CD's for the savage?

[Nixpus]

Have placed a bid on Ebay for a Vorza CD.

The CDs from different suppliers are interchangeable right?

The reason why I ask is that one of my colleagues whom are producing alot of CNC parts for the projects would like to join me in the hobby... thus I think there is basis for some slighly more advanced custom parts than what I have been able to whip up on my own! But Id hate to ask him to make something fancy for the Vorza and then find out that the Spider or one of the Torsion versions is what we really need/want ;)

Another part Id love to try making with the CNC is the "wide knuckle" I was asking about in another thread...

[thzero]

Not necessarily, no. You'd have to get a bunch and do measurements. Now the Vorza diff is used in the Vorza, Hot Bodies D8/D8T and most of the Stadium line from Hot Bodies. The ring gear even works with the HPI Savage X diff cups. Think the Savage X diff internals are the same as on the Vorza/D8/D8T/Stadium but not 100% sure as they have different part numbers.

But the diffs out of my RC8T are slightly different size to diffs in the Savage X.

As a note, they bearings are probably the most important part though really as far as mounting the CD goes. The length dimension may differ slightly but the vehicles I've dealt with have the same outside bearing size (Savage, RC8/RC8T, Stadium and D8 diffs); believe they are all 8x16 bearings.

Originally Posted by Nixpus

The CDs from different suppliers are interchangeable right?

What is the point? Yes, the XL axle and other extends place more load on the outside bearing, but it fails just replace the bearing. I suppose you could construct a "wide knuckle" that actually extends the wheel out farther, but thats just really increasing the width of the track, which is helpful, but doesn't increase the suspension travel at all either.

Originally Posted by Nixpus

Another part Id love to try making with the CNC is the "wide knuckle" I was asking about in another thread...