Mojave BashingBrian's Mojave EXB...

[BashingBrian]

Well, you all knew it would happen sooner or later

This is the way...

 

[Rcproponent]

Cool man. Can’t wait to see the ol @BashingBrian spin you out on it

 

[BashingBrian]

I have a few ideas let's just say the weather is too bad to go on road speed running

 

[Cheez]

Have fun!

 

[Woodentop]

Looking forward to the reveal

 

[BashingBrian]

So it begins.....

This is going to stay a stock EXB , no M2C, no upgrades except for electronics and my usual mods..

Can't decide 4585 or 4092, 6s or 8s...

 

[Rcproponent]

So it begins.....

This is going to stay a stock EXB , no M2C, no upgrades except for electronics and my usual mods..

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Can't decide 4585 or 4092, 6s or 8s...

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Suuuuuure .... stock he says... haha... 4585 for sure!!!

 

[Woodentop]

Stock my ass
100% the 4585

 

[Sandracer_NL]

@BashingBrian Really you had to give in and buy a Mojave ? I'm still fighting the temptation....
On topic, interested what you are going to do to it

 

[Loon_tune]

You're staying stock the same way I didn't inhale. Nice rig man

 

[Acidsnow]

Can't decide 4585 or 4092, 6s or 8s...

Tae be fair Brian, that's no a bad pair of choices tae be 'stuck' with!

@Sandracer_NL ye know yer gonna get one! Been some good used deals popping up on Toemen.nl now and again. My first one came from there cause I couldn't find a green one in the UK!

 

[Outcastblxnut]

 

[Sandracer_NL]

Tae be fair Brian, that's no a bad pair of choices tae be 'stuck' with!

@Sandracer_NL ye know yer gonna get one! Been some good used deals popping up on Toemen.nl now and again. My first one came from there cause I couldn't find a green one in the UK!

I check their website every other day! I think that if that deal on the Mojave EXB they had comes back...

 

[Cheez]

Shillelaghs shellakins

 

[BashingBrian]

First mod, don't think it's needed really with the new battery tray as it has more bolts holding it in place compared with the V4's but better safe than sorry
PPS motor mount fitted ready for whatever motor finds its way inside this truck also fitted a JX 35kg HV servo...

 

[BashingBrian]

Up next are the diffs..

Experimental shim collection, well some of them..

Time to open up the EXB's diffs, lets see if they are as badly filled as all the other Arrma's I've owned.
Front, practically no oil inside....

Odd sized shims in rear..!! ( and hardly any oil )

Lastly the center, also no oil.. Arrma's QC has to be some of the worst..!!

This is the new setup of my front and center, notice I've added one extra shim 6x12x0.1mm to both sides behind the pin.
Added ABEC5 bearings on the center diff, and used the stock shielded bearings front and rear.

The rear again I've converted to fully open, at the time there was still no stock of the Arrma open diff shim kit ARA311094, so I just ordered the thick shims from my usual supplier and went and did it myself.
Below you can see the thick spacer shim fitted on the spur gear, notice I had to trim the gasket a small amount. Funny thing is the front and center gaskets were slightly different shape and the corners were already removed..

This pic has no relevance to the order of things it just shows some of the extra shims I used and the ABEC5 bearings.

After finishing the front and center diffs I decided to slightly change the rear diff layout, I went with the original Arrma 0.3mm shim then added my own 6x12x0.3mm and finally the thick spacer shim 12x18x2mm.. ( lets see how it goes after running )

The diff oil I decided to go with is..
Front 30k
Center 200k
Rear 20K

Finally a shiny thing to look at , because we all know shiny things are better than the inside of boring diffs..

 

[Greengaunja]

Have fun!

LMAO

 

[Woodentop]

Up next are the diffs..

Experimental shim collection, well some of them..

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Time to open up the EXB's diffs, lets see if they are as badly filled as all the other Arrma's I've owned.
Front, practically no oil inside....

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Odd sized shims in rear..!! ( and hardly any oil )

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Lastly the center, also no oil.. Arrma's QC has to be some of the worst..!!

View attachment 128028

This is the new setup of my front and center, notice I've added one extra shim 6x12x0.1mm to both sides behind the pin.
Added ABEC5 bearings on the center diff, and used the stock shielded bearings front and rear.

View attachment 128002

The rear again I've converted to fully open, at the time there was still no stock of the Arrma open diff shim kit ARA311094, so I just ordered the thick shims from my usual supplier and went and did it myself.
Below you can see the thick spacer shim fitted on the spur gear, notice I had to trim the gasket a small amount. Funny thing is the front and center gaskets were slightly different shape and the corners were already removed..

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This pic has no relevance to the order of things it just shows some of the extra shims I used and the ABEC5 bearings.

View attachment 127999

After finishing the front and center diffs I decided to slightly change the rear diff layout, I went with the original Arrma 0.3mm shim then added my own 6x12x0.3mm and finally the thick spacer shim 12x18x2mm.. ( lets see how it goes after running )

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The diff oil I decided to go with is..
Front 30k
Center 200k
Rear 20K

Finally a shiny thing to look at , because we all know shiny things are better than the inside of boring diffs..

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Diff oil levels are a joke as you know from my kexb, great and thorough approach to the shimmimg as always

 

[Acidsnow]

Ye've been busy Brian, is arrma qc no an oxymoron?

 

[Outcastblxnut]

Up next are the diffs..

Experimental shim collection, well some of them..

View attachment 128029

Time to open up the EXB's diffs, lets see if they are as badly filled as all the other Arrma's I've owned.
Front, practically no oil inside....

View attachment 128005

Odd sized shims in rear..!! ( and hardly any oil )

View attachment 128008

Lastly the center, also no oil.. Arrma's QC has to be some of the worst..!!

View attachment 128028

This is the new setup of my front and center, notice I've added one extra shim 6x12x0.1mm to both sides behind the pin.
Added ABEC5 bearings on the center diff, and used the stock shielded bearings front and rear.

View attachment 128002

The rear again I've converted to fully open, at the time there was still no stock of the Arrma open diff shim kit ARA311094, so I just ordered the thick shims from my usual supplier and went and did it myself.
Below you can see the thick spacer shim fitted on the spur gear, notice I had to trim the gasket a small amount. Funny thing is the front and center gaskets were slightly different shape and the corners were already removed..

View attachment 128001View attachment 128000

This pic has no relevance to the order of things it just shows some of the extra shims I used and the ABEC5 bearings.

View attachment 127999

After finishing the front and center diffs I decided to slightly change the rear diff layout, I went with the original Arrma 0.3mm shim then added my own 6x12x0.3mm and finally the thick spacer shim 12x18x2mm.. ( lets see how it goes after running )

View attachment 128010

The diff oil I decided to go with is..
Front 30k
Center 200k
Rear 20K

Finally a shiny thing to look at , because we all know shiny things are better than the inside of boring diffs..

View attachment 127998

My v5 kraton had barely any oil in center diff. And the front n rear were way low. Felt like 5k oil
It just ran out like shock oil