Open differential make it work way better simple , works great with any kind of open diff! Try it and you won't believe how much better the diff action works!
Great tip there Steve. I do get the same thing happening with my Hornet. The open diff loses traction say in long grass and results in the diff spinning out but no drive. Thanks man👌👍
How do you take the rear axles off once inside? I can’t take off the brass color hexagon nuts on my 1988 QD 2wd Thundermist’s shot for nothing. Please any advice or video on how to replace
Hi those don't come off the axles you need to take the wheels off and plastic wheel holders off behind the wheels and take the small metal pin out off each axle end then you can pull the axle and gear out through the gearbox casing and slide the bevel gears off the axles away from the brass nut.. also make sure to put the metal little pipe back in the correct way on the axle when putting it all back together so the gears mesh properly. Hope this helps.
Does that car still have plastic bushings or ball bearings? I've gotten my hornet to the point where there is little to no friction on the rear axle and it will spin forever. A few of my newer car buddies were in awe of the speed it had for just having a 22 t pinion a 15T hpi fireball motor running on a 3000mah NiMh pack. My does get a bit hoppy on the stones but it always did great on dirt and sand.
Hi it has full bearings in it. Mine spins easy like butter I just put that grease in the diff to make it slow down the open diff spin you get with these cars.
Try taking the wheels off and the axle hub that holds to the rear wheels sounds like maybe a axle pin may have fell out there should be a small metal pin that pushing in a hole in each side of the axle... if that is not it maybe your motors pinion gear on the motor shaft could be slipping? Hope this helps.
@@ShenRC i have a weird problem here , All gear look good , i take all gear on the right position , pinion is okay But when i turn back and suddenly fast forward , the noise get loud
@@nartoook Hi make sure you put the little pipe silver spacer in the correct position in the gearbox on the one axle that may be what's wrong see your instructions.
Hi what motor you using? stock kit 380 motor? if so make sure you have the plastic motor adaptor on correctly and also did you check if the pins were in both axles under the black plastic wheel holders behind the both rear wheels?@@nartoook
😁👍 Hi It's simple you get the hornet pinion gear 18 tooth and you get a 540 motor and all you need to do is take out the 380 and also its plastic adapter so nothing is on the gear box and then you install the 540 with the 18T pinion right on.
@@rcjohnsons7729 Hi the grasshopper uses 32 pitch pinion gears. see these robinson racing make 32Pitch steel pinions also that I use. www.amazon.com/Hot-Racing-CSG1218-Hardened-Pinion/dp/B0084HI13O and www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEX03&P=7
Hi man , you can use as much as you wish in the diff gears , I was saying do not use it on the normal rotating gears or your motor will over heat because it's not meant for putting on normal gears in the gear box.
shenlonco He he, no, only inside the diff. I've just been experimenting with it in some slow high-torque Monster Trucks. Perfect solution for those. Planning a 4x4 MT build that will be loaded with AW inside the diff. Never tried it on buggies so I might try your solution in my coming Hornet build :-)
works great on the hornet I have it in mine, it loosens up a bit after usage but always works much better than with normal grease on the diff pins and gears that's for sure! I actually could use my hornet on some snow!
I love theses Tamiya cars!!
Great tip there Steve. I do get the same thing happening with my Hornet. The open diff loses traction say in long grass and results in the diff spinning out but no drive. Thanks man👌👍
Yeah, this helps a little you have to degrease everything and coat all the pins and diff gears properly but it's better than using the stock grease. 👍
What other cars have you used this grease tip on? Is it still somewhat effective now 6 months later after the post? Thanks!
The AW grease on the bevels is a great great idea! 👌👍
Works like a charm!
Thank you for your good tips!
Your welcome! Thanks for watching.
Ah see....now that is what CZcams is great for! I learn something new every day. Great video, Steve. Thumbs up! =)
Thank you for a great reply!
shenlonco No problem, my friend. =)
I may have to use this on my midnight pumpkin! Great video!
Thanks!
Thanks again. I'll get some of that AW Tamiya grease for the 'Lunchkin'
Cool it's awesome stuff I use it in all my open non oil filled diffs now it's that good. 👍😊
LHS where I ordered the kit had it. I got 3 1g little plastic jars for around $5.
cool! good deal! don't get it on your fingers it's super sticky I use like a small plastic stick or something to spread it on the diff gear parts.
