Drive cup issues (again)

[laganm21]

I just got my Rampage MT V2 up and running again, I just got a 26cc head kit nothing extreme, But on the first run taking it easy as possible, no hills or bumps just flat ground , I snaped the rear diff cup again, this was the diff cups that came in the V2 upgraded kit with the 3.5mm pins, My question is what are you guy doing to keep these cups from breaking now, i reinstalled the factory drive cups in the rear the 3.0 pin ones that came with the truck stock, but Im scared now to give the truck any kinda gas with the stock weaker cups for fear of breaking them also, will the V3 diff cups work on a v2 or is that a tottaly different setup ? thanks

 

[laganm21]

dose any body remember the tempering heat that was being used to case harden the cups

 

[csp1971]

dose any body remember the tempering heat that was being used to case harden the cups

That's what I used to do mine, but that's been about 18 months ago and I haven't broken one since. I'm not sure if anyone has done that with the new cups recently, or at least if they did, they haven't posted on it.


Did you break yours at the pin?

 

[laganm21]

yeah I boke it at the pin, yeah Im a little slow to the new stuff thats out now , I have not even messed with my truck for about 1/2 a year, are there new cups out now becuase the only place I can find the 3.5mm drive cups are at vancover hobbies, DDM just sells that 3.0 pin ones, what are r running

 

[csp1971]

yeah I boke it at the pin, yeah Im a little slow to the new stuff thats out now , I have not even messed with my truck for about 1/2 a year, are there new cups out now becuase the only place I can find the 3.5mm drive cups are at vancover hobbies, DDM just sells that 3.0 pin ones, what are r running

I'm running whatever came with that V2 upgrade kit.

 

[laganm21]

that would be the 3.5mm drive cup , So you said that you heat tempered yours , How did not go about doing that

 

[teedog12]

check u-tube someone did on there

 

[laganm21]

Have you done this to yours teedog 12

 

[laganm21]

I did a search on you tube I cant find nothing there about it

 

[csp1971]

I forgot I had mine out there, if that's the one he is talking about. I'm in no way any expert on this but this is what I did.


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"To reduce the possibility of diff cup failure, temper the cup shaft with a torch. Blue to silver and air cool."

 

[laganm21]

Ok thank you , Now I ill have to see if I can to get the 3.5mm drive cups this outa be fun lol

 

[rob64n]

redcat and rampage hopups only offer the new diff cups, if u have a V1 you just have to change internal diff gears to except the bigger pin

 

[laganm21]

Yeah I got the the diff gears to accpect the 3.5mm pin they came in the upgrade kit, so the ones they sell on rampage hopups are the 3.5mm pin diff cups ?

 

[rob64n]

yes that is correct,lol

 

[laganm21]

LOL ok now it makes since , when this was an issue a while back nobody sold the upgraded diff cups it was just the stock ones that came with the V1's you had to buy the upgraded kit just to get the better cups , I did not know rampage hopups sold the 3.5mm cups now thanks for clearing that up for me

 

[rob64n]

no problem, anytime

 

[laganm21]

are the new cups that rampage hop ups sell still need to be temperd or have they fixed that issue

 

[rob64n]

i haven't broke any and haven't heard of any issues.

 

[laganm21]

Ok Ill just order 4 new cups today and just hope for the best , and thanks again for clearing that up for me

 

[rob64n]

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