[BrianG]

Well, after not getting any sale hits on the CRT.5, I decided to re-do it. Actually, I did get one potential buyer, but found a few things wrong, so I backed out.

The goal for the rebuild is going to make things MUCH lighter and lower the COG. I already took about 20% of the unneeded material from the motor mount, recreated the ESC/rx tray/CD brace, and started making a new battery tray. Still aluminum, but more thought going into the design to reduce weight.

I plan to run a Medusa 36-50-3300/MM on 3s. I'll also be using the DimensionEngineering ParkBEC (tiny 1.5A version) - this BEC works perfect on the Slash, so it should be perfect for the CRT.5. I got the ESC, motor, and BEC in the mail today (thanks Mike!). Gonna start looking for a 3s lipo with between 2500mAh to 3500mAh.

Anyway, after I pulled all the old custom pieces out, I decided to refill the F/R diffs. I had never touched them from stock so it was time. Man, there was hardly any fluid in there! Just enough to lube them and that's about it. Either that or I have a pretty good leak - which is not likely judging by the lack of goo near the outdrives. While I had the diffs apart I noticed the steel bevel pinion gear was broken in the front diff. The little sleeve literally broke off the rest of the bevel gear. I looked a little closer at the rear diff and noticed you can push/pull the outdrive about 1mm in the diff. Maybe that slop caused the break? Who knows. So, I decided to add a shim to the outdrives (on top of the o-ring and under the pin/gear). I have one, but need 3 more. The LHS is looking but is having difficulty finding them.

So, does anyone have any 6mm ID X 14mm OD X "really thin" diff shims they are willing to part with? Or a link to get some somewhere? I look at various places and can't find them.