emaxx flextek arms to long!!!!

[OldSoldier]

Originally Posted by Serum

Not the stock sliders, the 3.3 sliders. They are worth their weight in gold. his problem is that he NEEDS longer shafts, the tbonz are not long enough, only MIP and UE are long enough.

I know the tbonz shafts from the savage, and they are not the best available for it. UE's get my vote for the full 100 percent.

All,
This is a great thread because I'm having the same problem with my Tbonz. I'm using RPM arms. My RPM suspension arms are the same size as my stock E-Maxx (pre-WideMaxx) suspension arms. The Tbonz are about 1/4 inch too short and I don't understand why. I have the Fastlane Machine Chassis with the combo diff carrier/bulkhead with 1/8th scale diffs. I bought it all from Monster Mike.

I hope my LHS has some 3.3 sliders if that is the answer.

OldSoldier

[ssspconcepts]

Originally Posted by OldSoldier

All,
This is a great thread because I'm having the same problem with my Tbonz. I'm using RPM arms. My RPM suspension arms are the same size as my stock E-Maxx (pre-WideMaxx) suspension arms. The Tbonz are about 1/4 inch too short and I don't understand why. I have the Fastlane Machine Chassis with the combo diff carrier/bulkhead with 1/8th scale diffs. I bought it all from Monster Mike.

I hope my LHS has some 3.3 sliders if that is the answer.

OldSoldier

Old Soldier
The T-bonz should be working for you? Do you have the pivot balls screwed in all the way? Also, check to see if you have too much suspension travel....you may have to reduce just a tad but the t-bonz should work.

[OldSoldier]

Originally Posted by ssspconcepts

Old Soldier
The T-bonz should be working for you? Do you have the pivot balls screwed in all the way? Also, check to see if you have too much suspension travel....you may have to reduce just a tad but the t-bonz should work.

Yes, you may be right about the suspension travel, but I found one other problem...the rounded dogbone end of the Tbonz are too fat to fit in the drive cups of the HotBodies Lightning diffs I bought to go into the Fast Lane Machine hybrid diff housing/bulkhead. I ended up shaving all four dogbone ends down considerably to get them to fit inside the drive cups. This is getting painful! Where did I go wrong?

[ssspconcepts]

Originally Posted by OldSoldier

Yes, you may be right about the suspension travel, but I found one other problem...the rounded dogbone end of the Tbonz are too fat to fit in the drive cups of the HotBodies Lightning diffs I bought to go into the Fast Lane Machine hybrid diff housing/bulkhead. I ended up shaving all four dogbone ends down considerably to get them to fit inside the drive cups. This is getting painful! Where did I go wrong?

There are other diff cups that you can get...but it would be a major pain in the @ss to change all that out at this stage. You may want to consider getting new drive shafts. The problem is that in grinding down the dogbones they will probably wobble under load...which will probably cause premature wear on your bearings, diffs, and gears. Sorry.