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What are they, how do they work, is it hard to fit & where do i get one for my DF03. P.

Im no expert when it comes to slipper clutches and i havnt seen one...only new to this too....but i think the diff is the same in the df03 as the db01..i have a df03. Mines was slipping too and when i opened it i done the grip test too and it seemed fine but when i ran it it was slipping. I then opened up again and glued the matal plates to the outdrives using superglue...it says to use tamiya cemet on the manual. I missed this when i was building it.....also i have read on Ople.com that if you dont glue them they can strip the plastic edge off the outdrive...! Dont know if you have done this or not....what do u mean when u said the other weheel does spin quite right. Ive always felt that the tightening of the diff is a little subjective...my tight and your tight may not be the same thing. Are the ball bearings seated OK....is it defo the diff thats slipping...you dont have a slipping pinion or anything..?...u can open the gearbox back cover and roll the buggy backwards to visibly see if its slipping...u can on the df03 anyway should be the same on the db01...roll it backwards and the gearing is forced to the front of the gearbox cover so it stays in place and u can watch as you push it by hand.. P.

looks too good to build dont it...lol. I have a DF03 tool built her in Feb...was the best 8 hours of me later years...anyway i asked a similar question and value for maney those EZrun systems seem to be the jobby....however cant stop lookin for a steal on a mamba max on ebay ...with a few hops ups (that you mgiht always have in your MS kit) the DF03 are begging for brushless. Im running a 12t brushed...im in your boat....time for brushless. I think the only concern is space the DF03 chasis doesnt have alot of room to fit larger ESC's might need to relocate it over the the RHS beside the sterring servo...im no expert and i havnt seen many brushless ESC's just passin on what was passed on to me. Dont know if youve built one before but its an idea to relocate your ESC over beside the sterring servo anyway as i didnt like the battery wires hovering over the 4WD drive shaft...moving it to the other side takes away the risk. Anyway - good luck.

is that not what jac said....female on the power source...ie nothing can wedge between them or touch a metal surface and short out...the males / spades on the ESC etc.. I finally bought a decent battery for my DF03...4500MAH and ran it...within 1 run the tamiya connector melted...now it wont run..im waiting on deans from Ebay. Apparantly they are the boys to use as they allow higher current flow ie best power transfer from bat to ESC. P.

thanks guys.....still havnt checked it out (baby duties are slowing me up)...just wondering and i have been for some time since i heard of it...but what is and how does a slipper clutch work. Does it fit on spur/pinion or is it internal to the gearbox - finally is it expensive..? P.

Im at work at the moment so im looking for some info before i go home and start pulling my gearbox apart. Was using the df03 a few days ago and i noticed it was slipping...could hear the motor tune but it wasnt really moving...checked pinions just incase but they were fine as i thought bu the ball diff was lose...i could rotate it whilst holding the 2 sides (as shown in the manual as a 'how it shouldnt be')...so i tightened it up untill i couldnt turn it bu hand. Stuck it in and only got testing it this morning and its doing the same thing...? it was tight when i checked it and it hasnt been run..? have i got something worse going on Worried that ive stripped the balldiff plates - is this what i have in store for me..? My question is...if the ball diff plates stripped the plastic outdrives could i rotate it by hand even when i tighten the ball diffs..? P.

Just wondering if anyone has ever stuck one of these in a DF03....does it fit...are they reliable,...they seem cheap compared with other brushless combos whats the deal..?

The only ones I see on Ebay are from Singapore...?...reliable purchase...? Or is there somewhere more local to UK. I snapped one at the front....now shes a 2wd DF03.

Married with 2 boys.....work as an engineer for a company that manufactures the read/write heads for Hard Disk drives. Only really getting back to RC since jan after a 20 year gap....refurbed my HS2, then got a cheap DF03 from Ebay...now am hooked.

anyone know where i can get a spare copper coloured steering bearing...looks like a lost one...?

My Dark Impact took a knock to the front yesterday and now my stering is screwed up....pulling the car apart i seen what has happened...looks like the steering assembly (where the copper coloured bearings go) has all shifted backwards knocking it out of alignment. Even when i reassembled it the ball socket (where the steering rod attaches) doesnt travel all the way forwards...the plastic L-bracket is catching on the gearbox top plate....? something has bent and its not obvious what. had to melt some of the gearbox plate with a soldering iron down so the steering assembly passes over it.... Anyone else had problems with this...?..the knock it took wasn't massive....why do these things not have bumpers....surely when racing a knock to the front is a pretty common impact. Weak Impact....

