This is great info...thank you! I've been thinking of ordering these axles but I want to be able to change the gearing so that I can overdrive the front and/or underdrive the rear. also good to know that I can replace the gears with stock axial parts if/when the gears wear/fail.
I got one of These sets And I must say, it’s the worst crappy chinesium metals I’ve encountered I took everything apart and greased it up first thing out of the box Front pinion gear lasted ~1 battery Rear pinion gear lasted ~2-3 batteries Front axle, the longer skinny piece from axle to portal snapped on a roll over on the 5th battery.. stock axles ran fine for 2 years before rear pinion started making some clicking noise When Chinese pinions failed I put the stock 2yo gears in to the China axles and they worked fine until the front axle snap Started thinking about GPM axles as they have removable axle extensions But I can’t find any replacement extensions so I might just go for one of the only real safe options -treal axle?? or maybe stick to the tried and tested very cheap stock plastic (as they held up fine for two years)
I've get the 1st gen on these with rectangular portals about 4 years ago now, still going strong but with heaps of play now. You'll get plenty of great miles out of them.
Have you ever seen jci maxilla star-metal once they used to make all Industrial Steel made for the SCX10 you can't find out the website go on his company call him up and ask him about it
Cheap axles are great cheap portals are not. Soon as you fall of a cliff or roll down a hill your gonna snap the portals right off because on the portal versions the portal casing is incredibly thin
for this cheap product, i won't take it to high hills, i just use it for matches. i have been torturing this product for 3 months and it still works fine, i think it is well worth it priced at $ 90 compared to the vanquish axle which is 10 times the price of this axle.
The sparkle paint is big red flag. The metal is probably white/grey alloy. One drop and it could crumble. Bare aluminum would look better if it was of decent quality. A casting could be good if it was a clean high quality aluminum.