???output yokes???

**thamaster016** · 08-31-2002 09:30 AM

i keep seeing people complain about their output yokes and as far as i no i have never had problems with mine....tell me what to look for to c ifi have a problem and just dont c it

**themang** · 08-31-2002 09:59 AM

im with you.

**crashbot2001** · 08-31-2002 10:44 AM

You'll know it if you have a problem. Your truck won;t go anywhere. Most of the problems with stock output yolks is stripping or breaking. If you don;t have any probs, best bet is to leave them alone and be thankful!

Crash

**Autodisco** · 08-31-2002 10:55 AM

I agree with crash on this one. Best just to leave them alone and hope they stay good.

Stan.

**thamaster016** · 08-31-2002 11:30 AM

what are the symtoms of a problem with them
???

**rustlerboy102** · 08-31-2002 11:39 AM

the only problems i have with mine r that they keep coming off the output shaft... you can fix this by using loc-tight or som ca glue

**POKeY** · 08-31-2002 12:03 PM

Hi-

I have NEVER had to use loc-tite on my output yokes. I've got two trucks and have never had a yoke come off the shaft because a grub screw loosened.

One of my steel output yoke sets did have a pin that worked loose once though and caused my drive shaft to pop off. I fixed that by CA glueing a small piece of lexan over the two ends of the pin so it couldn't work it's way out anymore (Thank you PD for giving me that idea).

Later-

jeremy

**thamaster016** · 08-31-2002 12:04 PM

where are the output yokes loated????

**Tazz R/C owner** · 08-31-2002 12:27 PM

They are the white things on the outside of the tranny.
You may have possubly gotten the new style yokes, which have a pin that goes into and through the sun gear output shaft.

**PulsarD** · 08-31-2002 08:41 PM

See what happens, is, theres a small leprechaun inside of your engine. Sometimes if hes run too hard, or goes between stopping and starting real fast he upsets the Theird-Level-Beauracrat inside of the transmission and HE starts ripping things back and forth cause, well, thats just his nature. And if the electric eels in the slipper cluth arent all electricified to allow the wheel to turn ont he extra electrons, its causes too much force to be put onto the output yokes... I wont go into it but its very similiar to the morning after eating a bunch of chili peppers.... too mcuh force and things break.

Now with the steel yokes, they will withstand the leprachaun, pencil pusher, lack of electron eel, chilipepper rush for quite some time. But the problem that I had and that POkey and a few others had is a pin in the steel side would slip against the plastic parts. Imagery for this one.. uhmm Ill keep it to myself. So we capped them. Its an inelagant solution for a inelagant problem. But it works. So now.. everything runs great like a properly functioning digestional tract full of cheese.

Enjoy,

PD

**thamaster016** · 08-31-2002 08:58 PM

pulsar...can i c the yokes without taking off the car????are they visable???? and how would i know if i m having a problem with my yokes....explain what will happen to let me no whan mine r shot

**PulsarD** · 08-31-2002 09:16 PM

Ok, look at the front of the car. look dowen inside the front wheels. Now notice the lack of driveshafts. This is because the shafts are at the REAR of the car. Ok, looking at the rear of the truck, look where the driveshafts connect to the tranny case. youll either have these lil white plastic pieces or steel pieces that interconnect the upper drive shafts to the tranny. These are the output yokes.

Hope that helps.. and beware the leprechaun!

PD

**Nitro_Fumes_101** · 08-31-2002 11:16 PM

HEy I ordered a spare of white output yokes and it came with that pin. I tried drilling the the output shaft and busted 15 bucks worth of good quality drill bits. Where would I be able to find the out put shafts that have the hole predrilled.

**Nitro_Fumes_101** · 08-31-2002 11:19 PM

oh yeah the origonal ones last a REALLY longs time. Mine lasted me 6 years before the darn things cracked. Now I got mip cvds and no problems right now. I love when things work the way they are supposed too

**Tazz R/C owner** · 09-01-2002 03:00 AM

Nitro_Fumes_101,
In PA, it's illegal for a drill bit to pass through a Traxxas sun gear [I know it sounds crazy, but the drill bit manufacures make them that way, specially for residents of PA].
Your LHS should have some oh the ones that were made with the hole in them, look at the contents of the package before the people make you buy it.
Also, the Nitro Rustler isn't even 6 years old yet; it came out in 1997, five years ago.

