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Wild One Diff Mods

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Ok. Let me know what you all think about this. I have Supershot, Frog and Wild One renos on the go and have recently purchased diffs for both the Supershot  and the Frog. It struck me as i thought about swinging both these diffs into their respective uses that no had one ever bothered with the Wild One in this regard so i experimented. I had to bore out the Wild One gearbox to take the new outdrive bearings and as i had the tool from the Supershot diff set i did this. (The hole saw will not go all the way on one one side, you'll need to flip it and start the original procedure from the outside.) I tried the Frog diff first with a standard Wild One counter gear but the gearbox spacing was wrong so then i tried the Supershot and it worked but there was rub from the pinion side of the counter gear. My solution was to swing in a 49 tooth Frog counter gear and it was as smooth as pie. I haven't run this yet but it will allow the use of the Frog universal shafts too. So provided i haven't sent you all up a certain creek without a certain paddle i'm hoping this may solve diff problems with this model. Apologies, i never mentioned the diffs were MIP.

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Sounds good , Pic's would be great and what you did with what parts etc .  Hope it goes well . Not too sure on gearing ? 

When are you thinking of running it too see how it goes . If this works , I would like to do this as well . Thanks & welcome

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I'll have to run it first mate before i get too carried away. From there its pretty easy to show the process. The biggest problem if it works will be getting only half the Supershot diff package off MIP:-)

 

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On ‎5‎/‎30‎/‎2019 at 10:02 PM, dylbob said:

I'll have to run it first mate before i get too carried away. From there its pretty easy to show the process. The biggest problem if it works will be getting only half the Supershot diff package off MIP:-)

 

You buy the pair from MIP and use one in the rear of a shot and the other in a wild one, win win

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Yep that'd work. Alternatively if you don't own a Shot (we pity you:-) you can buy the parts for one diff off MIP but i haven't been able to source the outdrive bearings. Two messages requesting sales information later and i'm still awaiting a reply. I'll let you know if i have any success.

For now there are 6 photos spread over the thread. From the top the first two show the bored out diff housing with the holesaw supplied by MIP in one pick. The next two show the diff and counter gear from the frog whilst the last two show the assembly back together and the diff housed in the newly bored out case. There is a link https://youtu.be/pFyIeyGSFNo to the MIP Hotshot diff bore out here. The principal with the Wild One is identical only you will need to come from both sides of each housing as they are thicker than the Hotshots.

 

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I did this exact same mod to my wild one a couple of years go. Its still going strong on brushless power & after several beach runs. 

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Wild one gearboxes are fine, stick a greased bronze phosphate bushing in place of the spacer/washer and never have to bother with it again.

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Ran the car the other day. Car ran fine but the transmission was louder than i'd expect, i'm going to open it back up and see how the counter gear and diff gear look.

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I’m looking to acquire a re re Wild One but have read so many reported problems concerning the gearbox. Is this really a problem if kit is built exactly to the instructions? 

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24 minutes ago, Nova1 said:

I’m looking to acquire a re re Wild One but have read so many reported problems concerning the gearbox. Is this really a problem if kit is built exactly to the instructions? 

I have a re-re that is in stock trim, it runs just fine. I think people are running into issues when they upgrade the motor. However, I must admit I do not use this car as a daily runner. I have other more modern, less fragile cars that I tend to bash with.

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