Flux my first Monster is on the way.

[Desert Rc]

[QUOTE=Freezebyte;337854]I remember when mine was that virgin clean and new. Didn't last long..... Oh and my diffs leaked too, there's only 1,000k weight in them which is way to light for the Flux. I would put some heavier oil in the diffs before you run it, I run 100k front/rear.


thanks for the heads up on the fluids...cant believe they put 1k wt lol. Yup Minty Fresh is always nice!! Its Crispy!!

[thzero]

100k seems a bit excessive; don't even run that in my RC8Te's center diff; actually I run my RC8Te with 10/50/7 and have been running my nitro savage with 15/10 front/rear. The adjustment was made because the Savage is about 3 to 4 lbs heavier than the RC8Te.

The 'Triple Diff Basics' thread here at rc-monster is a good read. Just equate the gearbox/tranny in the Savage as a locked center diff for a 50/50 split of power.

As for the taping, since I mentioned it; I think Freezebyte said elsewhere he's using strapping tape, others use duct tape, I have been using Gorilla tape as its a bit heavier than duct tape. Just undo the tires, turn them inside out and run a strip of tape around the inside. It definetly helps.

Originally Posted by Desert Rc

thanks for the heads up on the fluids...cant believe they put 1k wt lol. Yup Minty Fresh is always nice!! Its Crispy!!

As for an 'XL' conversion; you can certainly increase the width using the stock Savage XL parts (new dogbones, diff cups, axles, etc.) but you'll need a 3rd party set of TVPs for the Flux (unless Mike makes some that come in the XL length) along with the XL dogbone. Some of the 3rd party TVPs I've seen for the Flux don't always come in the same wheelbase as the XL, but usually come with the required rear dogbone.

My Flux is a basher and wall climber, so I don't need my wheels unloading on me, hence why I run 100k. I used strapping tape on my GT-S tires, I cleaned the insides of the tires throughly with rubbing alchohol though or the anti aging powder on the rubber keeps it from sticking.

[thzero]

Ah, I bash too... I just don't wall climb.

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

My Flux is a basher and wall climber, so I don't need my wheels unloading on me, hence why I run 100k.

[Desert Rc]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

My Flux is a basher and wall climber, so I don't need my wheels unloading on me, hence why I run 100k. I used strapping tape on my GT-S tires, I cleaned the insides of the tires throughly with rubbing alchohol though or the anti aging powder on the rubber keeps it from sticking.

Thats actually a good Tip with the rubbing alcohol. I didnt use that with my xray when I did my strapping and they sound to be lifting a little inside when at speed.