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benckie
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well i could not help myself so the other day i installed the large and small alloy engine mounts and the alloy gear carrier. and today i installed the alloy rear end with alloy upper arms and the front alloy bulk heads and the alloy servo saver and some cat 5 steel gears, ive still got a heap of stuff to install and do, but ill do it bit by bit
Trip
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Here ya go :lol: Sorry, piss poor video quality, It's recorded from my TV.. This is the pilot episode from way back when.. Turn up your volume!!!
benckie
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well i wasnt going to do any upgrades till around 20 25 tanks, and do a fg mt reveiw, but i busted one spur gear on the 12th full tank, and busted the second spur gear on the 14th tank, the spur gear was still working fine just missing teeth on one side, due to some bad jump landing and the rear top turn buckle hitting the spur gear so stuff it i aded the alloy rear end as in the above pics, and installed the ams stainless steel diff cover, to keeop the diff going untill my adjastable gets here.
i tell you that steel radio tay was the biggest pain in the ass for me, had to do some drilling and a few mods it works now, but im not realy happy with it, ive seen some nicer ones on flea bay.uk ill get one that way i can run twin steering servos like i planed to.
with the steel radio tray i had to cut of some of my hitec alloy servo horn, not to happy about that as ill looks some braking power, but its in now and working atlest there no flew in the radio tray when braking, so mabe they will counteract some of the missing alloy servo horn :-[
i liked the ams stainless diff cover nice and tight it will stop the diff gears speading, to my suprise after 14 tanks the gears where like brand new, thens been a few times i got it up on two wheels at full wot then the wheels come done and hit the dirt, ive thought bugger thats go to hurt the diff.
ive spent the day paying witht he adjustable camber front end, and when back to stock lols, the trucks ready to go just got to adjust the front tunbuckles and the rear then im off bashing agoing to test out the alloy bits, lets see how strong they are, but i will say the fg alloy isnice every thing lines up well and with the alloy rear end i can get way better gear msh on the layshaft gear and diff gear, it wasnt bad befor but now its smicko.
since the ams diff cover was so tight, i think it will help the diff a bit more and mabe slow down some of the unlaoding on one wheel, but i might be dreaming.
any way heres some more pic,s lols
i tell you that steel radio tay was the biggest pain in the ass for me, had to do some drilling and a few mods it works now, but im not realy happy with it, ive seen some nicer ones on flea bay.uk ill get one that way i can run twin steering servos like i planed to.
with the steel radio tray i had to cut of some of my hitec alloy servo horn, not to happy about that as ill looks some braking power, but its in now and working atlest there no flew in the radio tray when braking, so mabe they will counteract some of the missing alloy servo horn :-[
i liked the ams stainless diff cover nice and tight it will stop the diff gears speading, to my suprise after 14 tanks the gears where like brand new, thens been a few times i got it up on two wheels at full wot then the wheels come done and hit the dirt, ive thought bugger thats go to hurt the diff.
ive spent the day paying witht he adjustable camber front end, and when back to stock lols, the trucks ready to go just got to adjust the front tunbuckles and the rear then im off bashing agoing to test out the alloy bits, lets see how strong they are, but i will say the fg alloy isnice every thing lines up well and with the alloy rear end i can get way better gear msh on the layshaft gear and diff gear, it wasnt bad befor but now its smicko.
since the ams diff cover was so tight, i think it will help the diff a bit more and mabe slow down some of the unlaoding on one wheel, but i might be dreaming.
any way heres some more pic,s lols
benckie
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i quick vid from today testing out the alloy parts befor a decent bash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fsokK2bJYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fsokK2bJYA
benckie
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looks like the ams stainless steel diff cover might of been to tight as the died died today looks like the gears scraped up some plastic from the houseing and it locked then the grunt sheared the diff in half, the g270rc hit some nice revs but no go...
i think if i didnt put the diff cover on as it was dam tight, the diff might not of locked full of plastic and might still be going.
no dramer i have an new fg alloy diff housing just got to swap it over.
any way here a some pictures good job im thought
i think if i didnt put the diff cover on as it was dam tight, the diff might not of locked full of plastic and might still be going.
no dramer i have an new fg alloy diff housing just got to swap it over.
any way here a some pictures good job im thought
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Trip
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Nice looking asteroid you have there! :lol: Looks like the gears survived though.. Did that have any grease in it? Looks pretty dry!
benckie
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im going to change the layshaft gear to make it a little quicker and more user frindly on take off.
it did have grease in ther most of its on my engine and carb/airfilter, and i did clean it up a bit befor the pic,s
all four gears twisted iside the diff case....i thought the ams diff cover would help, but to be honest i think cause it was so tight, like i had to hammer it on, the gears cut into the plastic, the plastic got into the gears, the the diff got jammed (locked) and then that cause it to bust in half.
lucky the gears and drive cups are sweet still
it did have grease in ther most of its on my engine and carb/airfilter, and i did clean it up a bit befor the pic,s
all four gears twisted iside the diff case....i thought the ams diff cover would help, but to be honest i think cause it was so tight, like i had to hammer it on, the gears cut into the plastic, the plastic got into the gears, the the diff got jammed (locked) and then that cause it to bust in half.
lucky the gears and drive cups are sweet still
slawhammer
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Nasty..on the rear end....you will do better with the LSD diff....
I just have the Fg 8484 caseI stuffed my gears in with SS cover....
Your truck is looking good my friend.....Slawhammer...
I just have the Fg 8484 caseI stuffed my gears in with SS cover....
Your truck is looking good my friend.....Slawhammer...
diff
You got lucky,,,
Usually also the gears break with this injury.
These gears are just as expensive as an aluminum diff.
€70,- for four, A and B diff gears!!!!!
A simple tuned engine with an DDM exhaust and big monster wheels is awaiting for diff problems!
The first upgrade of my FG MB PRO was the aluminum diff from hobbythek
This diff-conversion is provided including a thick diffhuls and dust-proof bearings.
This set is manufactured by hobbythek and is very complete and a nice price!
You can build your own gears on this set.
Price € 49.90.
http://www.rc-car-online.de/ or from http://www.ebay.de/
You got lucky,,,
Usually also the gears break with this injury.
These gears are just as expensive as an aluminum diff.
€70,- for four, A and B diff gears!!!!!
A simple tuned engine with an DDM exhaust and big monster wheels is awaiting for diff problems!
The first upgrade of my FG MB PRO was the aluminum diff from hobbythek
This diff-conversion is provided including a thick diffhuls and dust-proof bearings.
This set is manufactured by hobbythek and is very complete and a nice price!
You can build your own gears on this set.
Price € 49.90.
http://www.rc-car-online.de/ or from http://www.ebay.de/
benckie
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you dead right about the diff big wheels big power plastic diff, but i do think i killed mine with hammering on the ams diff cover.
thats a good price
ive got a new one of them, but no diff distance disks or bearings or ings , silly me got the cheaper one as i wanted to use another diff cover, so i have ordered some, and some one said a coke cans the same thick ness ight try that, i have also brought a lsd just waiting for it to get here.
thats a good price
ive got a new one of them, but no diff distance disks or bearings or ings , silly me got the cheaper one as i wanted to use another diff cover, so i have ordered some, and some one said a coke cans the same thick ness ight try that, i have also brought a lsd just waiting for it to get here.
Trip
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A Coke can??
slawhammer
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No No No on soda can....rock will put a hole in it..to soft...
Get the stainless steel cover.....you can thank me later for that...Slawhammer
Get the stainless steel cover.....you can thank me later for that...Slawhammer
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