Traxxas CVDs, how good are they? BL worthy?

[Finnster]

I'm about to rip my u-joint out and went to the LHS. The stock sliders were so expensive I got the TRX CVDs instead, but I'm unsure whether to keep them, or just ebay sliders and keep replacing. They look good, but who knows. Any thoughts or experiences?

[macr0w]

Are you talking centers or outboards?

I have the centers and so far they are fine.

I'm looking to get the outboard shafts as soon as they in stock somewhere.

[Finnster]

The 4. They are that new then? Hmm, if the center hold up that's a good sign.

[lincpimp]

I bought the cheap 6 peiceset of cvds of ebay and they are holding up fine. I think they were about 60 bucks shipped for all 6. Hang on heres a link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Traxxas-E-Maxx-F...QQcmdZViewItem

[zeropointbug]

Those don't look like the Traxxas CVD's to me? The Traxxas ones have red boots, IIRC.

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

Those don't look like the Traxxas CVD's to me? The Traxxas ones have red boots, IIRC.

Blue boots and red anodizing. They do look sharp.

I took it as "I bought cheap ones and even they are working.."

[MetalMan]

I got the Traxxas ones for my Revo a couple months ago when they first came out. Unfortunately I did manage to break an axle on one pretty early on, and it took a couple weeks to get an axle. Since that I haven't had any problems with them, but my Revo does run a home-made "slipperential".

[Finnster]

Well I went ahead and put them in the rear. They do seem quite well done. The boots are nice for holding things together and give them a spring loaded feel. They went in easy enough, however the only disappointment is that they say not to be used w/ the LT rockers, and to do the +19mm ext arms you have to buy a separate ext cup so they don't come out. I just moved the carriers to the +10mm position then. We'll see how they hold up...

I have them in my BL revo, they seem to hold up fine. I have ordered the traxxas extended diff outdrives to put on the rear so I can run the extended arms in the +19mm position (I have the 2.5 chassis).

Bye

[BrianG]

I tried the TRX CVDs for the Jato and broke an out-drive cup within a couple battery packs. Maybe it was a fluke, but the stockers have held up wayyy better (still on stock set). Wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have to disassemble the diff to change from CVD to sliders...

[macr0w]

The 3.3 sliders are cheap enough to keep replacing I guess.

But I'm tired of twisting the ends off of them.

I'm going for some steel cvd's at some point but I don't know which ones.

I think I may get the new Traxxas ones.

[Getter Robo]

I'm using TRX centers in My E-Maxx, no signs of wear so far.

[macr0w]

Yeah, I've had the centers for a while now. They seem to be good.

Now I'm looking at the outboard shafts.

[Finnster]

Didn't get a chance to run it this wkend, but got the rears installed and it went easy enough. The CVDs only wiegh 6g ea more than the stockers btw. not too bad. : )

Don't trust the paint on the pins, use threadlock. I lost one of the cups and broke the pin on the shaft. Checked all the pins in the cups afterwards and sure enough, one of was also loose.