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Harley's XR10 #AX50062
- Thread starter Harley
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Last night I put in my per-order for the Seld-M-Bend rear straight axles. Looks like it will be awhile before I get them but I'll be patient! :lol:
Stop whinging, that is how long we have to wait for stuff to get from you to here!! :lmao: Every order I place is 2 weeks at best.
nagrom
Rock Stacker
Hey Harley how would you rate your move to the big bores on the V4.Dont know if I expect to much but the shocks feels like where I am lacking.
I honestly haven't ran a shock that I like more than the big bores. They just work! I have also never had one leak on me.
Highlucks
Try to Bend it
Thanks Josh, they will be into the most as soon as I have the kits assembled State side
Harvo
I wanna be Dave
Try speeding them up with thinner oil."thumbsup"
Or drill out the pistons a little more.
nagrom
Rock Stacker
Yeah I have drilled pistons out bigger,think I am using softer springs now the axial black springs, and using 30wt oil.I know the T1e chassis recommends the big bores and I liked how vertec big bores felt and was just trying to figure out if big bores were good choice for the V4.Think krawlfreak still running stock with diff springs and having great success.The day I comped with you all you showed me some lines rig did great could just be bad driver
This weekend in preparation for our local comp the XR went in for a tune-up. A friend and local crawler, Fat Jesus, came over to wrench on my rig for me.
We started off by tearing down both gear boxes and motors. Inside the motor cans went new 16 turn Crawlmaster arms that I have had waiting for way too long. I am really kicking myself for waiting! I have never felt this big of a difference from one motor to the next. I even stepped up to 15 tooth pinions and it was still so much smoother!
We started off by tearing down both gear boxes and motors. Inside the motor cans went new 16 turn Crawlmaster arms that I have had waiting for way too long. I am really kicking myself for waiting!
I have never felt this big of a difference from one motor to the next. I even stepped up to 15 tooth pinions and it was still so much smoother!
The next thing we did was tear open the gear boxes and clean them thoroughly. We inspected the Axial gears for any wear and all looked good.
Team3six sent me some of this new Rocklube stuff to give it a shot. To me grease is usually just grease but i figured I needed to regrease my stuff anyway. I will say that being in a squeeze bottle was pretty handy as opposed to my big tub of bearing grease I normally have to dig into.
So we installed the gears and greased the gear box. As we first started to spin the gear box it felt and sounded BAD. It was almost gritty, but then you could feel whatever is in this stuff start to breakdown. All of a sudden it all spun very smooth. I was actually impressed..... By grease. That's an odd feeling.
Team3six sent me some of this new Rocklube stuff to give it a shot. To me grease is usually just grease but i figured I needed to regrease my stuff anyway. I will say that being in a squeeze bottle was pretty handy as opposed to my big tub of bearing grease I normally have to dig into.
So we installed the gears and greased the gear box. As we first started to spin the gear box it felt and sounded BAD. It was almost gritty, but then you could feel whatever is in this stuff start to breakdown. All of a sudden it all spun very smooth. I was actually impressed..... By grease. That's an odd feeling.
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Another video from Ev0l, this one is from our last comp "thumbsup"
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Jeepkid
I wanna be Dave
Any pics of how much grease you need to apply? I just was woundering, as it seems in his pics that he put an awful lot in the AX axles pictured. From my opinion only, I thought stickier grease didnt need to be packed in the gearcases. Idk, I could be wrong.
It's just grease, don't over think something simple. 8) Just coat the gears well like with any grease.
Installed the Bigron battery mount tonight. Works well with the MaxAmps 430's 8)
i know this is going way back but i decided to fab up a behind the motor battery mount myself. looking at the pics it seems like the battery/mount would be come hang points given they sit lower than the lower links. has it caused you any issues? i would have gone with a mount on top of the axle like everyone else but i'm still running stock c's and knuckles so there isn't enough space.
I ran a top mount first but have preferred this since. I have hung on the back of it before when in reverse but 99.9% of the time it's been awesome. I wouldn't change it.
thanks for the response. i'm glad to hear it's worked so well for you. helped me make up my mind. btm it is!
Jeepkid
I wanna be Dave
Too much grease in the gearcases make the grease ooz out of the inspection cover. Seen it with the auto grease I used to use and didnt slather it on like mayo on a whopper. I think applying it just to the teeth is the best method, but to say not to overthink grease is funny. Team3six and Gearscience had put alot of thought into their greases."thumbsup"
Tighten the inspection cover :lol:
They have definitely done work but it's not a redefining science. It works great but you don't need a Degree to apply it. Just throw some in there and call it good.
Jeepkid
I wanna be Dave
Mine was tight, and yes you dont need to be smart to apply grease.
