SD Solid Axle

[Dan Hughes]

Does anyone know when the solid axle will be arriving in the UK??

[johnbull]

Does anybody make one?

[Dan Hughes]

Do any of the factory drivers use them?

[MattWinyard]

Has there been a question answered?

[wrx]

whats everyone talking about?

[Phil C]

At the moment noone makes a solid diff team drivers do use them but hav to superglue all the balls in a standard diff.
Phil C.

[stevieteee]

Why Superglue???? Why not just tigten up your diff to lock it in place????? Surely that sounds the most sensible option

Steve

[nitro-head]

coz they probably use a new diff each heat or wot ever so it doesn't really matter for them.

a diff is pence to them, probably even free.

[sosidge]

You'll never create a solid axle by tightening alone.

I built one with the Losi spool pads, it held fairly firm, but needed checking between runs. It also made the car handle like a pig in the tight sections. Plus the wheel nuts fell off at the end of the race.

[cobra81li200]

That's interesting, I was planning to do the same with losi pads, so you do not recomend it Sosidge ?

About tightening the diff, it's the best way to break your diff's screw if you want to try...

I think if you do it carefully, you can just glue the balls and diff rings together and you'll be able to change the outdrives.

Anyway Speed Tech said he's going to have them made for some cars, including the SD.

[sosidge]

It's the best way to make a spool without rendering £15 worth of diff parts useless. It's not ideal though.

The handling changes may work for some, I found that the car was more positive on fast corners, but had very little low-speed steering, and wanted to plough straight on under braking or if you made quick adjustments off power. This is running on a slippy floor.

It will put a lot of strain on the front end though - hence the wheel nuts working loose. I went back to the diff after only a few runs, and gained a chunk of time straight away.

[AzNDRAGster]

Its good on low traction tracks. If the Yokomo one-way can fit on the tc3 then the t3c spool should be able to fit on the Yokomo. :)

[sosidge]

It won't though, they're totally different.

Yokomo make a special one-way for the TC3, it's not a part for Yokomo cars.

[Chris Kerswell]

A solid axle will nto make your wheel nuts fall off unless they are not tightened up enough or the nyloc part int he end is worn out. TECHNICALLY nyloc nuts are only supposed to be used ONCE (but you can use them a fair few times before you have to replace them).

A solid axle will however (as mentioned) put more stress through the front end of the car because it has no give at all when you tap a wall / curb etc.

Solid axles have their place, I ran one at Tibshelf last year and it worked very well, it also was good in low-grip conditions at most tracks, making the car very stable and easy to drive.

I am not sure if/when Yokomo will make a solid axle but if they dont then I am sure someone like Team Suzuki will do.