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Originally posted by maxxdude1234
Just do clarify things up alloy doesn't mean aluminium. An alloy is a combination of 2 or more metals (eg, 6061 aluminium/6AL4V titanium and more exotic ones such as nitinol/invar which are made of nickel + titanium/nickel + Iron, respectively).
The stock diffs are hardened steel (aka. high carbon steel - 98.5% iron/1.5% carbon), 6061/7075 aluminium is much much lighter but not has hard/strong/durable, etc... The problem with the stock diffs is the fact that they have very hard gears, but tiny screws and nylon cups. This really is a bad mistake on traxxas's part - and when you have a huge unbalance between strength of materials, you are only asking for trouble.
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Thanks for that, thought alloy was just short for aluminiom - well its alot easier to spell anyway! :eek:
Intresting that Traxxas did make steel diffs' - as most companies would jsut throw in plastic, or basic ones. Although making plastic cups is a bad idea, although I now have aluminium bulkheads, would this reduce flex and the nylon cases breaking?
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