Category: Tech Tip – Drive Train

Diff oil for 1:10 onroad EP

2000 seems popular among stock EP cars:

Installing a diff on a shaft driven 4wd

When you fit a diff into the gearbox, keep in mind the side does matter…

Solid Axle

A solid axle behaves just like a completely locked diff. It is getting quite common…

Replacing a bad spur gear when the shaft cup cannot be removed…

Lets say you are about to remove the center shaft cup so to take out…

Replacing the spur gear on a shaft driven 4wd

If you ever need to replace the spur gear on a typical shaft driven 4wd,…

Diff lock

Sometimes you may want to have no differential at the front. On a standard Tamiya…

Plastic gear diff

A typical gear differential: The drive gear is mounted on the carrier which supports the…

Broken Ball Diff at the front…

Ball Diffs are usually pretty durable. However, the long thin screw that holds the 2…

Free Tech Tips – changing gear ratios

Generally speaking you can change the gear ratio by changing the pinion and/or the spur…

Free Tech Tips – more on gear ratios

Gear ratios are usually quoted in the format of “2.X to 1”. This is sometimes…