since i work in a tv & appliance shop i have been using the clear silicone lube we use on refrigerator hinges and magnetic door seals. it works pretty good almost the same as stealt diff lube and comes in a big tube.
Ok, I've been out of the hobby for some time, so all of the grease and oil I had is gone. I'm rebuilding my Thunder Shot/Terra Scorcher, and I'm wondering what grease to use in the diff. It's a stock gear diff, and I'm just rebuilding the car for...
Silicon dielectric tune up grease on the diff and black moly on the thrust? Haven't run it yet but smooth as butter on the bench. Anybody else do this? It's not billed as diff lube or thrust bearing lube but isn't all that...
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This should explain all you want to know about silicone grease,
To put it into context, the idea behind using lube in a ball diff is to keep the balls from melting the plastic gear not lube the contact between the plate and balls as they rely on...
Will Stealth diff lube be safe to use on the original 6-gear ball diff? Thanks.
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For some reason I thought carbide diff balls were black, and assumed that the silver ones were steel. I just looked at some pictures and saw that they're silver.
Sorry. :oops:
The diff balls in my 6 gear are black. Thinking back on it those might...
Question, I just dug my Team Car out of storage. The Stealth was last lubed when it was built in 1993 or 1994. I believe I stopped running it in 1996 or 1997. My intuition tells me I should tear down and relube the tranny, but you never know. The...
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Thank you for the advice... I think you're quite right. I just took apart the tranny to have a look (why I didn't think of that before posting...) and it's bone dry in there. There was a little bit of ancient dried up lube of some sort in the diff,...
Forgive me for being a noob again, (after 10+ years) but ive just recently aquired a gold tub just like the one i had as a kid. My son and i worked on the stealth tranny because it had a gritty feeling in the diff. The manual for the Tranny sais to...
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Thanks a bunch, im gonna scour that site for accessories and parts.
I haven't rebuilt a 6-gear in three decades, so while going through my old one by the book I noticed the manual does not call for any lubrication on the diff thrust bearing or washers. Is that correct?? Surely it's an omission from the manual...I've...
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I've found that the original manual is much better in telling you how to get the diff set up properly. I followed the original manual and my diff performs much better
Hey all, I scored a decent MIP SP1 trans from the 'bay. Scrubbing it down, everything looks good.
I see that MIP's diff lube is still available at tower. So that's one down. What should I use for the thrust bearing, and the gear lube? Seems MIP had...
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Bike chains turn slowly compared to the internal gears of and R/C car so I'm not sure whether this would be good. I watch it real close to see what the effects are on the insides of the gearbox.
Is there an commonly available (non-mail-order, non-hobby-shop) alternative to differential lube by the car manufacturer? I ask this because I bought my first kit to build (RC18T2/RC18B2) and have ended up ordering additional parts followed by...
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The rear diff needs more shims, I think that I had 2 or 3 more shims on mine to get the diff of the sper If the drive line is tight you over tightened the belt cover. Thighen till the screw bottoms out them back off 1/16 to 1/18 turn. I know this...
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