Zombi Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) Finished things off today, ready for Sunday's trailing. First off was to remove the front bulkhead and flip over the ring gear, plus give it all a clean and re-grease. The marine grease i use really is good stuff. Despite being underwater several times, it helped repel the water and didn't wash away. It had got a bit grimy though, no doubt coming in from the shaft input and outputs plus two holes (i'll explain shortly) in the bulkhead. And when I tried to wash the insides of the bulkhead it was really quite difficult to get rid of, even with some Fairly Liquid! Cleaned up, flipped over and re-greased So about those two holes in the bulkhead. For some reason on the RTR, the two holes (which i can only assume are used by the EXO) are left open. If any of you have opened up your front diff and wondered why there's grit and muck in there, these are the culprits. In the kit manual, however, the instructions are to fill these holes with the provided M3x4mm grub screws. I've been meaning to do this for a while and got the screws from eBay. Edited August 5, 2017 by Zombi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) The finally, the RR Gen 3 Slipper Unit. Just as A.J predicted, I'm very impressed with this piece. The Axial stuff was good, but this is much better and justifies the cost. With all the extra pieces to help support the spur, there's no wobble on it at all now. The design is just superb and is all geared around a nice, stable spur gear. Well done Mr. Robinson! Here are all the stages going onto the upper shaft. Just got to reverse the motor in Tekin Hotwire now and I'm sorted. Edited August 5, 2017 by Zombi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherjay Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 looking ace as normal and that slipper looks nutts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) Someone on the Yeti FB page asked me about gear mesh, how I have it, and wanted some pics. So I may as well load them on here too for reference. Edited August 5, 2017 by Zombi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakes2514 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 that slipper looks the dogs! I'm thinking of getting my wraith the GPM aly gearbox and covers and then "MIGHT AS WELL" get the RR gen 3 slipper... be rude not to! Thanks for the good step by step pics! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherjay Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 whats next for the awesome truck lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunm Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Finished things off today, ready for Sunday's trailing. First off was to remove the front bulkhead and flip over the ring gear, plus give it all a clean and re-grease. The marine grease i use really is good stuff. Despite being underwater several times, it helped repel the water and didn't wash away. It had got a bit grimy though, no doubt coming in from the shaft input and outputs plus two holes (i'll explain shortly) in the bulkhead. And when I tried to wash the insides of the bulkhead it was really quite difficult to get rid of, even with some Fairly Liquid! Cleaned up, flipped over and re-greased So about those two holes in the bulkhead. For some reason on the RTR, the two holes (which i can only assume are used by the EXO) are left open. If any of you have opened up your front diff and wondered why there's grit and muck in there, these are the culprits. In the kit manual (see below), however, the instructions are to fill these holes with the provided M3x4mm grub screws. I've been meaning to do this for a while and got the screws from eBay. Checked mine this morning it would seem that axial are now fitting the grub screws as mine had them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jony nitro Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 So is this now on Mod 1 gearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) The pinion 0.8 module, 32 pitch and i would assume the same goes for the spur or I'd not be a happy chappy right now with some serious cogging going on. EDIT: The spur is also .8 too. Edited August 5, 2017 by Zombi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jony nitro Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 This is a nice looking Rig, I'm no crawler but could I add speed to this what would you say max speed would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Well to be honest, it's meant for speed so I'm sure you could get it even faster. The RTR comes out of the box claiming to be able to hit 31mph. With the right gearing, mainly just messing with the spur, pinion and diff ring gears, I've seen some of the American lot claiming to push 45mph+. One of them reckoned he was up over 50mph, but he kinda got slated for talking BS, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Checked mine this morning it would seem that axial are now fitting the grub screws as mine had them. That's good to know. I guess it was just the really early units that didn't come with it then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jony nitro Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 This makes me happy haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) Motor reversed, ready to go for a test drive! Edited August 5, 2017 by Zombi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 About the new slipper unit... After a test run, I can see why in the instructions say tighten the retaining nut all the way down then back it off a bit. I backed mine off a quarter turn and a tad more to be safe. From a standing start to full acceleration it was like it was lacking power, as it normally tried to up-end. Then I tried to go over some steps I test it on and it seemed to struggle. Couldn't work it out then 5 mins later realised what i was hearing - the high pitch squeal of the slipper kicking in. Tightened it up more, and it still kicked in. More, and still did but less often. So I've tightened it all the way down and left it, and now it's back to normal. Happy days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Great trailing day today with the GOWTT boys, and I can report back no damage sustained (for a change!). The Currie and RR slipper unit are superb, a big thumbs up from me. Some pics below, and check out even more on today's trailing post in our section: http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/topic/204282-sunday-8-feb-2015/ Edited August 5, 2017 by Zombi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakes2514 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 All the new kit performing as expected then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) It is yeah The slipper makes some crazy noise with the alum spur cover on there amplifying it all. It's so loud it drowns out the noise of the Wraiths when we're all trundling along, lol. And as you can see, the currie is just about the best juicy eye candy one could see on the back-end of a truck! It's definitely been christened though; seeing the scratches on it was to be expected, but still breaks my heart Edited February 9, 2015 by Zombi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Knight Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Some awesome photos there, looks a great spot with those step like rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks! Yes it's a really good place for crawling; that stepped bit was ace. Towards the end of the day the weather was rather surreal. We saw a huge bank of cloud rolling down into the valley from the hill across from us, which then some time later came whooshing up towards us. It's what created those weird conditions for the "mood shots".... cloud at our level, but blue skies and sun above. At that point we snapped away like crazy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherjay Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 ye you couldn't beat that day for a spectacular view and it was warm until that cloud came in 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) Just bagged me some of these from the US. No more water-sodden foams and tyre collapse on sharp turns. CI Deuces Wild 2.2 Standard Edited February 11, 2015 by Zombi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) On my last trail day I decided that my front shocks were too soft. I got good ride height out of them, but they just compressed too easily, so I've switched them to the next firmness up (yellow) and still kept the 90mm that usually go on the rear. The ride height looks ok, but i won't know about how well they fair properly until i take it out and test it. I also took the opportunity to re-oil them all, and when I took one of the front ones off it was sticking when being cycled. At first I thought it was a bent shock, but when I stripped it down I noticed tiny alum filings in there causing the piston to bind! I think it was from the alum caps that I have, it must have had some loose shavings or something. Cleaned it all out and it works all right again. Edited August 5, 2017 by Zombi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomlad Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 This is awesome. I'm lost for words with it, great work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Clearly a man of refined taste - thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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