Have You Found Phoenix Negatives?

[rockspider]

Re: clicking noise apparently from tranny
On mine, it looks like the culprit are the driveshafts, which appear to have quite a lot of free play between the sphere and the cup, and rock back and forth on the pin and barrel as they turn.
Will have to test with a set of Scx driveshafts

 

[FlatLander72]

Cant agree more brother! But for me, that task will have to wait for awhile lol

Ditto, ditto...and the shock collars suck.

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[CamoColton]

Anyone else's transmission start binding as soon as it's installed into the chassis? I will try backing out the one screw on the OD shift side regardless.

I've set the gear mesh on the motor twice. Spinning one of the drive shafts rotates the whole works smoothly, until I bolt everything back in to the chassis.
Then it feels like I've used a bench vise to set the gear mesh on the motor end of the transmission.

 

[josh9mile]

Anyone else's transmission start binding as soon as it's installed into the chassis? I will try backing out the one screw on the OD shift side regardless.

I've set the gear mesh on the motor twice. Spinning one of the drive shafts rotates the whole works smoothly, until I bolt everything back in to the chassis.
Then it feels like I've used a bench vise to set the gear mesh on the motor end of the transmission.

The screw on the bottom of the motor plate/skid plate. Remove it or loosen it. worked for me

 

[CamoColton]

The screw on the bottom of the motor plate/skid plate. Remove it or loosen it. worked for me

Thank you. I gave that a try last night. Loosened that one, and the two above it that flank the cover. It did improve. The plastic motor plate was indeed a bit of a disappointment when I got to that parts bag. I did get a set of the aluminum stand-offs for the transmission, and wonder if that made the rest of the transmission too stiff. So any and all flexing is occurring with the plastic motor plate instead of being spread out across the length of the transmission.

 

[Brplatz]

Ditto, ditto...and the shock collars suck.

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My recent kit came with a set of 4 new ones that were not molded. Went right on.

 

[twade984]

My recent kit came with a set of 4 new ones that were not molded. Went right on.

Not molded? What were they?


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[CamoColton]

Not molded? What were they?


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Maybe aluminum? That would be an improvement.

 

[Brplatz]

Not molded? What were they?


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By not molded, I mean i left the ones that were in the molded frame untouched and these came in a separate bag.

Not aluminum but felt like fiber reinforced plastic or g10 perhaps? Either way they went on smooth

 

[RNO]

Vanquish Phoenix Con:

- absence of a sealed receiver box

Fixed w/ a suggestion from forum user: Panther6834

Traxxas RX Box #3628 is an economical work-around.

- RNO

 

[Skynet5]

Re: clicking noise apparently from tranny
On mine, it looks like the culprit are the driveshafts, which appear to have quite a lot of free play between the sphere and the cup, and rock back and forth on the pin and barrel as they turn.
Will have to test with a set of Scx driveshafts

Took mine for a maiden drive around a basic course in my garden. I noticed the clicks.

Only when turning with the suspension in full action.

I couldn't say, but the sound didn't feel like it was the transmission. Not why should it? I get there is a little more load, but nothing in there is twisting.

Having read your post I'm thinking driveshafts too. Did you fix it?

I might grease the ball and cups shown here.

 

[DRED805]

The OD is so high, it's almost detrimental. I might underdrive the front axle and do a 2 position on that servo, for 36% OD and 2wd only.

 

[Fricker08]

The OD is so high, it's almost detrimental. I might underdrive the front axle and do a 2 position on that servo, for 36% OD and 2wd only.

I was about to post something about this.. since no one read or cared to comment in the how to calculate overdrive post. Because of DRED805 being resilient Vanquish discovered and admitted that they messed up and the overdrive is about 46.5% not the 33% advertised.
After being scrutinized about even questioning it..
I’d consider adding underdrive but for my speedy that has a twin installed, it’s a lose lose. So now I’ll be changing it to a 2 position, Rwd and ~6.5% because 46.5% overdrive in that truck is useless.


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[Skynet5]

Re: clicking noise apparently from tranny
On mine, it looks like the culprit are the driveshafts, which appear to have quite a lot of free play between the sphere and the cup, and rock back and forth on the pin and barrel as they turn.
Will have to test with a set of Scx driveshafts

If you lengthen the panhard too much the driveshaft clicks against the skid plate. Only tested on bench, but I think based on markings this is it.