Some very good pointers - many thanks for this video!

excellent video, helped my understanding so much! Thank you Adam for all the content you share!

@AdamDrake

18 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for another helpful video adam.

Like the tip on understanding which is loose the slipper for the diff thanks Adam always learning something new from your videos!!!

@AdamDrake

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Very good info. I've some older buggies with ball differentials like this I'm about to restore. This video brought back good memories. Good job on the explanation of the process. Thanks.

Thank you for the tips!👍

@AdamDrake

3 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

Hello great video information Adam

Good information

Awesome stuff 👍🏻. Will be very helpful. It’s the slipper and diff slip I struggle setting right. . Will be way easier now.

@AdamDrake

3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@AdamDrake

3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Another great video Adam! I am setting my Msb1 up for carpet. I see you did some laps on clay are you going to do any testing on carpet in the future?

Do you ‘warm up’ ball diffs before a race run?

is the ball diff better then the gear type

Are the two lubes available on the Flash Point site? Looked but didn't see them.

@AdamDrake

27 күн бұрын

Yes, through Flash Point and www.mugenracing.com

I drive on a clay surface and I absolutely hate ball diffs. I find them to be very high-maintenance items and can mess up the car's setup as soon as they get a little grindy. Are the benefits of ball diffs really that substantial on a clay surface? I am thinking of ditching the ball diff completely after I saw you driving with regular gear diff on a clay surface like a champ.

@fuzzfreak1967

3 ай бұрын

I agree with you entirely, they are rough, highly sensitive, and are very easy to destroy. I have destroyed/barked many many diff’s in my time; trying to learn there ways. Now when I use them I check and retighten them after every run

@marcowerner8739

3 ай бұрын

@@fuzzfreak1967 I’ve become super paranoid since I have been using ball diffs. And I have destroyed so many along the way too. I thought it has something to do with my car’s brand, but I saw that even AE RC10B7s are not free of ball diff issues. I hate ball diffs!! But everyone uses Ball Diffs at my local track.

@marcowerner8739

3 ай бұрын

@@fuzzfreak1967 I am using ceramic balls. Even on my thrust. That helps a lot.

@fuzzfreak1967

3 ай бұрын

Hey, sorry it took me so long to respond, I was at work on lunch when I ran into this video and I really didn’t watch it, I skipped right to the comments because I was short on time and I have developed my own ideas when it comes to ball diffs and slipper clutch adjustments. I am home now and I have watched the whole video and Adam has some very good tips here; I am not surprised, he always has good videos. I really like the thrust washer grease on the rings, that a new one for me, sounds good, I’ll try it. I also like how to check the slipper by holding the tire and gear and spinning the other tire. I have actually heard that one before but I forgot about that, definitely good stuff. I use to race RC years ago and I did it for a few years and had a good time. I got burned out though and stopped. Well a couple months ago I just started again and having a good time with it again. I am trying to have some boundaries though so I don’t get burned out again. I definitely feel your pain on ball diffs, I get a little paranoid over them too when I am using them. I have all TLR 2 wd cars and they have no quick diff access so it gets pretty old tearing apart the whole rear end of a car to get to the diff. When it comes to ball diff’s though they do work and are effective in certain track conditions. Check this out though, my local track use to have an outdoor track too and we raced everything outside, 1/10 and 1/8 scale. One local fast guy use to use gear diffs on his 2 wd cars on it because he would say that you couldn’t use a ball diff because you couldn’t set the ball diff loose enough for the track cause it would surely slip and bark if you did. I never asked him what oil he had in his diff, probably shock oil 😂. I never tried it in my cars outside I just stuck with the ball diff. That fast guy use to blow us all away every week though so I think that with a little time, work and trying multiple diff oil weights, you can get a gear diff to work anywhere, probably even your track. Give it a whirl if you have a gear diff for your car. I would maybe start off with 2000 weight. I have a hard time trying to tell if my diff is too tight or too loose, your car basically spins out with either of these conditions. As for your ceramic ball tip I am interested in that, it’s working for you, that’s good, I’ll try it; thanks

What does it mean to bark the diff

@marcowerner8739

3 ай бұрын

When the diff slips, it makes a weird barking sound. Meaning that the plates are both rotating at the same direction and the balls are essentially standing still. This creates friction on plates and balls and you run into the issue to flatten the balls.

@marcowerner8739

3 ай бұрын

I think my explanation was not right…when there is not enough friction between the balls and the plate, and the slipper sends power to the diff, then the diff makes a barking noise because the diff is not engaging correctly.

@profix25lo

2 ай бұрын

@@marcowerner8739 your first answer made more sense