SCX24 Brass Diff Cover Question

[mflanders300]

I just bought my 10 year old son a SCX24 and he is loving it. We have been bashing with Traxxas stadium trucks for 3-4 years but we are new to crawlers. I bought him beadlock wheels and better tires when we bought the truck and our next upgrades are going to be an emax servo and better steering links. I also want to get brass diff covers to add weight down low. Any thoughts on just getting a front cover or do I need front and rear? I haven't relocated the battery to the front and thought just putting a front diff cover on would shift more of the overall weight to the front.

 

[2471:24]

Only front will work fine.

 

[high plains drifter]

Why not go ahead and do the front and rear both? They're cheap ( in comparison to a lot of RC upgrades) and the scx24 definitely benefits from having added weight over both front and rear axles.

 

[CrawlingSF]

$13 for both

https://www.amazon.com/Skylety-Diff...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

 

[_e_w_]

I have a JLU with the battery relocated to the front and this improved forward weight bias and I'm also running stamped steel wheels, but I still plan on adding brass covers to both front and rear, because it's still a bit top heavy, but I am running a Komodo. Hoping the brass down low offsets the Komodo up high.

The aluminum ESC mount and steering links will also add some weight to the front.

I think it all comes down to how you plan on using and setting up your 24 and how much money you want to spend on it.

 

[Ynad]

Both will be just fine. Not too heavy for the stock truck.