Upgrades, upgrades, upgrades...

[coolhandcountry]

The best thing I have used is the 1/8 diffs. The aluminum cups and stuff will last and hold up pretty good. If you start getting to 18 -20 cells you really need some strong diffs though.

[Megazone23]

Thanks for the input. Eventually I may upgrade to the 1/8 diffs, but right now the checkbook pretty much says I gotta stop at the brushless setup. Then the next step will be getting a G-Maxx chassis.

I doubt I'll ever go any higher than 14 cells since I'm sure that would only guarantee that I destroy my Maxx in a blaze of plastic/aluminum shrapnel glory.:036: As it is, I may not even venture past 12 for a while.

I went ahead and just got some stock spiders, and I think I may have discovered at least part of the problem. The spider gear rod that's installed is ground down on one end so it's not perfectly round. That may be what's providing the additional play and possibly getting the gears out of proper mesh. I'll put it all back together when I get home tonight and let you know how it goes.

I picked up some Traxxas 10K wt diff lube while I was there. I hope that will be adequate.