**Nitro Flash** · 09-01-2002 07:06 AM

If your slipper is adjusted properly then the stock out put yokes and the rest of your drivetrain components will last a very long time.

Too tight and you will break parts all the time.

**thamaster016** · 09-01-2002 09:42 AM

how tight should i run it....i usally run it with the nut just snug buti run on street so i think thats how it should be....correcT?

**PulsarD** · 09-02-2002 07:11 AM

Hrmm.. Tazz... thats more than just PA.. I think it might be true in rhode island too. and maybe those states that outlawed any fact not (edited to ensure non deleteion), Like Oklahoma or alabama..

Silly tazz.. drill bits are drill bits.. but I wouldnt drill through mine.. The Leprechaun might get mad!

Enjoy,

PD

(Steel output yokes are designed for HEAVY bashing situations and major jumping, as these will place greater shock on your transmission/driveline assembly. Learn to adjust the sliper clutch ad you may never need to go to steel yokes. It ALL depends on yoru thrashing style.)

**thamaster016** · 09-03-2002 11:31 AM

MY YOKES R SHOT...SHUD I GET STEEL????WHATS THE BIG DIFFERENCES

**nitrorush69** · 09-03-2002 01:45 PM

well with steel yolks you can do donuts without worry of breaking them. when i went to my lhs the guy told me not to do donuts because the only thing they do is wear out your tires are ruin your yolks. you won't have this problem with steel yolks. but you will still be wearing out your tires. hardened steel differential yolkes are $19.50

**Tazz R/C owner** · 09-03-2002 04:18 PM

nitrorush69,
The guy at your LHS is wrong (partially anyway) like so many others'. Doing donuts has no more wear effect on your yokes as turning or stopping and going does. The diff is what really takes the beating, especially ball diffs. Gear diffs will still get warn out a lot quicker, though, too. When going straight, the gears inside the diff barely rotate, they just revolve around with the diff casing. when turning or doing donuts (excessive turning), the gears will start rubbing and rotating on each other, because they need to make one wheel spin more than the other. The yokes, steel or plastic, ae not getting jarred at all as they are just riding on top of the final diff gears.

thamaster016,
Please stop typing in all caps. It is in direct conflict with the rules.

· Do not type in ALL CAPS. Typing in all caps will offend forum veterans because they will think that you are YELLING at them.

**thamaster016** · 09-03-2002 04:36 PM

sorry tazz i dont mean to its just i m to lazy to fix it after i type it all

**muck duck** · 09-03-2002 10:32 PM

I don't know how the plastic can survive even my steel yokes are "O"ing out at the pin. I will have to replace them eventually.

**PulsarD** · 09-04-2002 01:49 PM

Mine did/are doing that as well.
jumping does it. Hard abuse does it.
Just one of those things that will happen eventurally.

Back to sleep with me,

PD

**Peter Strange** · 09-05-2002 03:56 PM

i took one of my apart for cleaning and it just stripped wen i ran my nr, i got steel ones now so there's no chance of them stripping

Pete.

**thamaster016** · 09-06-2002 03:30 PM

i got steel and now i also got a whole new driveshaft....i dont no how to get thoose little pin things in....how do u put it on????bend the plastic?

**Tazz R/C owner** · 09-06-2002 05:01 PM

Yes, just bend the plastic tabs out of the way. There is a tool that came with the car you can use (the bar with the U shaped notch) to pry and push.

**timbers racing** · 09-10-2002 08:04 PM

Put mip cvd on it and you will never have a problem i did it

**thamaster016** · 09-10-2002 08:08 PM

whats timber???? i already fixed for everyone else....stel is worth the money i love it...no way there will b stripping or cracking on these

**timbers racing** · 09-10-2002 08:10 PM

Put mip cvds on it and you will never have a problem i did it

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