Driveshafts flipped?

[bigmodean]

I noticed on the ax-10 kit,the driveshaft male end on both front and rear connects to the transmission,female(bigger)side goes to the dif.Now on my ARTR,as installed and in the instructions,front end has male end to trans(as kit)but rear end has male end to dif.Wondering if I should switch rear hookup so it they are both the same.On my first two runs my CV joint ripped through the flanges/dogears that connect them to the cv joint,both front and rear.Either faulty parts,because I have not heard of this happening very often,or is the artr flipped driveshaft the culprit?

 

[lizard017]

run both front an dack the same, put the part female, to the axle, iff you go over rocks and scratch the male, it will have a hard time sliding in and out, i know cause it happoned to me, i put on bent rear links and i had to replace my driveshaft, tore it up pretty good

 

[wrcfan29]

having the female ends connected to the diff would be best because they are smoother which would not get caught up on the rocks.. you should read this link about some home made drive shaft rings http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102798&highlight=revo

 

[Narly1]

For better or worse I'm running Punishers on my rig.

I mounted them up female side to the diffs both front and rear.

My thinking being that the female sides are the heavier of the two pieces and mounting them low would be best for centre of gravity reasons.

Narly1

 

[bigmodean]

Great info,thank you guys,i will flip the rear shaft so it is female side "down" same as the front.