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Old 10-31-2004, 10:57 AM
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Ready to build my TLT...To LOCK or NOT TO LOCK?..That is the question

Hey all. My motor finally arrived at the LHS and I'm ready to begin assembly of my TLT. I like to build my kits the best way possible but I'm also a bit anal retentive and obsessive compulsive and therefore have a hard time deviating from the manufacturer's instructions on the initial build.

Winter is almost here so I will mostly be just driving my TLT around the house to entertain myself and my children. No rock crawling until next spring at least. Should I lock the center diff or not when I build it?

If I don't, what price do I pay and what do I gain?

If I do, what price do I pay and what do I gain?

Thanks for the help!
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Old 10-31-2004, 01:32 PM
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lock center for sure, or else you wont have wheelie popin fun
if you choose to lock it later... its a real pain to take everything apart

front and rear gear diffs... if you dont have 4ws, just lock one of them for now (maybe the rear?)

buttt... if i were you, lock all of em and go play in the snow when it comes
snow is what my TLT is waiting for rite now
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Old 10-31-2004, 08:37 PM
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Thanks. I have the stuff to do it so I'll lock up the center diff.
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Old 12-10-2004, 04:25 PM
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How lock center?

I know that you use silly putty or sticky tack to lock the front and rear but how do you lock the center diff?

THE same Way? ? ?
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Old 12-10-2004, 04:46 PM
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you can use traxxas slipper pegs (if you want a part number ill get you one) to replace to balls, or take out the batts and jbweld everything (or some strong glue)

the center diff is the most important to lock
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Old 12-12-2004, 04:05 PM
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Exclamation center diff

well I locked my center diff and the front diff last night i will be doing the rear tonight.

I couldnt get the center diff apart because I CA'ed it and now it is stripped out. So i just loaded the top and bottom up and in the middle I hope It holds because I couldnt get inside and de grease it! ! !
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Old 12-13-2004, 03:02 PM
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easy way to lock

use blue tac to lock your front and rear diffs and if you dont like it you can change back to open type
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Old 12-14-2004, 04:32 PM
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front and rear diff's

I tryed using silly putty but it still slipped really bad
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Old 12-14-2004, 06:19 PM
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it actually works fine
to fully lock it, just make sure you FULLY fill the diff with the putty
if you just put a bit in it, it wont work as well
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Old 01-10-2005, 08:34 AM
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My bearing set arrived last week so I spent a morning stripping my TLT down and putting them in, I also locked the diffs, I first tried Blu-tack on the rear diff but that didn't work at all it just churned up inside the cogs creating a sticky mess that took ages to remove.
After removing the sticky mess I tried my glue gun and that did the trick no problems on all three diffs, good thing about glue gun glue is that you can remove it without leaving any residue/damage.
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Old 01-15-2005, 06:08 PM
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good thing about glue gun glue is that you can remove it without leaving any residue/damage.
Great advice....
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this guy at the lhs recoomended a diff oil... xtm racing silicone oil at the weight of 200,000 saying that it would lock the dif...but if a hot glue gun works better then i will just use that...
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Yup, it will work. However, I did that with my front diff as a makeshift front spool in my MRS4, and after a month the glue inside all became powder.
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