New SSD SCX10 axle housings

[aeiou]

I have the same problem with the 4 axles I purchased as well. If fact, it was this issue that caused me to abandon these for our AxialFest SCX10 builds. I thought perhaps I was being overly cautious, but it looks like I may have made the right call.

That being said, I'm a fan of SSD products and I'd still love to use this type of axle on future builds, so hopefully there's a remedy on the way. Unfortunately, shims and adhesives aren't a viable solution.

 

[Capwn]

We are looking into it...

For now I suggest a little threadlock on the outside edge of the inside bearing to hold the bearing in place.

I've noticed this as well. I was literally signing in to post about it.

I think JB Welding probably ruins the housing in a simple bearing failure. I'm not sure what else would work though.


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Thread lock won't adhere to plastic will it?

Threadlock will NOT hold the bearing in place. Trust me, I didn't want to use JB weld, You are right the housing will be toast when the bearing goes.. I was in a bind needing the truck ready for a TTC ( took 1st btw ) So I just said F it, JB weld. Which again held up great.. But is not a fix, Only a bandaid. THank you for replying SSD. We patiently await updated axles

Also no , thread lock will NOT adhere to plastic, and can in fact weaken it.

 

[SCREAMER]

One of the guys in my group keeps grenading rear ends running this housing. He figured it was because he didn't shim his pinion properly and runs a Holmes brushless stubby. I'll be sure to steer him to this post, thanks for sharing guys!

 

[tjohanne]

Is it possible to make something like a thin cylindrical plastic "adapter" which can go on the outside of the bearing to make it sit snug and tight?

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[Capwn]

Is it possible to make something like a thin cylindrical plastic "adapter" which can go on the outside of the bearing to make it sit snug and tight?

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I tried this with just a few wraps of aluminum foil. ANd it sure as shit shimmed the bearing into place, However, WHen you torque the thing, and the bearing wants to spin, The "shim" bite isn't strong enough, and will start to come out. We just need SSD to fix it, Maybe offer a discount on future housings for people. ? "thumbsup"

This issue ate over $150 in gears before a fix was found ( if you can call my JB welding a fix, again just a bandaid , Shit really more like gunpowder in the wound to stop the bleeding , is this a run on sentence, I mean at what point am I considered off topic, is talking about the gnarly fart I cut today in the elevator and forced my helpers to live with too far off topic, I mean this was a rancid fart guys.. )

 

[honchojoe]

What about super glue instead?

 

[Capwn]

What about super glue instead?

Super glue doesn't have the strength to hold up .. Super gluing a plastic shim in there might do the trick, But at that point, just JB weld it, and pray you get a discount code when you have to go buy another housing

 

[tjohanne]

Super glue doesn't have the strength to hold up .. Super gluing a plastic shim in there might do the trick, But at that point, just JB weld it, and pray you get a discount code when you have to go buy another housing

Does this mean I should stop using the axles, as they are, immediately? How fast do the gears deteriorate?

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[clodzilla319]

Perhaps a trade in program with a 30 - 40% off some of the Diamond axles?? :mrgreen: "thumbsup".....

Honestly, it seems these problems are coming out almost a year after the axles release, so it seems to me that their 'life expectancy' has been reached... After use and abuse, any product will eventually fail... If someone with a new set of these axles (unbuilt) could check the bearing fit for now, I'd be hesitant to blame SSD for a faulty product

 

[rjwalker]

