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Hi, I've owned a granite blx 3s for over a year now, amd i run it very light almost every day. Just wondering if i need to inspect or relubricate the diffs? Thank you!
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How do you take the diffs out when the box is sealed???
Any heavy grease is good, something that will hold on under the stress. Personally I've always used flex shaft grease for rc boats. Has anti fling tech and water resistant, plus you can get it with a little thumb pump and just change the tube after, it takes a long time to empty a tube, had it allready anyways, you can used normal automotive wheel bearing grease or just about any grease the thicker the better you just want it to stay on the gears as just running them the grease want to fly off.I see what your saying. What kind of grease do you use? The screw holding the skid plate on goes all the way through the diff casing. It was nearly brand new at the time, so I'm not worried about it. I haven't had diff trouble though, they seem pretty good. What about the center diff on fireteam? It seems EXTREMELY tight for some reason. It is actually somewhat hard to turn when it is off of the truck.it's like a $60 part, so i don't want to go fittling with it if it's fine. Thanks for the input!!
Same here. I can get that much run time out of mine, depending the 6s rig it is. However Right out the box you MUST open them up, top off the fluids or choose your own CST oil then shim the diffs properly. You will get much life out of the 6s diffs this way. Your mileage will vary of course.I service my diffs maybe every 30 to 40 packs ish thats on the 6s cars though
Very carefullyHow do you take the diffs out when the box is sealed???
Ok, thanks. I haven't had any trouble with them so far. What about the center diff on fireteam? Is it supposed to be nearly to tight to turn? It turns smooth, just with a lot of pressure!
What grease should i use?
Maybe I over complicated the explanation, it's all there but I added more than you askedAny heavy grease is good, something that will hold on under the stress. Personally I've always used flex shaft grease for rc boats. Has anti fling tech and water resistant, plus you can get it with a little thumb pump and just change the tube after, it takes a long time to empty a tube, had it allready anyways, you can used normal automotive wheel bearing grease or just about any grease the thicker the better you just want it to stay on the gears as just running them the grease want to fly off.
The center diff will have thick silicone oil in it and normal to be hard to turn, the oil viscosity can be changed to achieve a more or less lock effect to the spider and axle gears
Yeah the FT actually comes with 200K Cst at the center stock from the factory. Thicker/tighter to rotate by hand. Normal. Most others come with only 100k. I actually upped my FT to 700 k at the center. Best for me. I found 500k was even too thin. My FT center diff gets super hot with thinner oil, IMHO. My temp gun shows the diff at over 200F sometimes. I was even considering 1mil. I have on hand.Ok, thanks. I haven't had any trouble with them so far. What about the center diff on fireteam? Is it supposed to be nearly to tight to turn? It turns smooth, just with a lot of pressure!
where did you get the 700k from did you do some mixingYeah the FT actually comes with 200K Cst at the center stock from the factory. Thicker/tighter to rotate by hand. Normal. Most others come with only 100k. I actually upped my FT to 700 k at the center. Best for me. I found 500k was even too thin. My FT center diff gets super hot with thinner oil, IMHO. My temp gun shows the diff at over 200F sometimes. I was even considering 1mil. I have on hand.
FT is rather Heavy and Long and really taxes the center diff.
Probably why the FT is the only 6s Arrma to come with the Upgrade metal Option diff out the box.
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