brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

I've never had problems with my diffs leaking. Do you have the little rubber o-rings arounds the output shafts? Is it leaking from the output shafts or around the ring gear? The upgrade kit has thicker output shafts...they were breaking around the pin.

I'll get my motor mounts tomorow!

I think I will clean up my hobby room tomorrow morning so I have a nice place to start the Rampage build.

nice dude. i started working on getting my motor mounted last night. might finish tonight or tomorrow.

anyway, i have the upgrade kit. besides my ramp is the v2 which is supposed to already have the upgrades in place. and my diffs do have the little rubber gasket around the outdrives but it doenst fit right. nor is there a metal washer to go over the o ring like 1/8 diffs do. it just has the o ring and then the cross pin that goes through the outdrive shaft. i tried putting a washer over it but then i cant get the cross pin thru. anyway, i will figure somethign out. just wondered if there was a surefire trick that had already been used by other ramp owners.

be sure to post pics of your build when you start. i got my hardened gears all mounted up now. they turned out great.

what are you going to do for gear mesh on your setup? just put elongated holes in the chassis so you can slide the mount side to side? or make a set of plates? or just use one gear so you dont need to adjust mesh?