I use a tiny bit of shoe goo on mine just don't go crazy and get to much and get in bearing just takes like a pin head drop like 3 or 4 around bearing or housing and let dry good before you start missing with it like a good 8 hours or more.. This is a giant irritation,,, to me never said nothing because it usually don't do you any good and from what I've seen for responses from SSD for fixes above threadlock really please!!! I would have to went ballistic.. Shoe goo works good it is a little maddening clean housing up afterward but it usually pulls right off most the time if like said above don't get alot on there really don't take much at all and luckily it not that often your pulling apart,, and what is really maddening is I love these axle and SSD they brought us great looking products at even better prices to me they should have at least told the us the customers the problem and fixed,, shit happens at least fess up to it I'm not sure about other people I don't care how cheap and good looking and even better there great quality big 3 hard to get at a reasonable price,, if you lose my trust that is it I well not buy from you or who ever again!!! If this is hard to I'm old and brain go's faster then fingers and sorry SSD I very much like your products I always thought of you as a genuine company and would like to continue that feeling but make it right like should of done right from the get go,,We have seen company's stop production on complete kits and totally un box all of them to put part it in box or what ever they needed to do,,( as should have you or give us a deal on the missed up ones) well selling the fixed on's I would have bought them they worked ok for me but I never go over walking speed as I'm disabled and can basically walk no faster on flat ground and I figured out a fix for me that works good enough now if I would tried to run in my racing SC trucks FORGET IT they would have been junk as soon as I pulled full throttle with that much slop in diff >>

 

[theone13]

Well mine are pretty new, 2-3 runs about 8ish hours total on stock power, and the inside pinion bearing is really loose. But the gears still look alright so that's a plus I guess.

 

[JohnnyAnguish]

I just received the pair I ordered. Haven't even opened the package yet. I'll check the bearing fit and post pics as soon as I can.

 

[aeiou]

The axles I posted about above are new and unused. The bearings just don't fit properly. Let me put it this way - if these were used axial housings, and the bearings were getting this loose, I'd be replacing them.

 

[Capwn]

Perhaps a trade in program with a 30 - 40% off some of the Diamond axles?? :mrgreen: "thumbsup".....

Honestly, it seems these problems are coming out almost a year after the axles release, so it seems to me that their 'life expectancy' has been reached... After use and abuse, any product will eventually fail... If someone with a new set of these axles (unbuilt) could check the bearing fit for now, I'd be hesitant to blame SSD for a faulty product

You must not have read my initial post finding that this is even an issue with a brand new out of the bag housing. It is in fact how I found the issue, I was doing a complete front rebuild with new gears as the ones in there had cooked, Did new housing and in so found the inner pinion just fell right out. Again this is a brand new housing. And an issue that really has persisted since day one. It is just that it has taken a year for someone to find the damn problem..

 

[clodzilla319]

You must not have read my initial post finding that this is even an issue with a brand new out of the bag housing. It is in fact how I found the issue, I was doing a complete front rebuild with new gears as the ones in there had cooked, Did new housing and in so found the inner pinion just fell right out. Again this is a brand new housing. And an issue that really has persisted since day one. It is just that it has taken a year for someone to find the damn problem..

Well, then I hope ssd fixes the problem

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[Capwn]

I mean I have another two defective housings sitting on my desk, Another with JB welded in bearings, And $150 in cooked gears...


Having the diamond SSD rear on my truck I'm locked into this whole reverse rotation thing. And their front diamond does not allow CMS..

I'm sure everyone can understand I'm up the creek with no paddle, and a hole in the boat.

 

[Truckmechanic304]

My housings are basically new, less than 90 minutes run time with a brushed 55T. I love the looks and ease of checking diff gears on these housings. Im not going to bash SSD, I'm going to hope for the best moving forward and try to find a fix.


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[theone13]

What about trying a bearing with a larger od?

 

[Capwn]

My housings are basically new, less than 90 minutes run time with a brushed 55T. I love the looks and ease of checking diff gears on these housings. Im not going to bash SSD, I'm going to hope for the best moving forward and try to find a fix.


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Nobody has bashed SSD. Stop trying to turn this into something its not..
Its people wanting a LEGIT fix for the issue, And not letting this issue just get swept under the rug.. Everyone here loves SSD, There is no reason for that to change.

What about trying a bearing with a larger od?

I mean that would probably work as well, But its a stopgap, They need to just fix the housings. Done and done.

 

[theone13]

I mean that would probably work as well, But its a stopgap, They need to just fix the housings. Done and done.

Yeah, it's not what any of us thought we were getting in to, but if we can get a bearing that fits and doesn't have the play in it, why not. If brand new housings have the play in them, it's not an issue that is necessarily getting worse over time, so maybe a different bearing size will solve the problem for good, and we won't have to worry about it. But I agree that it's a problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place.