Drive shaft angle????

[AmiSMB]

Originally Posted by SHY

Link to webshop for that Finish line product?

Links:-

Sullivan Dry Ice

Purple Extreme

Dry Teflon Plus Dry Lube website

AW Cycles

Hargrove Cycles

Halfords BikeHut dry teflon lube

Just put "Finish line dry teflon lube" in Google and you will find many more web shops selling the stuff.

[SHY]

Originally Posted by Northy

Anyone know what the rubber covers are from?

G

I think from Nortechracing in the very near future!

I want blue ones made of neoprene, with inner anti-skid rubber at the ends (like inside the girls' stay ups )

[RogerM]

Originally Posted by Lee

Roger: We dont need to start a thread on handling we have the black book

http://users.pandora.be/elvo/

Yes, never leave home (well for racing at least) without it!!!

Ok, re-phase .... "chassis design" instead of "handling".

[Lee]

Originally Posted by SHY

(like inside the girls' stay ups )

I know exactly what you mean, that stuff is dead sticky yet not sticky at the same time



Dont you find it pulls at the hairs on your legs though

[Alfonzo]

Originally Posted by SHY

I think from Nortechracing in the very near future!

I want blue ones made of neoprene, with inner anti-skid rubber at the ends (like inside the girls' stay ups )

Just check you get the right size - too small and they'll chaff the inside of your thighs..

[SHY]

It's superb! Even my Spy ski goggles and my italian pinstripe suit has it!

No RC yet...

Originally Posted by Lee

Dont you find it pulls at the hairs on your legs though

Like Max Mosley I like it when it hurts!

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

I usually lube it then wipe it so it has a thin coat and it feels good.

Chris at his best

[AmiSMB]

Try these for CVD covers


From Prestwich Model Boats

I also use Fastrax 182 rubber gators for CVD joints and have found some on flea bay

[SHY]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

Chris at his best

How long is it? LOL!!!

[elvo]

Originally Posted by Northy

Anyone know what the rubber covers are from?

G

The HPI Baja has covers.....

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

Chris at his best

Yeh, well got to wipe the lube off before the bone goes in as it'll hold grit which just grinds the parts away, and gritty lube isn't good.

[AmiSMB]

LMAO

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Yeh, well got to wipe the lube off before the bone goes in as it'll hold grit which just grinds the parts away, and gritty lube isn't good.

Ouch, that'd be sore

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by _sleigh_

The D4 runs blades when running the Edit diff halves and I suspect the CAT SX runs them too.

cat has steel pins/steel outdrives (or car they are running does)

Originally Posted by Lee

Cant we just use a fatter pin so it looks like this ==, this would then spread the force applied to the outdrive and reduce wear, and make everything last longer

fatter pin would spread the load more but also create more friction??



does anyone remember the cat 2000? drive shafts that actually had bearings in the teloscopic shafts and the shaft was secured to the outdrive and the wheel axle? (siminlay to early car or current traxxas slider shafts)

[Gayo]

I believe that the telescopic shafts with bearings were options for the BossCat and stock items on the BossCat Works and the Cougar 2. Ace system ! Über-cool, SHY !
The first Cat 2000s were only wearing telescopic shaft, without bearings.

[mark christopher]

bosscat had telescopic shafts with no bearings unless you used the one way axles (all plastic),was the cat 98 the car that came out after the bosscat works had em std they were steel inserts and bushes, bearings were an option
def not the bosscat as i had a converted buggy/touring car that i won a national with!!
they then went onto the red hollow drive shafts that came unbonded on the early ones

[SHY]

I actually do think I have CAT like that in my vintage collection Must say those cars were highly sophisticated! First thing I noticed was the very special driveshafts and the one-ways out in the rims. My first thought was "This must have been one hell of a fast car when nothing breaks!"

One of my first RC cars was the Kyosho Progress 4WDS, it was very complex but a totally hopeless car in so many ways!

Jokes aside, why not use telescopic shafts today? Still friction and no gain? Plus more heavy and complex...

Sometimes the KISS principle applies of course. The Veteq was a good example of that...

[Chrislong]

yeh i remember those. The pre XLS, Procat and Bosscat had plastic on plastic sliders, then the Cat 2000 had bearing or bronze bushing rollers inside them. Then they did the red ones, then the blades. Back then, the Losi had telescopics, so did the traxxas.

I wonder why they are never used on new designs? What was wrong. i remember the Procat wearing the steel balls quicker than the plastic.

[Alfonzo]

You got it

[Gayo]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

bosscat had telescopic shafts with no bearings unless you used the one way axles (all plastic),was the cat 98 the car that came out after the bosscat works had em std they were steel inserts and bushes, bearings were an option
def not the bosscat as i had a converted buggy/touring car that i won a national with!!
they then went onto the red hollow drive shafts that came unbonded on the early ones

Well I was thinking about these :


I never had those on my cars (too damn expensive !) but I thought they were sporting ball bearings