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Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 279

Re: Pygmy's SCTE personal build thread !

Front and center were easy, the rear one just wouldn't work. It would somehow feel notchy, when installed the rear wheels wouldn't rotate easy, it just didn't work. (Note : at the same time I switched to the TLR bearing inserts and Tekno outdrives, which in hindsight was not a good idea. One thing at a time !)

Disassembled, tried again, pushed the spider gears in extra hard, same results.

Over and over.



Found out that the slots that the square thingies go in were a bit too narrow - they couldn't move at all (neither Chris' Ape-RC's hardened round ones).

So I sanded them down a little bit until they could.

Then found out the Tekno outdrives were catching the TLR aluminum gearbox bearing inserts. Had to remove some material from them to make it work.

For future readers, all this might sound obvious and easy... It wasn't. I've spent probably 5 nights over 2 weeks to finally get my rear diff working like it should.





New parts :

- Tekno axles & outdrives (front & rear)

- TLR Aluminum bearing inserts

- Hot Racing rear aluminum brace

- Hot Racing Steering columns / servo saver / graphite ackerman

- Tony's Screws SCTE screw kit.







It takes a bit of work...





To lower ride-height even more, without clipping springs, I've removed the front shock collars :





Since it's winter and I'm racing on a tight indoor carpet track now, I've tried to lower the SCTE as much as possible...

I've cut out the wheel-arches in the body to be able to lower it up to this point :







Upon careful inspection you might notice my body has taken some damage.

Or actually, to be honest I completely destroyed it, and revived it with tape. Lots of tape. Tape and glue.

And then a different kind of tape. More of that. And then even better tape. Tape all around. Make it feel like it's MacGyver's car :)





Whole photo-album here : I've replaced the grease in my diffs with oil (7-7-3).Front and center were easy, the rear one just wouldn't work. It would somehow feel notchy, when installed the rear wheels wouldn't rotate easy, it just didn't work. (Note : at the same time I switched to the TLR bearing inserts and Tekno outdrives, which in hindsight was not a good idea. One thing at a time !)Disassembled, tried again, pushed the spider gears in extra hard, same results.Over and over.Found out that the slots that the square thingies go in were a bit too narrow - they couldn't move at all (neither Chris' Ape-RC's hardened round ones).So I sanded them down a little bit until they could.Then found out the Tekno outdrives were catching the TLR aluminum gearbox bearing inserts. Had to remove some material from them to make it work.For future readers, all this might sound obvious and easy... It wasn't. I've spent probably 5 nights over 2 weeks to finally get my rear diff working like it should.New parts :- Tekno axles & outdrives (front & rear)- TLR Aluminum bearing inserts- Hot Racing rear aluminum brace- Hot Racing Steering columns / servo saver / graphite ackerman- Tony's Screws SCTE screw kit.It takes a bit of work...To lower ride-height even more, without clipping springs, I've removed the front shock collars :Since it's winter and I'm racing on a tight indoor carpet track now, I've tried to lower the SCTE as much as possible...I've cut out the wheel-arches in the body to be able to lower it up to this point :Or actually, to be honest I completely destroyed it, and revived it with tape. Lots of tape. Tape and glue.And then a different kind of tape. More of that. And then even better tape. Tape all around. Make it feel like it's MacGyver's car :)Whole photo-album here : New SCTE Parts - Imgur is2scooby and antinouss like this. Last edited by Pygmy; 11-28-2012 at 03:55 PM .