LOL thank man!
Thank you sir, just wanted to check:mdr: figure I ask before I do LOL dont want to mess them up, reason I asked is a read some post from brianG about lipo wire length.

Questions???
 

Ok I just received a set of hybrid bulks from RCM and I also purchased a set of Hot Bodies Diffs with hardened steel gears to go in them. I got the 10 tooth helical pinion to go with the setup and man is it beefy. I never knew that they were so heavy duty. I am truly glad that I decided to put this setup together and use it in one of my trucks just to try it out. Now I am sure that I will be purchasing more to convert my other builds. Anyway my question is this. I have everything I need to put these hybrid diffs together except for the pinion gear bearings. What is the size of those bearings and are they listed anywhere? Also is there an aluminum diff cup out there to fit these HB diffs? Any info or links would be grately appreciated. Thanks guys.

Those should be std brg 8x16x5mm, I used Ofna diff kits to build my hybrids with and those were what it took. Any brg place will have them, I used the Avid Revolutions in them.

http://www.avidrc.com/shop/?action=i...=1&prevstart=0

Im sure that there are alloy diff cups for those diffs, I've seen a couple people disuss them before but Im buggered if I can remember where...

The only company i could find that makes Al cups for the HB diffs is Nova RC, so not too sure if you want to get them. Someone also said that a Savage diff cup from Maximizer would fit if shimmed correctly. Check out my centre diff thread: http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11190

I can take measurements of a jammin one if it helps? I know nova makes cups for the jammin, they look almost identical to the HB cups.

For those wondering, e maxx will be done and ran soon.. Just got some issues to take care of first.

Updates
 

Sounds good. We all look forward to seeing this thing running. I also have some info to clarify. I purchased aluminum diff cups for the hybrid diffs. I got a pair of the Maximizer cups, and a pair of the RCM diff cups for the savage. They work perfectly in the hybrid diff housings. The only thing that I did not realize was that the bearing on the diff cup was an odd size, so I had to order them special and I am still waiting on them to come in. I think they are 12X16X5. Sine I had ordered a huge lot of bearings from that bearing company and got the free caliper I got to use it, and made sure that I ordered the correct bearings. So now I am waiting on them to arrive. The only problem is that the movers are packing our stuff up right this minute. SO now it has to wait till we arrive in Korea.

Overall I now see why everyone likes these hybrid diffs for the Maxx and Revo trucks. They are really hefty and seem to be pretty much indestructable as long as you set them up correctly. With the builds I am working on they will have to be. Nice work on your custom chassis setup. Have you run that thing yet? I look forward to seeing some videos of your toy tearing up the dirt.

Ok so things have been a little hectic lately, between my best friends wedding and my sister moving to Texas i've been neglecting my truck. I ran it once but the temps were through the roof, and it handled like crap. I bought a sway bar kit for an 8ight and got them partialy installed. I'm thinking about going to a 6s system to cool things down and get a better battery.

Any suggestions on a motor and controller combo?

MMM esc and motor combo- pre-order it now from tower or where-ever has it advertised. You wont find better value or quality in that price bracket ($300-350).

question about the lst 2 diff convertion
do my traxxas driveshaft and center cvd can be use whit this convertion
a got a 3905 maxx

You'll need to purchase the adapters mike sells, here
. those will go in place of the normal outputs for the left and right. so if you replace both diffs you'll need 4 of those units.

Or you can buy the revo stub axles and cut the threaded portion off.

Oh god this poor truck!!! back again kind of but i got some dumb questions..... If I just plug in and run my twin MMM will the LVC work right for the two 4S batts !?!?!?! I am asking because back a few months for the life of me I could not get the castle link to work for me :(

I believe there is an 'auto lipo' setting that will detect how many cells you are running, but whether this is default or not im not sure. Start your castlelink programme first, then with your castlelink, make sure you plug in the little pcb into the usb lead, then plug that into your PC/laptop. Now connect the pcb castlelink to the rx lead of the MMM, and it should be detected by the PC and programme.

Ever heard of the Unslow harness for running a dual BL setup?..

No please enlighten me :)

I also see that there are still problems with the MMM v2? Guess ill send mines back/ ano this bitch black/ and try to figure out how in the hell to get that dam castle link to work on my computer.

