{"id":7192,"date":"2025-08-09T05:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=7192"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:13:19","slug":"tamiya-td4-front-diff-and-steering-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=7192","title":{"rendered":"Tamiya TD4 front diff and steering disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The TD4 ball diffs are known to be disasterous. The front diff, even with the use of a metal T nut, will still have slippage problem due to poor design in steering (linkage and dog bone shaft problem). Our book on TD4 will discuss some workarounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-09-at-12.35.31.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7193\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-09-at-12.35.31.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-09-at-12.35.31.jpeg 960w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-09-at-12.35.31-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-09-at-12.35.31-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-09-at-12.35.31-113x150.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-22.51.05.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7194\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-22.51.05.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-22.51.05.jpeg 960w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-22.51.05-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-22.51.05-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-22.51.05-113x150.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RCPRESS vid TD4 with front steering and diff lock mod\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-qGqECl1Qfg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RCPRESS vid TD4 heavily modified \" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wTkJXGMPdF8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RCPRESS vid Super Avante on grassland\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8jeb1up5Ss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Order: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mike-yu\/tamiya-td2-td4-rc-buggies-practical-upgrade-maintenance-for-beginners-rcpress2024\/paperback\/product-m2qmepq.html?page=1&amp;pageSize=4\">https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mike-yu\/tamiya-td2-td4-rc-buggies-practical-upgrade-maintenance-for-beginners-rcpress2024\/paperback\/product-m2qmepq.html?page=1&amp;pageSize=4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TD4 ball diffs are known to be disasterous. The front diff, even with the use of a metal T nut, will still have slippage problem due to poor design in steering (linkage and dog bone shaft problem). Our book on TD4 will discuss some workarounds. 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