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Originally Posted by coolhandcountry
How does the maxx tires do on your pede? I am getting ready to put one together and wanted to know on the tires.
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Had a breakthru today...
Took the trans apart... basically my fault. I had let the carbide slipper balls go. So it was like a step function, either go or no go. During braking on pavement, a planetary gear fractured as the Maxx tires skid across the road, causing a bind, causing half the diff teeth to rip off.
Luckily I had a spare plastic diff gear. I brake cleaned the old sun/planet gears/shafts (even the broken one) and put them in the new diff case. Then filled it with 5min Plastic Weld. In about 3mins I had a perfect locker.
Re-installed slipper with new carbide balls and set correctly, now the BK7020 brakes very smoothly on the pavement instead of ripping the Maxx rubber across it (my fault). Slipper sounds a bit narly, & heats a tad, but I was ripping up the street today thru a full 3800 pack. Sweet!
Anyone who wants to make a MaxxPede I recommend leaving the stock drivetrain. The plastic needs to give. Forget CVD & for now the plastic output yokes holding fine. Just the alum idler & 4mm 4-tec metal rear axle. The locked diff was my choice, turning radius is unaffected, but slipper setting is crucial to keep the diff gear alive. The plastic teeth can take enough horsepower to get out of anything plus the locked diff gives more traction to the 2WD truck.
The stock slipper is the exact same as on the Maxx... anyone can point me to a better one? Thanks!