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mistercrash · 03.17.2011, 09:02 PM

Looking at the pic of your broken diff case, I can see that you shaved some material in the right place to fit the diff in the E-Revo bulkhead. But it looks like you also shaved some material where the screws are which I think, this is just my opinion here, made the diff case a little too weak in the front where the pinion shank is. The case cracked, the bearings of the pinion started wobbling a tiny bit making the pinion move slightly until the pinion stopped meshing correctly with the ring gear and that's when it all failed. Also, did you shave off just a half a mm or more than that?
I measured a stock, untouched LST XXL diff case and the thickness is 26.85 mm. If 0.5 mm is taken off on each side than you should be left with 25.85 mm.

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mistercrash Guelph, Canada, eh! Offline Posts: 1,083 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada	03.17.2011, 09:02 PM Looking at the pic of your broken diff case, I can see that you shaved some material in the right place to fit the diff in the E-Revo bulkhead. But it looks like you also shaved some material where the screws are which I think, this is just my opinion here, made the diff case a little too weak in the front where the pinion shank is. The case cracked, the bearings of the pinion started wobbling a tiny bit making the pinion move slightly until the pinion stopped meshing correctly with the ring gear and that's when it all failed. Also, did you shave off just a half a mm or more than that? I measured a stock, untouched LST XXL diff case and the thickness is 26.85 mm. If 0.5 mm is taken off on each side than you should be left with 25.85 mm. No brain, no headaches.