DEX210 Ball Diff Outdrives

[Danosborne6661]

My ball diff outdrives on my DEX210 are knackered but for a set it's £18?! Does anyone know where they are available cheaper or is that the price we pay? If that's the case then I may just get a complete geared diff seeing as they're £25

[AfroP]

not the first time i've heard about the out drives being trollied.
although when this happened to a friend and fellow club racer his outdrives were worn fairly pre-maturely after only a few runs with a brand new kit.
TD I believe replaced them for him. so it may be worth giving them a call depending on how old yours are.

It is quite shocking the pricing of some of the TD parts
the allow rear hubs for the 210 from TD are £45 but the exotek ones(which are almost identical and are black(instantly cooler) are half that price @ £25

[brooksy]

Originally Posted by Danosborne6661

My ball diff outdrives on my DEX210 are knackered but for a set it's £18?! Does anyone know where they are available cheaper or is that the price we pay? If that's the case then I may just get a complete geared diff seeing as they're £25

I've had this problem twice now with mine. I only race between 1 and 2 times a month. I showed mine to Mr Doughety at the last Worksop meet and he told me to send an email with a picture of it to there support team and they would send out new ones for me because they shouldn't wear that quick.

The thing with mine aswell is that only one side has worn and its the same side twice

I've yet to email them because I've been busy with work,but I'm hoping to get it done sometime this coming weekend.

Phill

[AndyG]

had the same problem myself.

emailed in with a pic, and TD responded asking for my kit details etc ... nothing since.

They've been great previously, but not mega impressed on this occasion.

Forked out on some new ones myself.

[Dombrasky]

yep mine too, cars only done about 8 meetings,looking from the back, the right side worse than the left
ive also replaced the driveshafts, then fit them dry with boots
see if that helps

[brooksy]

Here's a pic of mine,about 6/7 meetings old.

[Origineelreclamebord]

Try to do a home-brewen hardening process on a new set and see how they last? Afaik, the outdrives of the AE B4 are not hardened and I can imagine some other brands (like Durango) would prefer to prevent such processes (if possible) to save on costs. Not everyone seems to have these problem, right?

So that would suggest that in certain circumstances it does wear much quicker (lubrication without boots on, the fact that the driveshaft doesn't 'slide' much in and out of the outdrive, extreme suspension angles, tracks with a lot of corners to one side, powerful motors, high punch settings, high grip, etc).

And despite of the potential for circumstances that increases wear, it's pityful and unusual to hear it's this bad That outdrive looks pretty awful brooksy!