pipeous
Well-Known Member
FG dif in semi has been there forever. was used when I got it. wore out the casing to the point it wouldn't hold grease anymore (flung all over the inside of the body). put an alloy dif case and ran all year...
Firehammer... brand new dif case, sleeve and gears lasted about 15 mins when I landed a jump on full throttle. snapped the dif housing
I raced 8th scale buggy for many many years and I can't remember ever blowing a dif.
thunder tiger ek4 and difs, well that 70 like to eat crown and pinions so had to be shimmed tight
redcat mt I never heat treated my dif outdrives and I blew a dif about every 20 mins of driving
basically, landing a jump with any 5th scale with throttle at full is bad. these things are heavy. saying mfg doesn't matter isn't right because we all know from experience most of the "clones" don't have the quality of plastic parts the originals do. the pioneers of each of these models have done mods or tips to address the problems before running them. this info you can find by doing research here before buying the model.
I feel your pain blowing a dif, it happens. but the supporting arguments this seller is tossing out is garbage unless all he runs is clone rc's. I run a set of 8th scale buggy tires all year usually, except maybe hard packed clay. the little fuzzies do wear off super fast because it's almost like driving on concrete. I went with a little different tire for our clay track because they last. holeshots worked awesome but I am not going to buy a new set of tires every second race.
Firehammer... brand new dif case, sleeve and gears lasted about 15 mins when I landed a jump on full throttle. snapped the dif housing
I raced 8th scale buggy for many many years and I can't remember ever blowing a dif.
thunder tiger ek4 and difs, well that 70 like to eat crown and pinions so had to be shimmed tight
redcat mt I never heat treated my dif outdrives and I blew a dif about every 20 mins of driving
basically, landing a jump with any 5th scale with throttle at full is bad. these things are heavy. saying mfg doesn't matter isn't right because we all know from experience most of the "clones" don't have the quality of plastic parts the originals do. the pioneers of each of these models have done mods or tips to address the problems before running them. this info you can find by doing research here before buying the model.
I feel your pain blowing a dif, it happens. but the supporting arguments this seller is tossing out is garbage unless all he runs is clone rc's. I run a set of 8th scale buggy tires all year usually, except maybe hard packed clay. the little fuzzies do wear off super fast because it's almost like driving on concrete. I went with a little different tire for our clay track because they last. holeshots worked awesome but I am not going to buy a new set of tires every second race.
