What Lube ? - DEX410 gearboxes

[jo90]

Hiya

Im going to be running my DEx410 tonight at Maritime. It's brand new so I know the gears might be a tad noisey at first. However I ran it on the table last night and it does seem REALLY noisey. Drive train is free and I have used Pedro DryWax on the gears which I have used in Gearboxes and on driveshafts for years. Just wondering though if the DEX needs a thicker lube at all ?

Both front and rear boxes built as per the team build on TD's website and have no float in them, though are not so tight that they bind.

Looking forward to the replies and thank for your help

[/tobys]

The metal on metal gears are noisier than plastic on plastic of other shaft driven 1/10th buggies. As long as you have meshed it up OK as per TD website, I'm sure what you've put on will be fine.

[mattr]

The gears are noisy, the shafts are noisy (unless you get d-joints)

They quieten down after a few weeks of use, then they start to get play, and are noisy again........

[KennyClark]

I use associated black grease on the gears.

[RichyUK]

i used the supplied green grease on mine and its always been fine

[jo90]

Cheers guys

I kinda guessed they might bed in a bit. I never did get any lube in my kit though

I will give the car a run then inspect the gearboxes as they only take 5 minutes to get out both ends, will be able to see if it needs anything extra then.

Fingers crossed....havent done 4wd for some time hehe