Minizilla diff problem
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- bitHood
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Minizilla diff problem
Hey all!
Recently I've got a Zilla and put a Mamba 6800 in it with 3s LiPo. Two days ago, I lent my car to an aquaintance of mine, and then my Zilla got front-wheel-drive.
All the gears in the front and rear diffs are okay, and also the central drive has no problem. When I lift the car off the ground, its 4WD again, but for the smallest force(like goin on the floor) it becomes FWD.
When spinning the front wheels, the rear ones can be stopped by hand, although it should not happen w/ AWD.
Oe more thing: the two dogbones of the center drive spin freely, so the rear diff may be the cause. And I also noticed heat building up at rear right dogbone(when the rear wheels get stopped), though it is also in perfect condition.
If anyone experienced sg similar pls answer me, cuz good whether leaves soon. You pimps are my only hope...
Recently I've got a Zilla and put a Mamba 6800 in it with 3s LiPo. Two days ago, I lent my car to an aquaintance of mine, and then my Zilla got front-wheel-drive.
All the gears in the front and rear diffs are okay, and also the central drive has no problem. When I lift the car off the ground, its 4WD again, but for the smallest force(like goin on the floor) it becomes FWD.
When spinning the front wheels, the rear ones can be stopped by hand, although it should not happen w/ AWD.
Oe more thing: the two dogbones of the center drive spin freely, so the rear diff may be the cause. And I also noticed heat building up at rear right dogbone(when the rear wheels get stopped), though it is also in perfect condition.
If anyone experienced sg similar pls answer me, cuz good whether leaves soon. You pimps are my only hope...
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- bitHood
- Posts: 31
- Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:49 pm
- Location: Noble Park, Vic
Check where the dogbones go in to the centre diff, and the rear diff. I had a similar thing happen with one of my wheels, my dogbone ate out the adapter bit. Look for hairline cracks around the sides of the cup/adaptor part. I tried gluing and sleeving but in the end it was way easier to just buy new. RCMart have them pretty cheap.
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- bitHood
- Posts: 39
- Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:03 am
- Location: Europe Hungary
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- bitHood
- Posts: 31
- Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:49 pm
- Location: Noble Park, Vic