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[RCP57]

That diff looks good! Very beefy.lol Do you have a link for where you got that?OH no, what am I asking for. I promised myself I wouldn't.lol

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear it isn't going as planned just yet. I know you will get it dialed in shortly!

[Cooper]

Originally Posted by RCP57

That diff looks good! Very beefy.lol Do you have a link for where you got that?OH no, what am I asking for. I promised myself I wouldn't.lol

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear it isn't going as planned just yet. I know you will get it dialed in shortly!

Redcat racing,,, something from one of their trucks. I ebayed 1/5 differential. Bunch stock parts, people pulling stock stuff and replacing then ebaying off.

I did look around for needle bearings. Cheaper too!! I did think about a sleeve for correct sizing.

Yup Steve, you might be correct on a traditional drivetrain .

Hey reg, where is it that you showed building a axle housing? Lot of pages to sort through, and builds,, I might have to go back inside house and aww over some of your past builds again. I like my idea of using the plastic housing I got but, plastic in this things drive? I might not be able to live with that lol!!! Weight isn't carried on that part but it ties in a lot of stuff that does!! Guess I should read over dadsgarage post about shortcuts!!! Don't want to but I guess I better get the calipers and calculator out!! Lol!!!🙀🙏🔩🔫. Don't know if those emojis show up but my wife got some app that changed my phone keyboard!! ( our phones are linked and whatever weird apps she gets I do too!! ,,, time to start another argument and then get punished to garage for the holidays !!!

[RCP57]

Haha. I'm on a strict diet of non RC saving at the moment so I'm trying not to be misled by you building something fun...I can't help myself though, it's a disease... Maybe my current idea will also sway your attention and then you will likely be banished to garage for quite some time... We all get feeding off one another and this just gets scary....

I have built diffs a few different ways. The Tigercat and Euclid involved welding together machined parts for the housings and the 850 KW the main housings were machined from a solid chunk. Euc and KW have removable "pumpkins". The skidder has welded centers and the axle tubes come off. This type would probably work and look more realistic for the type of build you are doing. Not only that you won't have days worth of machining to redo if drilling the axle tubes doesn't go well on the first try.

[RCP57]

Not very informative or a great job even for that matter but it may give you an idea. I didn't have a mill when I started this project so I would have done things a little different that's for sure but it does work OK.

http://rctruckandconstruction.com/sh...light=Tigercat