Senton Upgrade - Driveshaft High Speed Support

[larrys4227]

Purchased this on my last order, but didn't realize that the driveshaft is different in the 3s BLX. I'll update when the new shafts come in.

I'm actually excited about this one. The driveshafts in both my Mega trucks run out of round at high speed

 

[bicketybam]

I just order the shaft from Tower. Thanks for posting this .

 

[chazekxt46]

I got me one too

 

[bicketybam]

I think the high speed support is not designed very well. It sits just a hair too high and you actually have to bend the shaft to get it to fit. You end up with a bowed shaft. I'm going to either modify mine or ditch it completely. You can see what I'm talking about in these pictures.

 

[larrys4227]

You need to push, hard, the plastic bearing support all the way into the chassis. Mine did the same thing and was bowed. I used a proper sized Allen wrench in the screw hole to seat it ... It went in hard. Mine is perfect now..

 

[larrys4227]

Fully seated, this is what it looks like

 

[B man]

I think the high speed support is not designed very well. It sits just a hair too high and you actually have to bend the shaft to get it to fit. You end up with a bowed shaft. I'm going to either modify mine or ditch it completely. You can see what I'm talking about in these pictures.

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What size motor is that? I have about 1-2 inches between my motor and my esc

 

[morrjr71]

What size motor is that? I have about 1-2 inches between my motor and my esc

That looks like a Castle 1717 or similar sized Castle motor, and the 1717 motor is 47mm in diameter. It's overkill for a 3s vehicle, but I recently installed one in my Kraton 6s.

 

[LudeNation]

They make aluminum ones for the 3s line up.
Just ordered 2 right now.