Well, I broke one

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
S

str8jailbird

Well-Known Member
Messages
171
Reaction score
1
Was out running today hitting some big jumps. All of a sudden I only have front wheel drive. I knew what it was before I ripped apart the rear end. Yep, broke a tempered cup. Not a big deal since these have a few gallons on them and I was really dropping from a nice altitude (8-12 feet) depending on how I hit the face of the jump. Nice thing? I can replace one of these and have it reassembled in about 20 minutes.
 
I havn't gotten around to ordering those drive cup rings yet from CAT5. We need to find a ginea pig... cough... Moo... cough ;) and see how well they save cups.
 
I haven't broken any since I tempered mine, I am running the small pins-the original ones, only problem I have is the A/B gears don't last. You are running the ones from the upgrade kit? You tempered them yourself?
 
Yep, larger holes and pins. I am not surprized that one broke after the jumps I was taking. Something had to give and I thought it would be a shock shaft end. I tempered them and this is the first failure after so much running. This was the first set of cups I tempered so maybe a tad more is needed. All in all I am satisfied that they held up so well. The originals wouldn't last 1/4 tank and these have over 2 gallons on them. I didn't want to run the smaller pins because if they break there is too much a chance of the pieces of the pins taking gears with them. At least when the shaft breaks the pieces stay in place and so far haven't caused any other damage.
 
Back
Top