spankrjs
03-21-2008, 12:42 PM
Maybe alot people know this already, but I thought i'd post it anyway.
My rear driveshaft on my blazing blazer was wore out at the sliding end, like most are. If you carefully pry off the thin metal that surrounds the sliding joint, do the same on a HiLift shaft, you can replace the end with a new one. Now your driveshaft will be new again. The parts are identical except that the old one is made of brass and the new one is made of steel. The only problem with this that I see is if you run the model with a Mechanical Speed Control. The soft brass kinda of absorbs the "on-off" shock of this set up instead of transferring the shock to the gears. I use an ESC, so no worries. Mod works better then new. Will post pics next week if anybody wants. I'm off to go run my newly repaired Blazing Blazer !!:Tamiya1:
My rear driveshaft on my blazing blazer was wore out at the sliding end, like most are. If you carefully pry off the thin metal that surrounds the sliding joint, do the same on a HiLift shaft, you can replace the end with a new one. Now your driveshaft will be new again. The parts are identical except that the old one is made of brass and the new one is made of steel. The only problem with this that I see is if you run the model with a Mechanical Speed Control. The soft brass kinda of absorbs the "on-off" shock of this set up instead of transferring the shock to the gears. I use an ESC, so no worries. Mod works better then new. Will post pics next week if anybody wants. I'm off to go run my newly repaired Blazing Blazer !!:Tamiya1: