Defiant’s XMAXX Build

[Defiant]

Got these stainless hinge pin tie bars for the xmaxx now only to find the time to install them. I can’t believe it but I’m still waiting on 1 part to arrive

 

[Defiant]

Diff cups arrived finally

 

[Armarookie43]

Taking this X-maxx to the next level… WFO titanium axles!
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Oh what a work of art
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Cage and roof skid showed up today
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I’d say it looks almost half decent now, it’s much better than it used to be at least.

I didn’t have luck with those titanium driveshafts. The set screws would keep getting loose on me. That would destroy my drivetrain. Including the internal gears on my diffs. It also destroyed my ring gear on my center diff. I got rid of them and going back stock. And they bend with time too just like the stock ones. I even tried putting red loctite on the set screw. Anyways, maybe I'm the one that sucks

 

[Clubin]

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Not much to update this week I switched to a powerhobby fan, the YR fan was just too loud

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My vitavon gear cover showed up. It took quite a bit of modifying to get it to clear my WFO pinion and M2C motor mount

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Lol. I have one of them. I tried for a bit to get it to clear. I gave up and just ran it. Lol.

 

[Defiant]

I didn’t have luck with those titanium driveshafts. The set screws would keep getting loose on me. That would destroy my drivetrain. Including the internal gears on my diffs. It also destroyed my ring gear on my center diff. I got rid of them and going back stock. And they bend with time too just like the stock ones. I even tried putting red loctite on the set screw. Anyways, maybe I'm the one that sucks

Ah that sucks to hear, I’ve seen others run them for a year with no issues so it could just be luck. They should’ve made the bore slightly smaller and pressed the pins into the shaft

 

[Defiant]

New cybertruck body

Jk

 

[Defiant]

Well this is the last of it completed, m2c is releasing the new center driveshaft in a month and then I’ll be…done? No no that can’t be. Huh weird.

 

[Defiant]

 

[Armarookie43]

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Looking good!

 

[KevinC]

Really nice bro. Throw some washers behind those hinge pins retaining screws,,,,,extra Conservative.

 

[KnowAir]

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Sweeet The decals and blacked out windows really make it pop!

 

[RCbuzz]

Incredible Build Thread, nicely done!