Drive Train Slop

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I seem to have a fair amount of play in my drive train on my XB. By play I mean the dog bones and the crown gear mesh. Is this normal or should I be ripping this apart and putting some spacers in there?
 
There is supposed to be some play in there, it allows for body flex and drive train flex..

If you put spacers in, you run the risk of blowing out the diffs...

I solved this problem by going to radio shack, and purchasing a $5 8xAA battery holder (holds 8 AA batteries) and clipped the springs off and inserted them on each side of the dog bones... allows the drive train to move, but keeps the dog bones centered...

works great so far..

There is still a lot of play with the cvd's in the front... that's just wear and tear. Redcat does sell a CVD rebuild kit..
 
You could also use some spare fuel line to center the axles. Just push it into the cup. The crown gear mesh is fine. I have some slop in mine, as well.
 
Thanks for the responses guys!

I stripped my XB right down to check everything so when I put it back together I couldn't remember if the play in the driveline was normal or I had screwed something up...sounds like it's normal though.

Hey XBE Noob,

I live in Ontario as well. Are they any good hobby shops that carry parts for our Redcat's?
 
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