DoNoHarm
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Not saying Traxxas is great. They’re not. Just a common thing that gets brought up a lot of people not believing me when I say the e revo 2.0 diffs are insanely huge compared to the arrma 6s ones. Here’s some pics.
Just want to say why I did this.
Obviously the arrma 6s line diffs are fine, but the difference between the arrma and revo diffs is the difference between fine and overkill. Fine means it does the job. Normal diff. It’ll wear out eventually. Make sure to shim it good because the teeth don’t have much profile.. etc. Drive it normally and don’t try to do standing backflips for a whole battery.
Overkill means, well what it is. Overkill. 8s worthy, by far. No wear at all unshimmed. Standing backflips for DAYS. No shims needed, the teeth are extremely meaty. No spiral needed, they’re so oversized. That’s the original diff for this truck, 180 runs of 6s through it. Talk about mileage! Did I mention it has 1 million weight center diff fluid? It’s LOCKED. Out of the factory. That rear diff is under some stress!
Just some food for thought. I’m not trying to make you buy an e revo and I really don’t want you to. Buy a nero, it’ll be better. (It won’t be better I just said this to avoid hate)
Pretty cool??
Edit: that arrma diff looks stripped next to the revo diff. Just want you to know it’s not, it’s in full working order. Haven’t had problems but I’m worried on sticking high weight center diff fluid in because I’m thinking it’ll bust.
Edit 2: I retract my statement when I said arrma diffs are fine. I only said it so people wouldn’t hate but clearly it didn’t help. That said, let me be honest. They’re not fine, they don’t hold up in the larger 6s trucks. Many shred them every 20-30 runs on 6 cell lipo which is completely unacceptable and deserves to be redesigned. People always say these things are “arrma tough” but from what I hear, these diffs aren’t much better at all compared to the e revo generation 1, aka the worst diff breaker ever. Just like e revo v1 users, many resorted to using 4s in their trucks because the diffs are so bad.
Just want to say why I did this.
Obviously the arrma 6s line diffs are fine, but the difference between the arrma and revo diffs is the difference between fine and overkill. Fine means it does the job. Normal diff. It’ll wear out eventually. Make sure to shim it good because the teeth don’t have much profile.. etc. Drive it normally and don’t try to do standing backflips for a whole battery.
Overkill means, well what it is. Overkill. 8s worthy, by far. No wear at all unshimmed. Standing backflips for DAYS. No shims needed, the teeth are extremely meaty. No spiral needed, they’re so oversized. That’s the original diff for this truck, 180 runs of 6s through it. Talk about mileage! Did I mention it has 1 million weight center diff fluid? It’s LOCKED. Out of the factory. That rear diff is under some stress!
Just some food for thought. I’m not trying to make you buy an e revo and I really don’t want you to. Buy a nero, it’ll be better. (It won’t be better I just said this to avoid hate)
Pretty cool??
Edit: that arrma diff looks stripped next to the revo diff. Just want you to know it’s not, it’s in full working order. Haven’t had problems but I’m worried on sticking high weight center diff fluid in because I’m thinking it’ll bust.
Edit 2: I retract my statement when I said arrma diffs are fine. I only said it so people wouldn’t hate but clearly it didn’t help. That said, let me be honest. They’re not fine, they don’t hold up in the larger 6s trucks. Many shred them every 20-30 runs on 6 cell lipo which is completely unacceptable and deserves to be redesigned. People always say these things are “arrma tough” but from what I hear, these diffs aren’t much better at all compared to the e revo generation 1, aka the worst diff breaker ever. Just like e revo v1 users, many resorted to using 4s in their trucks because the diffs are so bad.
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