CVDS for Flux?? Which ones??

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by Takedown

Try to find some hardened universals. CVD's arent reliable with heavy torque.

There's a pic somewhere in these Savage forums of a sheared universal... I haven't broken one of the Savage CVDs (made by HPI) from too much torque. It only broke because of a hard crash.

Personally I would recommend the HPI CVDs, but my Savage has a center diff which takes a lot of stress off the drivetrain. Thus I have no idea how well they would hold up to the Flux.

[Takedown]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

There's a pic somewhere in these Savage forums of a sheared universal... I haven't broken one of the Savage CVDs (made by HPI) from too much torque. It only broke because of a hard crash.

Personally I would recommend the HPI CVDs, but my Savage has a center diff which takes a lot of stress off the drivetrain. Thus I have no idea how well they would hold up to the Flux.

I shredded a ton of cvd pins and most people say that hardened universals are alot more reliable. I tried a set on my e-maxx and on my custom Schumacher MI2 4wd buggy and never had problems after switching.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by Takedown

I shredded a ton of cvd pins and most people say that hardened universals are alot more reliable. I tried a set on my e-maxx and on my custom Schumacher MI2 4wd buggy and never had problems after switching.

Universals generally are stronger since they use larger pins, but the first problem here is finding ones that are hard enough, and are made for the Savage XL/Flux.

Originally Posted by traxxasbasher13

How about these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hpi-Savage-21-25...742.m153.l1262
Do they look strong enough? I have some like this on my E-Maxx running a MMM, Castle Neu and 5s lipo. They have worked flawlessly so far.

Those will have the same issue with the Flux as the HPI CVDs mentioned above. The output cup accepts a larger ball end, so any CVDs made for the Savage 21/25/x/4.6 will have a lot of slop in the receiving end.