diffs.

 

[tecboy]

I think he means open diffs.

Yep, that is right open Diffs.

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

Open diffs suck for crawling. As soon as you get one tire bound up, the other spins like crazy. You won't get far.

 

[KROGOTH]

Having an open diff in the front for steering would be good for a rock racer maybe? For dedicated crawling, stick with spools.

 

[indiana mudcat]

I've never ran an open diff, but I've busted many axle's on courses (somewhere around 10-20, hard to keep track at this point(side note never buy MIP CVD's)). I can tell you that it's a bitch trying to push the weight of the dead wheel around and I don't see an open diff being much different.

 

[tpat]

Do they make differential gears for Axial axles?

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

Do they make differential gears for Axial axles?

The Rock Racers have diff gears in the front, so yes, they are available.

 

[Terranaut]

I tried an open diff in the rear axle, with a home made limited slip arrangement. It had potential, but I gave up on it after a few hours. Causes more problems than it solves.

Drove a friends RTR on my practice course with the front diff still in it. Seemed like it was in 2WD. Lousy!

My own rig with a busted front spool, three-wheel-drive, could hardly crawl over a speed bump. Crippled!

Spools only for crawling! "thumbsup"

Cheers.

 

[2500hdon37s]

i did! it was a kinda fun chalange on the rocks but lots of fun for bashing around in the mud and on the trails

 

[Sharkey]

might be fun in a scaler, however the only way id try it is with a servo operated locker, just like a summit.