Under what driving conditions is it hard on center differential?

[Finfan88]

I do alot of speed passes and parking lot driving with hard braking at times. Does this wear on differentials as much as bashing, jumping?

 

[Slicktmi]

I do alot of speed passes and parking lot driving with hard braking at times. Does this wear on differentials as much as bashing, jumping?

As long as you have a heavier weight diff fluid in it and aren't diffing out as much and creating a hot diff it makes the cups soft and can cause the metal sleeve in the diff cup to fall out

 

[Krathead]

Jumping is especially hard on diffs because of the jolt it takes when you land. I found out right away that if you have throttle on when landing you will take out a diff real quick..

 

[Hoss81]

The larger/heavier tires you have also puts additional strain on the center diff.

 

[olds97_lss]

Hard braking and accelerating (standing back flips) are also very hard on diffs. I know people do standing back flips in videos all the time, but to me... that's just asking for a diff to spit out it's teeth. I didn't worry about accelerating so much when I ran nitro. Comparitvely, the torque a high end nitro engine puts on diffs off the line doesn't hold a candle to the torque of an 1/8th brushless system even on 4S has on tap.