Locking the wheely king diffs - sand!!!

[crawler_drew]

I maybe repeating an old tech tip, but i have searched and couldnt find it on this forum :idea:

Basically,i have been experimenting for a couple of hours with the wheely king diffs on our in-shop rock crawler course.

I have found that sand packed hard into the diffs works very, very well and locks the diffs solid with a little give should you `snatch` a shaft under power (the give helps save a shaft if you dump a load of power onto it!!!). It is also totally reversible should you ever want to unlock one of the diffs again e.g the front for steering.

Also found that flour works well and you can vary the amount to vary the locking characteristics of your diffs.

Its all good because you dont use a crawler at high speed and therefore i cant find any damage to the diffs after prolonged use.

It works for us so hopefully it will work for one of you guys"thumbsup"

 

[fordman94]

Good

now i mabey able to lock my differential cause jb weld SUCKS

 

[Tonelock]

well i dont know about using sand or flour but my jb welded diffs hold up pretty good under pressure.

 

[WK King]

Hot glue and old screws are doing just fine for me but if that fails ill do this...great tip

 

[resetpunk]

faststeel! u cant go wrong with it..completely drys in 60mins and is partly dry in 15mins therefore u can put ur diff bak together while waiting and its only like $3 at home depot

 

[fordman94]

Help Please

how do u get a stripped screw out when its one of the little screws in the axle which is keeping me from getting into the differential in the rear

 

[budro kemp]

i have cheap paper towel stuffed in my diff and its locked up tight had to do it cause my heavy duty final gear was not identical to stock and wouldnt let me get my maximizer diff locker in there luckily i only went heavy duty in the rear cause thats were the gears were turning to dust....one day i was like never saw this before wonder where it came from and threw it in an unorginized junk box turned out to be a shim which is crucial.

 

[budro kemp]

u pull it apart as u screw fordman

 

[SeanD]

I've been running lockers from RCGuy for over a year now without a hitch. At 15.00 they were well worth the cash - especially when you consider how small this really is in the big scheme of things in this hobby:roll::roll:

As for the screws in the diffs. I'd sugest that once you get them out to replace them with something higher grade. I had the heads snap off a couple where they held the upper link mount and servo mount. After that I replaced them with "through" bolts and nuts - the bolt goes right through the diff case and there is a nut on the other side. I replaced them with stainless as well.

As seen here:

 

[JIA's Dad]

Easy and simple, reversable and supports people who support this site"thumbsup"

http://www.tcscrawlers.com/RcGuy-HPI-Wheely-King-Diff-Locker-for-2-axles-p-16309.html

 

[Douginala]

Easy and simple, reversable and supports people who support this site"thumbsup"

http://www.tcscrawlers.com/RcGuy-HPI-Wheely-King-Diff-Locker-for-2-axles-p-16309.html

I concur, I concur, and I concur.

Also, Sean.

Are these shock mounts commercial or fabbed?

Thanks.

 

[Nerve]

Take a lookie here

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110179

I concur, I concur, and I concur.

Also, Sean.

Are these shock mounts commercial or fabbed?

Thanks.

 

[SeanD]

Take a lookie here

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110179

Thanks Nerve for picking up my slack when I'm goofing off from this site :lol:"thumbsup"

 

[chris_dishmon]

i don't like the idea of sand wandering through my axles and into my bearings. lockers are so cheap, just go buy the damn things and do it right. if you can't afford a $20 part this might not be the hobby for you. just my 2 cents.

 

[Douginala]

Sean and Nerve,

Thanks for the link. I really like those mounts!

 

[Douginala]

i don't like the idea of sand wandering through my axles and into my bearings. lockers are so cheap, just go buy the damn things and do it right. if you can't afford a $20 part this might not be the hobby for you. just my 2 cents.

I agree that lockers are the best, by far, way to go. Also, I wouldn't put sand in my diffs trying to save 20 bucks.

But... sometimes what guys can spend and what they choose to spend is two different things.

I wouldn't put JB weld in mine either. Yuk.

 

[sdwk]

I have had mine locked with glue from a glue gub for over a year no with no issues.

 

[Douginala]

I have had mine locked with glue from a glue gub for over a year no with no issues.

Glue gun maybe, or have I missed something? What kind of glue. Sounds like it's working great for you.

 

[Bestdallasfan6]

The wheely king that i bought only had one of its axels locked, so i was woundering was the best thing to use is. I dont want to use sand or flour, also i dont have any jb weld on hand. Was hoping that i could use something i alread have laying around. Watcha think?

 

[SeanD]

Was hoping that i could use something i alread have laying around. Watcha think?

If you've got a 20.00 bill "laying around" then I suggest that you order a set of lockers. You'll hear both success and failure stories for JB Weld, glues, sand, putty, foam ear plugs etc etc..

BUT . . .

You'll be hard pressed to find a failure story about a set of manufactured diff lockers. They are cheap, easy to install and, best of all, they work - what more could you ask for? "thumbsup"