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freeagent · 01:06 AM

No I havent, I opend up the diff and stopped when it dawned on me Im not exactly sure what Im looking for.. I did go and get my new fluids, but I havent put them in yet. Should I order a few shim kits? My local shop might even have them..

Oh yeah, this thing is a total pig! I might have to put the stock shocks back on because these springs on the BB's cant take the weight very well..

Edit:

Those lipos are 5k 3s 20/30c zippys

freeagent · 09.17.2010, 12:15 PM

After some hardcore googleing I know what Im looking for :) Im going to grab some shims on my way to work, and when I get home its sugery time :) Also, I weighed her up with some 2s 5200 40c smc packs, and its alot lighter heheh.

magman · 01:06 PM

I believe mine weighs around 11 lbs. But, I am running a 1520 on 5s. Absolutely check your diffs...easier to add shims than shell out $ for more diff parts

When you open the diffs, check to see how much play you have in the pinion gear...movement front to back. You want the gears to mesh tightly (smoothly ) but not move a lot if that makes sense. Shims are added to reduce slop, movement or what ever you want to call it. My rear diff took 2 shims while my front only took 1 using 1mm shims

freeagent · 09.17.2010, 06:07 PM

Awsome, well I will go ahead and do that :) I did that to my revo, and it helped for a few runs with a tight slipper. I read a thread on the mugen forums where I guess a rep went over how to properly setup a diff on a 6t, it was tedious, he was shimming all the way around, assembleing, disassemleing, it was controlled chaos heheh. If its just the pinion then thats uber easy heheh :)

Also I couldnt get 7k diff fluid, I cant remember what I bought off hand, even tho I should know, but Im tired and stuck in the office so when I get home I will letchoo know Ive got.

freeagent · 09.17.2010, 10:03 PM

Hmmm.

Well okay Ive got 7k, 10k, and 20k..

Think 10 is a bit thick for up front?

It was 15k they didnt have

magman · 09.18.2010, 10:52 AM

I am happy with 15k up front and 20 center...but I only bash

freeagent · 09.18.2010, 11:49 AM

Do you think 10k would be too thick for up front? They didnt have 15k, she tried to tell me it didnt exist.

Nard Cox · 09.18.2010, 11:57 AM

I drive 15-15-10 on my MBX6Te. But I race on astro turf which is pretty high traction.

magman · 09.18.2010, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by freeagent

Do you think 10k would be too thick for up front? They didnt have 15k, she tried to tell me it didnt exist.

What! I must have 3 bottles of 15 kicking around. I normally run in really soft sand so my set up is perfect for me.

Bondonutz · 09.18.2010, 12:08 PM

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Nice 5T..looks a lot like mine

Get the RC Monster mugen mount and you are good to go!

Hey Brian, Is that the body Rusty5XL painted for you ? It looks REALLY nice.

magman · 12:14 PM

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Hey Brian, Is that the body Rusty5XL painted for you ? It looks REALLY nice.

nope...give me a sec and I will post it up...

I bought that body form a member on RCTech who does painting. It looks better in person than in the pic. His prices seemed reasonable as well. Just a tad more than RUSTY XL5 charged. If you would like his name let me know

crap..i never took a picture of it..will have to do so tonight and send you a pic of it

Bondonutz · 09.18.2010, 12:20 PM

Made me wonder cause It looks Sooooo much better than mine that he painted.

Nah, I doubt I'll go that route ever again. Getting burned once is enough,rather not take a chance again at that. To many variables and a simple miscommunication could end badly. I've always painted my own but thought I'd take the chance just once.

magman · 09.18.2010, 12:25 PM

He did a much better job than Andrew did for sure. Don't blame you one bit either for painting your own...i just HATE painting bodies

freeagent · 09.18.2010, 12:50 PM

It is a pretty nice lookin body I have to agree. I can paint awsome with solid colours lol :)

Ok good to know about the fluids, by the sounds of things im not too far oof from where I should be.. Today is the day hopefully that I can get er going

freeagent · 09.19.2010, 03:30 AM

Ok!

I drove it for the firs time today woooo :)

seemed like alot of power was unloading to the front..

I so now I have my center diff open, the center gears are out, and its mostly clean of the old fluid..

How do you get the outdrives off? I seems like its locked to the pinion some how..