Putting HPI axles into Rustler
 

Lately I have been breaking the stock axle stubs on my Rustler for some time now. I know it's probably mostly to blame from running a spool instead of the diff. I run a lot on concrete so I know I am putting a lot of stress when I turn. So I have been snapping the stub right at the pin that goes through the plastic U joint hub. The stock axle drive has a ton of slop in it, so I read up on installing HPI dogbones, drive cups and axles. I went to the LHS and they had a cheat cheet of the parts needed, so this is what I got.

2 72108 cup joint
1 A549 Axle stub
1 A544 6X86mm dogbones
1 set 86094 Shaft screws.

My problem is that the A549 has about 1/16" of axial slop in and out. Is there a spacer or something you guys use besides shims?

Thanks

Jeff

AAh, that list at Randy's is mine. Was my shortcut list to order parts quickly for the 9s A123 Rustler. Just use shims man.

Ya Dean said it was. I went ahead and measured and it's .108", that's a lot of shims (the are about .015" thick). So about 7 shims a side. I noticed that the bushings for the steering linkage seem to fit, but they interfere with the sheild of the bearing. The inner race on the Duratrax seem to have a thin inner race.

Jeff