If your MMMs work fine, I wouldnt bother sending them back unless they die- the replacement V2s will be more reliable, but if it aint broke & all that..

As for the unlsow harness:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...lharnessv3.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...lelharness.jpg

that unslow??? harness just runs the batteries in parallel, so both controllers always see the same voltage, effectively making it a "one battery, two esc, two motor system" you're not on a vista computer are you? vista doesn't like the castle link, you should though get the link working and make sure your mmm's are set to either 4s or auto lipo, better safe than exploded

UNSLOW = co-designer of the parallel harness. When traxxas unveiled the V-twin concept, millions of noobs on the traxxas forum instantly wanted to know how to do their own version, so me and Unslow came up with item to make sure that lipo batts discharged evenly, preventing the lvc kicking in on one esc before the other.

Just use this : http://www2.gpmd.com/imagel/g/lgpmm3141.jpg

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXPTT6&P=7

with this parallel:

http://www2.gpmd.com/imagel/g/lgpmm3142.jpg

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXNKY8&P=ML

or a noraml series /parallel adpater

Thats me !! 1 of the 1st Million n00bs to use it !! Made the vtwin alot more reliable and fun. With crapamps 3s 5000 lipos flooring it or breaking hard would trigger one or both of the LVC's from the voltage drop of the crappy lipos, but the unslow made it run like a champ, never replaced an esc or motor on it - like the even-n00bers I read about blowing out systems left and right. Neils great at helping n00bs :lol:

I'm sorry to break your bubble but the parallel harness (and series adapters for that matter too) had been in use by the flyboys way before you and unslow "designed" it :whip::whip:. Just like how they were the first ones to use Lipos before land-based rc vehicles start using them.

I like this very much :)

Oh and i did make a parallel harness so thats taken care of.

an no im not on a vista comp, this dam castle link crap is really pissing me off....

Yeah, nothing special about a parallel harness, but I do remember suggesting them to the "noobs" before they started making them for their V-twins. Suicideneil was the one who drew a diagram of how to make it and Unslow was just the first person to make one with traxxas connectors and post a picture of it, so it's a parallel harness, not an unslow harness :yes:

Bah, you're all just jealous... :yes:

one of these days ill get the castle link to work...




First this error message
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/9...enshot1ym0.png

call castle...

If you haven't got this fixed yet. It could be the DLL has become corrupted. You can try uninstalling the microsoft .NET framework using the add/remove programs in control panel and reinstall the latest version. I would recommend downloading the program using the save file option and running the install from your hd.

http://www.microsoft.com/net/Download.aspx

Got the MMM programmed and should be able to run when my balance plugs come. This poor thing got put on the back burner because offroad racing has gotten intense in the past months :)

I'm still subscribed to this thread and hoping to see your creation come to life. I'm glad you got the MMM programmed. Later!

Day dreaming is over, now the real set up work begins... thing is just uncontrollable...

I didnt even get to use full throttle :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsH7v...e=channel_page

Nice video. Glad to see it finally running :party::party:.

man that thing looks awesome. Are you able to run tall gearing? Take advantage of that extra torque!

Nice!!!
 

Nice to see your rig finally up and running:yipi:. That setup looks sweet. It also seems to be running pretty smooth for you:intello:. How is the drivetrain holding up for you:eyes:? And you need to get yourself a set of Axial beadlocks for that thing:whip:. There is no way that CA glued tires are going to hold together with all of that power. Check out the thread "To Glue or not to glue":mdr:. Nice work itsme. I am sure that you are feeling much better about your work now.:yes:

Hahaha funny you said that, the gearing right now should be about 75MPH but im diffing out really hardcore.. I got 7K in the center :)

I was just bliping the throttle, thinking about running 22t pinions.

thanks man!
haha thanks! its holding up well so far!

Thicken up that center! Get the thickest you can get, a "locker" lube if you can. Oh, and more video:yes:

What is the best to use to be closest to stock maxx diff

1. Raminator
2. Aftershock
3. LST
4. LST2
5. Mayhem

What the gear ratio of those diffs?
Thanks