Did you shim the diff or just little movement without washer diff? Mine is broken on front diff and I can see the diff just move without shim, plus diff pinion wear well worn only after around 8 run!!! I ordered two vitavon diff instead of traxxas after watched your video :)
Sometimes you will need to shim and sometimes you won't. It really just depends on the luck of the draw with your particular tolerance stack up. I have an entire video on differential shipping. Definitely a good thing to watch!
That was probably just done for ease of manufacturing. I don't think the tabs are actually necessary and are probably just there in the stock gears because those sorts of features don't really cost any extra when you are making sintered parts.
No. They are just an aftermarket manufacturer. They're going to look fairly similar to the upgraded stock parts because they serve the same function and fit in the same location but they're not exactly the same.
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Very nice video as usual, Vitavon prices have gone up and I would have really have to think is the upgrade needed? That gose for any upgrade from any of the after market companies, Vitavon also do a main gear and input gear in Hardened steel for the Arrma 6s /7s line up, Arrma shoukd had done this years ago as there diff are made from a poor quality materials, 11 Arrma vehicles I owned andvnow down to 4 down to poor diff quality.
I'm not surprised that their prices have gone up. Pretty much everything has gone up. Personally I never had any issues with the original gears but I know that others have broken them. Especially with the ability to run more power that aftermarket motor mounts are providing I think that these gears will be needed by some
Yea I’m trying some GPM stuff too. I got there axles that I’m trying out now and I got there front and rear hubs and carriers to see how they hold up. So far they doing good. I think I will try vitavon if these don’t hold up. I also just put all the M2C stuff they offer right now on it too. I do want that vitavon servo mount it looks awesome.
No. Since they are the same ratio you can change just one or the other or both. Thanks for watching and if you enjoy my videos a sub to my channel is appreciated :-)
These aren't the gears that you would change to give you a higher top speed. That's the spur and pinion gear on the motor and center differential. These differential gears only come in one gear ratio. Thanks for watching and a sub is appreciated :-)
To be perfectly honest with you most of the time there really isn't any practical reason to upgrade them. Aluminum bulkheads will provide a more stable support for the gears which can help prevent them from getting torn up. Bulkheads do occasionally also get broken. For the most part though it's an upgrade just to upgrade :-) they sure do look nice though!
Do you mean the stock part number? If you do you can find that by looking up the exploded view for the sledge on Traxxas website. All the part numbers are available in there. Thanks for watching if you enjoy the video a sub is appreciated:)
For $800 you can get a pro kit truggy from a different brand that comes with machined gears stock. Then you just have to buy motor & exhaust or ESC, radio, receiver, servos, wheels and tires, and body paint😅🤑
@@RobFRC You're comparing apples to oranges. The sledge isn't a race truggy, it's a basher. You can get an Arrma Kraton RTR and it has machined gears and better quality aluminum and is cheaper. You can get a Kraton EXB roller with all the 7075, put in a motor/esc/servo for around the price of a Sledge. There is also the Corally Kronos RTR or XTR both have machined gears, one is cheaper than a sledge the other similar price after equipped. HoBao buggy/truggies all equiped with machined gears. HPI just announced the re-release of the Vorza buggy/truggy. Same price as the Sledge but better equipped and all have machined gears. I'll say it again, I like Traxxas products, but the Sledge is over priced for it's quality of components.
VITAVON they really do make a lot of quality parts he working on something for me now and hopefully for real public real soon I'm so super excited I just talked to him yesterday and yeah some things in the happening in the mix if he actually does what I talk to him about yesterday instead to turn some things upside down
Im really afraid to keep spending money in this shitty car, it has only been issues. I spent 100$ in new tires and now I have to spend 100$ in diffs… 1000$ from the already most expensive truggy in the market…
It is expensive but you're going to have to do upgrades to basically any vehicle and this is a good durable vehicle overall. Thanks for watching and if you aren't already subscribed a sub is appreciated :-)
And soon as you land that sledge with all that newly added weight. Your gonna be replacing the chassis.. I wanted a sledge but them cheap ass chassis bend way to easy.. the motor mount in the sledge is the weakest link in that whole car.. barely supports the motor on one end.. soon as that aluminum chassis flexes your into a new chassis
Actually my stock chassis held up very well. I have since replaced it with vitavon though:) for the most part people seem to have good luck with the stock chassis from what I've seen. Thanks for watching if you aren't subscribed a sub is appreciated :-)
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