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Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:38 pm
by Showcase1186
What is required to put a hydra drive unit on a stealth tranny? Any special components? Also what fluid can be used in the hyrda drive unit?
Thanx for any help!
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:46 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Losi Hydradrive top shaft for the stealth transmission is all thats needed other than the hydradrive unit Itself- they came with fluid, I believe they had thin, medium and thick.
But I'm pretty sure it was just silicone fluid
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:02 pm
by Showcase1186
Thanx for the reply
Regarding the top shaft, was the shaft from the stock stealth, or from the Losi tranny?
As far as the oil, perhaps a 30wt shock oil?
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:08 pm
by GoMachV
the fluid was thick and goey- more like silicone diff fluid. not sure where to start though
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:13 pm
by jwscab
it's very thick, like 1000w or something. There is documentation here on the site somewhere, you will have to search on it.
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:41 pm
by Showcase1186
Thanx for the pointers. I'll keep searching. I bought a brand new xx when they came out, but I can't seem to recall what the fluid was like.
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:50 pm
by liquidrc.com
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:05 pm
by Showcase1186
I suppose it would sir!
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:22 pm
by eeeks
I have one mounted on my RC10T2...When rebuilding it...I used 10000wt Diff fluid. Seemed to be just about right compared to what was it it...
Yes, you do need a hydradrive topshaft as well as the hydradrive unit and spur
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:59 pm
by shodog
The hydra shafts I used was made by losi for the stealth
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:28 pm
by littleVETTE
rpm, suzuki, and couple of other companies had the shafts. you could still get them from ebay.
do a search, they're a lot of threads on rebuilding and mounting the hydra drive on a stealth. if you need the instructions on breaking it down and rebuilding, drop me a PM and i'll send you a copy.
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:23 pm
by JK Racing
gonna ask the dumb question...since a lot of use use hydra shafts (JRX series) and run dual slipper set ups, wouldnt a B4 top shaft work for a hydra?
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:31 pm
by Charlie don't surf
If I remember correctly there is a spacing issue with the B4 shaft-
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:53 pm
by JK Racing
JK Racing wrote:gonna ask the dumb question
Yep, I win
Re: Putting a Losi hydra dive on stealth tranny?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:16 am
by Lonestar
I can't find the thread anymore but I wrote it down somewhere else so here's what was talked on this very forum a bit earlier: someone said that Losi Junior once said that hydra fluid is 5K to 10K silicon oil. I also found a couple of articles on race schumacher cars that had the viscodrive on (Schumacher's version of the visco-coupler) and it appears they were using silicon oil in there too.
I run 10K silicon oil (mugen diff fluid) in my runner LXT hydra and it works very well
Paul