Don't be so sure. I was the first to break an entire clod axle assemble clean off....

thats not hard lol I was the one that broke a slash 4x4 frame.... mwhahaha and destroyed a txt rear end... and come on the list goes on

Then why didn't YOU break one......
I had forgotten about the TXT....that was epic....but not as epic as the quik-release battery trick....

soooo true that was classic!!! lol I don't mess around bro when i unplug batts I unplug them!!!

my TXT and that older clod went out today, should have my new toy mid next week, I told him to wait till he got mine to make sure it's worth it, I think it is and Im pretty sure he will too

No doubt in my mind it's worth it.
Heck if I'd known the deal was not final, I might have tried to trade for it myself.

Run 3s in 4x4 Slash #2. 2s is fine for racing, but bashing requires 3s.

If you are looking to sell any slash 4x4 parts, let me know. In the market for a few things.

The VXL gets awefully hot on 3S in a slash 4x4......which is not to say I havn't done it, because I have.
Where I live now all my off-road stuff runs on grass a lot....and you know that makes things run even hotter.
....I may still try it though.

If I ever get the wife to drive it again though.......it will only be 2S.....
.....Or I may just gear it up some, I've got lots of pinions.

Sent you a PM, did not hear back from you though.....

Ran slash #2 with a better set of buggy wheels today.....much better, I'm a lot happier with it after today.

Sorry...was gone all day to a state art competition exhibit that my daughter won for her age group. Sorry - proud daddy has to brag a little.

Just sent you a PM back.

Nothing wrong with that, and congrats to her on the win!

Well, as at least 2 of you know.....
I ain't too happy with slash #2 at the moment.
I've said it before.....I'll say it again. Stupid design for off-road.
For the street, yes, for a prepped track, sure.....off-road bashing....no-way!

Might just take what I need off of it to make slash #3 a runner again and break #2 down for parts......and then send #3 off to the B/S/T.

It's either that or make one huge parts-pile for slash #1.

Okay.....rant over....I'll calm down soon.....

Remember when in doubt C4 What did you do now Andrew?

That is not a bad idea.....

As for what happened:

I set up slash #2 with 17mm adaptors and 1/8 buggy wheels for some serious grip, as well as doing some suspension tuning. Really had it going well, hitting some jumps here at my place, which is gravel, grass, and dirt road.

Took it to Rcmaniac78's place, which is all loose dusty clay and has a lot of dirtpiles to jump and climb. I had a blast!

I did notice the slipper slipped a bit more than normal, but figured it was just the added bite and planned to tighen it last night.

Well, I pulled the driveshaft cover (the new longer one), and it was not bad, just some dust.
BUT...discovered that this truck came with the old plastic bearing adaptor, and that the main bearing had siezed........ and melted the plastic bearing adaptor.....
I was surprised, because this truck was a brand-new roller (off ebay), no one has run it but me, and it has less than 10 runs on it, probably more like 6-7.....and all on 2S lipo......no 3S.

I replaced the main bearing and added a robinson racing brass bearing adaptor that I had.
Put it back together and it sounded like the spur was grinding on something.....

Turns out, that dusty clay worked it's way into the (outer) diff case and onto the ring+pinion.....needless to say, I was not impressed. I wiped it clean and took a toothbrush to the gears. The gears still felt a little rough (when spun), so I used a tiny screwdriver to pick any grit I could see out of all the gear teeth.

Basically, I think that either the gears are not broke in right, and/or need to be re-broke in. All the diff (outer) bearings were fine. I did not open the diff itself.

Greased it and put it all back together, and it still feels like there is grit in there, even though I know there isn't. I put the motor in it and tested. It spins okay, and free-wheels a while after you let off, it's just noisey.

My other roller spins free-er, but it's also got a lot more "miles" on it too.
Hence why I said I may use truck #2 to get truck #3 going. Truck #3 ran fine, just the rear bumper broke on me. Only reason I went with truck #2 instead was because it was new.

I don't have any of these issue's with my street-slash, because....well I use it on the street.....and I also run the kingheadz motor mount, which uses an oversize main bearing.

I didn't think I would need that with a stock motor, but guess what?......
It just gets me.....the truck looking great.....and finally running great. I dunno....maybe it's just that roller (truck #2), I swear it was built on a friday afternoon.......right around quitting time...or maybe it's just the way they are (when new), because I've never had a new one before.

Gave slash #2 a run today, it ran good too.
After the run I compared it to the slash #3 roller, and it now spins as freely.
It's niosier, but that's it. Must just be because it's new.

Motor temps were good, so I know it's not binding.

Funny I never had any problems when I bash a slash 4x4 maybe it's your bad luck child we all have them mine is a clod sadly lol