How do you take the rear axles off once inside? I can’t take off the brass color hexagon nuts on my 1988 QD 2wd Thundermist’s shot for nothing. Please any advice or video on how to replace
Hi those don't come off the axles you need to take the wheels off and plastic wheel holders off behind the wheels and take the small metal pin out off each axle end then you can pull the axle and gear out through the gearbox casing and slide the bevel gears off the axles away from the brass nut.. also make sure to put the metal little pipe back in the correct way on the axle when putting it all back together so the gears mesh properly. Hope this helps.
I have the Grasshopper 2 (the original, not the 2017 rerelease) and I happened to shred its gearbox.
Awesome brotha ur gonna have to send me a pic of u n ur grasshopper for the show off video I’m gonna do when the builds done
Makes a nice limited slip diff. Top tip.
Thanks =)
great video!
Thanks man!
Good tip i just bought a used grass hopper off ebay and im sure it will need a tune up 👍👍💣💣🎉
😃👍 Yep make sure to look over everything for sure! Thanks
Good job man
thank you!
good job!
Thank you.
Does that car still have plastic bushings or ball bearings? I've gotten my hornet to the point where there is little to no friction on the rear axle and it will spin forever. A few of my newer car buddies were in awe of the speed it had for just having a 22 t pinion a 15T hpi fireball motor running on a 3000mah NiMh pack. My does get a bit hoppy on the stones but it always did great on dirt and sand.
Hi it has full bearings in it. Mine spins easy like butter I just put that grease in the diff to make it slow down the open diff spin you get with these cars.
I will have to give that a shot. It would be nice if the power transfer happened a little slower.
yes it works much better than using normal grease on the diff for sure.
good job
THANK YOU!
Like12 Great video,, dude.. Nice car
Thanks for watching!
cool vid bro
Thank you Kev!
My grasshopper , slip and make noise , do u have any problem solved? Thankss!
Try taking the wheels off and the axle hub that holds to the rear wheels sounds like maybe a axle pin may have fell out there should be a small metal pin that pushing in a hole in each side of the axle... if that is not it maybe your motors pinion gear on the motor shaft could be slipping? Hope this helps.
@@ShenRC i have a weird problem here ,
All gear look good , i take all gear on the right position , pinion is okay
But when i turn back and suddenly fast forward , the noise get loud
@@nartoook Hi make sure you put the little pipe silver spacer in the correct position in the gearbox on the one axle that may be what's wrong see your instructions.
@@ShenRC i put the metal spacer already , all lookin right but still makin noise so confused
Hi what motor you using? stock kit 380 motor? if so make sure you have the plastic motor adaptor on correctly and also did you check if the pins were in both axles under the black plastic wheel holders behind the both rear wheels?@@nartoook
Nice video, I will keep it in mind if I buy a car one day :-)
Thanks! Hows the rock crawler you running it?
shenlonco Yes I even went and put a FPV can on it. Put a DVR on my Kylin goggles, but video is not that great. Waiting for better weather haha
Ruudy L So I gather you like non air RC's now also =)
shenlonco I did do Speed Boats but no cars, when I get back from my trip I could buy a car, Most likely the WLtoys 959
Cool!
Dude needs to do a 540 conversion Video!~
😁👍 Hi It's simple you get the hornet pinion gear 18 tooth and you get a 540 motor and all you need to do is take out the 380 and also its plastic adapter so nothing is on the gear box and then you install the 540 with the 18T pinion right on.
Shen RC agreed. But there are pitches with the gears. I hope to make a video explaining things that I certainly don’t get at present time.
@@rcjohnsons7729 Hi the grasshopper uses 32 pitch pinion gears. see these robinson racing make 32Pitch steel pinions also that I use. www.amazon.com/Hot-Racing-CSG1218-Hardened-Pinion/dp/B0084HI13O and www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEX03&P=7
... that was not much AW :-) I've used more. Don't think the motor will burn out if one uses a bit more :-) Thanks for sharing.
Hi man , you can use as much as you wish in the diff gears , I was saying do not use it on the normal rotating gears or your motor will over heat because it's not meant for putting on normal gears in the gear box.
shenlonco I only use it on the spider gears inside the diff to give it limited slip.
Nordic RC Visions O sounded like you used it on all the gears! =)
shenlonco He he, no, only inside the diff. I've just been experimenting with it in some slow high-torque Monster Trucks. Perfect solution for those. Planning a 4x4 MT build that will be loaded with AW inside the diff. Never tried it on buggies so I might try your solution in my coming Hornet build :-)
works great on the hornet I have it in mine, it loosens up a bit after usage but always works much better than with normal grease on the diff pins and gears that's for sure! I actually could use my hornet on some snow!
Ta MEE Ya
😁LOL!
What's happened to your finger nails?
LOL! I been biting them since a kid...bad habit nails look like crap now!