tekno drive shafts problem

[hi def man]

k... so im in a rut..... i got tekno drive shafts all around , and havin a problem with the front steering blocks from them breaking .... hit the wall just right and snap... my q? for all you out there is i want to upgrade the steering blocks to aluminum ,, but the outter bearing size is bigger than that of stock.... so where can i get aluminum steering blocks that would except that bigger outter bearing ????? i checked tekno already and all they have is the plastic ones ....

any help would be much appreciated

[ATC Slasher]

Slashatc is running stock aluminum c block and knuckles with tekno's he just changed the bearings to fit. he ran them today for the first time and seemed to hold up fine. If it doesnt rain tomorrow we will put a full day on them and ill report back. He didnt like the cblocks or knuckles that came in the tekno kit. I was on the fence about buying them too for this reason and if they hold up ill run them . I love the MIP's im using now,but they have to much slop and weigh to much for my liking.[/I]

[hi def man]

what size bearing did you use and where can i find them????? my lhs didnt have it... so if you can give a web site and the size i'd need that would be so much help.... thanks

[RC-Fan]

If you want to run Tekno driveshafts with the traxxas aluminum parts up front, replace the Tekno outer bearing with the Boca 6x11x4 bearing.

[hi def man]

i need to order theses right from boca website or is there someone else that has these in stock ???? just covering all bases...

[ksb51rl]

That should be all. But I still can't figure out how you are breaking the Tekno parts.

[slashatc]

yes , heres link to the ones i got -

http://www.bocabearings.com/bearing-...R1162GS-6x11x4

and u need to get smaller shims too , outer diamiter smaller , amain has 6mm shims that work perfect .

[hi def man]

That should be all. But I still can't figure out how you are breaking the Tekno parts.

well i found out why i was breaking them.... my steering servo is weak... its always just as im coming out of the corners ... the servo cant hold it to long and there for i slam into the wall.... so im replacing the servo with one that has more torque and still want the aluminum steering hubs and c hubs.... it'll save me from messing around with always having to order them...

[Shaky17]

rspcrawlers.com also has 6x11x4 rubber shielded bearings.Boca only has them in green shielded and metal shielded.Just another option.

[hi def man]

say thanks.... just ordered some... should be here sometime this week or next... now time to find some aluminum sterring hubs and c hubs for this beast......

any suggestions on what i should get for aluminum c hubs and steering blocks ... also im in the market for a new servo.... need help finding the right one...

thanks much

[RC-Fan]

get traxxas or strc aluminum parts, for the servo I have hitec 5645mg more torque than stock.

[hi def man]

hows savox or spectrum servos....

[ATC Slasher]

well update on slashatc and his modded tekno,s . Im hooked we had some of the muddiest conditions yesterday and they help up fine while i went through bearings like water with my MIP's. We ran today as well and he still had no issues.

2 of us are running the savox 1256 servos and I like it so far. You WILL need a BEC for it though. castle 10amp bec no need for the pro.

[slashatc]

yep im sold on the teknos , way better then mips any day . get rear cups for the front and shim everything nice and your good to go .

[hi def man]

well update on slashatc and his modded tekno,s . Im hooked we had some of the muddiest conditions yesterday and they help up fine while i went through bearings like water with my MIP's. We ran today as well and he still had no issues.

2 of us are running the savox 1256 servos and I like it so far. You WILL need a BEC for it though. castle 10amp bec no need for the pro.

the bec is adjustable on my mmp esc ...... so why the need for a separate one ??? did i read that correctly ... if so then where can i find one???

[slashatc]

the bec on the mmp is weak , it cant handle a good servo , not sure why but there is a reason they sell the external bec , ???

u can find at tower or ebay


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castle-Creat...item337362aee7

savox are really good servos , going to get one when my ace fails .

[hi def man]

the bec on the mmp is weak , it cant handle a good servo , not sure why but there is a reason they sell the external bec , ???

u can find at tower or ebay


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castle-Creat...item337362aee7

savox are really good servos , going to get one when my ace fails .

so... if i do this with what they say to do with removing the red wire from my esc end .. is it going to interfer with the programming of the esc with the card or computer ???

[ATC Slasher]

You can get a Y adaptor and remove the red wire that goes into the ESC and leave the other side normal. This way you dont have to play with the wire. (plugging it back in to program the ESC) You also need to program the BEC I think its set on 4a out of the box the savox likes to run on 6a

[hi def man]

You can get a Y adaptor and remove the red wire that goes into the ESC and leave the other side normal. This way you dont have to play with the wire. (plugging it back in to program the ESC) You also need to program the BEC I think its set on 4a out of the box the savox likes to run on 6a

all the settings for the bec are in volts.... and the savox runs on 6v ... so ill set my bec to 6v then... so i shouldnt need that seperate bec then .... right ????

also savox sells capacitors separate... for ( brown outs ) they call them..... for 4.99 on there website

[ATC Slasher]

your right its Volt not amps my bad. I cant comment on the caps they sell as i havent used them. slash has used them on his planes i think so hopefully he comments back. Your settings in the MMP set on 6v didnt work we tried. Once we put in the BEC no issues

[hi def man]

your right its Volt not amps my bad. I cant comment on the caps they sell as i havent used them. slash has used them on his planes i think so hopefully he comments back. Your settings in the MMP set on 6v didnt work we tried. Once we put in the BEC no issues

yeah... i just put it in ... put all the settings in and turned it on ... the thing acted all goofy and crap... tried to turn the wheels and the servo went hay wire... turning back and forth on its own..... lol.. can this day get any better.....

i even called the hobby shop and he said bring it back it wont work... so i did... well we got to talkin and figured out that my bec was adjustable... so he said it would work... so now i just put my bec setting to 6v and it still goes hay wire.....

[ATC Slasher]

Yea the bec in the MMP is junk. Prolly why they sell 2 seperate ones. Like i said earlier no need for the pro just get the castle 10a one like slash posted above.

[hi def man]

well update for you all... i appreciate all the help and suggestions... but my LHS took it back and swapped me a hi tech servo... it was $10 more so he just called it even... he felt bad that it didnt work with my system and that he said it would work... so i now own a hi tech servo... im still would like the savox some day... after this one fails ill go and get one... just dont have the funds for all of that right now... like i said thanks for all your help i appreciate it very much....

my hobby shop knows too now that it wont work with mmp... without all the extras...

[ATC Slasher]

glad its working for ya hitech makes some good servos ran them on my on road mugen