PS what pinion do you need..?

2 17 18 23 34 41 BONUS.....27 IF THEY COME UP ILL KILL MYSELF....

Ive just ordered a new battery that has Corally connectors and my ESC has the tamiya type...Am i OK just to cut the tamiya style connector off and old battery I have and stick it on this new one by soldering the wires...is there a neater way to do it...ie can the wires be re-crimped into the tamiya connecter..? Or will i be fine with a simple solder and heat-shrink..?

terry,...just watching that video agaion where you are racing a brushed laser 13t double peak vantage,.......with a brushless durga....way back on a thread about brushed vs brushless. Your 13t motor seems to be shifting alot faster than my 12t motor in my DF03..just wiondering again if thats my motor needing a decent rebuild, or the fact im using a nicd 1900mah...?

yeah terry...again again from me...how much you chargin to do this..? Crezzy crunch...perhaps your the man for the job..lol.

TURE THE COMM..? Is this the same as skimming the comm...i still dont know what that means but ive heard ppl say it.. So just in general what is good brushed motor maintenance..... 1. Change brushes when required.. 2. Skimming the comm..??? 3. Bearings..? 4. anything else..?? I dont want to run my brushed motors into the ground...id like to keep them decent..

PUT PAPER BETWEEN SPUR AND PINION...AND MESH/SLIDE THEM UP....THEN WIND THE PAPER OUT, THUS LEAVES A VERY SMALL GAP BETWEEN SPUR & PINION SO ITS NOT TOO TIGHT AND MESHING GOOD. Im running a 12T Corally in my DF03...its fast enough (say around 35kmh) but i wouldnt say silly fast....had it in my old hs2 and it was fast in that too.

suffered the same thing on my df03 a few weeks back..... Combination of 2 things in my case....i was runningn the 82/23 config but the gear mesh was too tight..TA-Mark told me to try the paper feed to set the gear mesh...also when i was running it with the shell on..the 4wd shaft was hitting the cover or battery conector wedged between shell and shaft..i couldnt see it when the cover was on..but when i took it off i noticed a score on the shaft. I wouldnt have though it could have reduced speed that much but it did........................also i knew something was up because my 1900mah battery was cooking afterwards...with tyhe motor working against a high resistance. After i sorted it...she was flying again....just relaocate the ESC to the other side beside the steering servo and have the battery connector pop out that side....or do marks idea with keeping most of the bat cable in the bat compartment. Inspect your shaft.........

Folks, Touched on this thread before - but how will i know when the brushes are due a change, i mean from the cars standpoint, will i notice a drop in speed, will i see or hear anything different. Ive never changed brushes before - I know how to take them out & in...but how exactly do i know its time to change. Ive run this motor probably 15 or 20 times....10 mins a time....i got it used so i dont know how much use it had before i got it. Also - do specific brushes go in ceratin motors......clueless here sorry - but im running a Corally modified 300 12t motor...what brushes should I be looking at..? P.

Is it just me or does this forum die on Friday afternoons..?

Good points hunter... 20 years ago when i got my first kit...RC cars were all the rage... But like you say- too many cool toys around now..kids dont seem to want to build....open, turn on, play thats what they want. PS3 & Wii....personally im going theru it right now with my 9 year old son. I started in jan by restoring my HS2 to get him interested...buit it just isnt there. I took him to carparks where he could run the life out of it - sure it made him smile but then it was back to My little big planet or mario Kart....its just hard to compete. ...but ill keep trying..! you what kids are like sometimes it takes another kid to have one too. Ive said it before....i dont know what Christmas is like where you all are but in my street it was empty...everyone inside playing there game consoles......put the clock back 20 years and the street was rammed with kids playing on toys....and remote controlled cars. Dont know who said it but its up to ppl like us who are generally interetsted to take the time with kids and get them excited too, building maintaining, racing with others.....RC clubs to RC cars are what DJ where to Vinyle....without them they would have died out years ago.

Any other decent makes to look out for..? I have an Ansmann 1900mAh nicd so this isnt a very good quality battery..? On the net I see ones like team Orion, LRP, Carson & FTX Voltz (from igbandy)...im ordering today so any info is appreciated. Both terry & mark had recommended at least NiMH over 3300mah for my 12T motor.

never seen that one commin...lol ask a silly question and all that. Cheers.

How can you tell the batteries were holding less or more than the stated charge..? Charge them at 1C and it takes longer than an hour..?