Slightly overpowered Slashes

[BrianG]

Yeah, I saw that. I'm getting pretty tired of that place TBH. I don't even know why I go there. You either have the 10 year olds (or people acting like 10 year olds) spewing nonsense, people who simply regurgitate what they heard (and getting it wrong mostly), or just plain morons.

And extremely rare is the case where I actually receive an answer to a question. Even rarer is the case where some idiot doesn't put their incorrect $0.02.

[rchippie]

Why do I even bother posting my Slash anywhere else?


Because you like the attention .

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by BrianG

I also wish there was a better, relatively inexpensive, diff setup. You can't change the grease to oil because the diffs leak (at the shafts and around the diff cover). So, it's either grease, or super thick oil, or locked. I'm sure a "real" diff could be done - look at the CRT.5. Either that, or come up with a better (aluminum) sealable case and use rubber seals on the shaft.

You can seal the plastic case diff up and use silicone fluid. Just trim the small plastic pieces (look like washers) off the diff case and cover where the outputs go, then use a countersink bit to open the holes up a bit. Get a 5mm id o ring, and then using the countersink it make it so about half of the o ring sits above the level of the case. Grease the oring slightly, and use a thing 5mm shim between it and the output bearings in the tranny case. Seal the diff with a small amount of rtv around the cover after you fill it.

I did this a while back and it worked well. Never saw any fluid come out by the diff outputs, but I did use reasonably thick fluid. One of the rc mags did a write up on slash mods recently, and he did a similar mod to the diff.

[BrianG]

Yeah, I saw that write-up a while back, but I'm looking for a better solution. I tried this on my son's old Pede "non-BL" diff casing (was gonna throw it away anyway). Shaving away at the outdrive sleeve to fit the O-ring just reduced the length of the sleeve and caused outdrive wobble.

I'm just gonna live with the crazy diff unloading until there is a real solution.

[rchippie]

Maybe MIKE can design & make a custom diff case if there is enough demand .

[BrianG]

I already talked with Mike about that and he said he is looking into it, but it is lower on the priority list.

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by BrianG

I already talked with Mike about that and he said he is looking into it, but it is lower on the priority list.

will the jato diff fit ?.

[BrianG]

Nope. Not only is it wider, but the tooth pitch is all wrong.

Well, actually it can fit.... provided you want to do some SERIOUS modding. But if you're gonna go that far, might as well use a buggy diff.

[BL_RV0]

Wouldn't a FLM tranny case fix the problem?

[BrianG]

What would that do? I have the FLM tranny...

[skellyo]

Working on a little bit of video from some bashing yesterday. As soon as it's done uploading to YouTube, I'll post a link.

[Robert]

I'm looking foward to seeing the video, thanks.

[skellyo]

Here it is:

[Robert]

It seems to have handled the run pretty well, lots of tumbles. :) Anything break yet? I keep twisting the rear sliders at the yoke and I'm not running the power you are.

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by Robert

It seems to have handled the run pretty well, lots of tumbles. :) Anything break yet? I keep twisting the rear sliders at the yoke and I'm not running the power you are.

Popped apart a shock cap when I first got my Slashes, but the AL caps cured that. The only thing that happened yesterday was a yoke on the slider popping apart. No sliders twisted apart yet, but I think I'll be grabbing the new MIP CVD's soon to replace the stockers.