today i went offroading in a patch of grassy land, and i somehow managed to break an axle
i heard of guys breaking the drivecup thingys, but never the axle
I would JB Weld the diff only if I was doing some low speed crawling, at high speed or during a crash if the diffs are locked, all the stress will be applied to the weakest rotating part which are the dog bones and driveshaft.
I've the changed the drive shafts for the Tobee ones which are a lot stronger but now I'm affraid to break the dogbones (even if my diff are not locked)
Ah right, no your confused with the part that I have broken.
I am talking about the driveshaft that runs inside the diff case from the differential thru to the drive cups... part number BG 5. (or was it BG 6, it was one of the 2)
Sorry...actually I did understand which part it was, but I called it "dogbone" earlier, don't really know how to say this, but yes it is a kind of drive-shaft too
a few people broke the other part I've mentioned that's why I directly switched for the Tobee's
which kind of motor are you running? did it break after a jump?
I dont know when it broke, just noticed it one day. Running a motor from a cordless drill, more torque and less speed than a standard tlt motor.
Am looking into getting an inline reduction gearbox for motor, want this tlt to be a great crawler, I have new links coming from a mate who has made them specially to my specific sizes.
Originally posted by pomme de terre today i went offroading in a patch of grassy land, and i somehow managed to break an axle
i heard of guys breaking the drivecup thingys, but never the axle
sorry for interupting...but does your truck have 4ws? and what radio are you using? does it have EPA????
thanks
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