Ballbearing all this in mind I guess the steel outdrives are better suited than the plastic ones? (less friction & less wear)
I know even from onroad (1:8TR) this is very important, you'd better replace dogbones and outdrives quite often, maybe only the dogbone pins. The effects explained are important, but it's also important not to have to much slop back and forth, as this will make the car not accelerate in a straight line (deviating time of engagement).
I found that for onroad using teflon spray more or less totally eliminated wear! It's unbelievable! Any form of sticky grease just collects dirt and makes things worse! But this thing dries up. Doesen't seem to work for OR though...
Any good tips & tricks here for OR? (I'm sure Olivier would fit some tiny bearings on each pin
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