Axle grind?

[Brehrocks]

On my brand new dingo kit, I put the axles together and there seems to be a rough spot in the gear when rotating it by hand, there is a rough spot for a small rotation then the rest of the gear is fine? Has anyone experienced this and know how to fix it? Thanks

 

[Airdet]

You could try opening the axle back up, and making sure the screws holding the gear to the locker are screwed in all the way.

 

[Brehrocks]

I'm sure I took the axle apart over 5 times, I just can't figure it out?

 

[allanon1965]

Yup had the same issue...i am running it for a few packs and will let u know if it gets better....

 

[allanon1965]

The housings on mine are warped...put the guts in a vp housing and smooth as butter...but i only had one vp housing...

 

[Brehrocks]

Ok I'll check out the vp axles, let me know after a few packs to see if it smoothens out

 

[Stuck]

I had this happen as well. I ended up doin a little clearance work to the inside of the case. The ring gear was rubbing on the back side. I took a silver sharpe and colored the inside,put it back together and spun it. took it apart and saw the rub marks and that's where I did the clearance work. Smooth as butter now.

 

[uclabruins89]

Sometimes with the new axial axles they need to be broken in. You can hook a drill to the shaft that sticks out from the axle and run it for a good 5 or 10 minutes. Breaks them in. Only do this if its not a super tough to turn grinding like something is stopping it. If its just a little rough in one part this should butter that up. I just did it to my new axle 1 hour ago. Much better now

 

[6sharky9]

I shimmed my pinion gears and have butter smooth operation..but some break in will make them quieter in general.

 

[Stuck]

well if your going to do it by hooking it up to a drill or just running it , make sure you take it apart again and clean out all the material your gear just carved out. its just gonna cause you more problems down the line