BL Revo using Revo Transmission?

[BrianG]

Thanks for the input!

Yeah, I have read about 130-140* tops after a full run in the past. Now, all I do is use the "hand test", and everything seemed fine, until this weekend. The only thing I can think of that changed from last year was the addition of a center diff. It was a bit loose before I put thicker oil in it (50k), so maybe it diffed out and the motor spun up too fast causing it to overheat. I don't really like the centerdiff in the Revo anyway and plan to remove it. It seems that if it's too loose, it diffs out badly; and if I put thick enough oil so it doesn't diff out, the diff is all but locked.

BTW: This isn't a hacker motor, it's a BK Wanderer.

Originally Posted by BrianG

Thanks for the input!

Yeah, I have read about 130-140* tops after a full run in the past. Now, all I do is use the "hand test", and everything seemed fine, until this weekend. The only thing I can think of that changed from last year was the addition of a center diff. It was a bit loose before I put thicker oil in it (50k), so maybe it diffed out and the motor spun up too fast causing it to overheat. I don't really like the centerdiff in the Revo anyway and plan to remove it. It seems that if it's too loose, it diffs out badly; and if I put thick enough oil so it doesn't diff out, the diff is all but locked.

BTW: This isn't a hacker motor, it's a BK Wanderer.

Oops, I saw 10XL and assumed a Hacker C50-10XL

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by b0gh0s

Oops, I saw 10XL and assumed a Hacker C50-10XL

That's OK. Do you think Hacker will fix my Wanderer for the same price? :dft012:

Do they actually fix it, or just send a new motor? I was looking at the motor internals and those coils look quite packed in there.

Brian, are you running the traxxas center diff? If so, what weight oil are you running? In my revo the stock 100k was not enough so I went to 120k. That was not enough; front tires kept unloading massively, like I had 10k oil. So then the only thing I could think of that would be better was... umm.... Silly Putty! I really packed the diff with it and it worked great... for about half a battery pack(8000mAh).
I was really fed up so I packed the diff with JB weld. I am pretty sure that will hold(no diff action). Have you had better luck? What would you suggest I do?

Thanks

Bye:018: