Lock Stampede Diff

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Techpriest - 22 Jul 2005 20:50 GMT

Thanks to Scotty and Angel I am now going to have to break out the old
Stampede and play with it some more. One problem I had before was it
getting stuck all the time. One rear tire gets off the ground and it
just spins. Was looking at the Traxxas ball diff but did not want to
spend that kind of money just yet. Anyone have any experience locking
the diff in a Stampede, Rustler or Bandit? I was thinking I would just
fill it with hot-glue, any other ideas?

How bad does it hurt steering? I am just bashing, not racing, but want
to be able to turn.

Now let's see if the HV-Maxx kit will fit in it! <evil laugh>

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mike - 26 Jul 2005 06:51 GMT

I used a Traxxas Rustler diff for a centre diff in my crawler. A good way to
lock these things up is to undo the diff and totally stuff the inside of the
case around the gears, everywhere with Blue Tack. Be aggressive and really
shove it in everywhere, then button the diff up and she'll be locked. You
can also do this with hot glue or epoxy resin (eg JB Weld a lot of people
use), but I like the Blue Tack because:

(a) You can take it out if it turns out to be a bad idea
(b) You can tune it (a bit) by removing Blue Tack

Mike

> Thanks to Scotty and Angel I am now going to have to break out the old
> Stampede and play with it some more. One problem I had before was it
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> Now let's see if the HV-Maxx kit will fit in it! <evil laugh>

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Dafey - 25 Jul 2006 09:14 GMT

Silly Putty works too.Its not to hard to take out either.

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>I used a Traxxas Rustler diff for a centre diff in my crawler. A good way
>to lock these things up is to undo the diff and totally stuff the inside of
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>> Now let's see if the HV-Maxx kit will fit in it! <evil laugh>

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DanTXD - 25 Jul 2006 14:46 GMT

> Silly Putty works too.Its not to hard to take out either.

I've heard of some people who want the diff virtually locked, but not fully,
using peanut butter. No sh.t.

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Lock Stampede Diff