Yeti XL 2 Speed Transmission

[deployedcivy]

Ok so when i bought my Yeti XL about 3 months ago i remember seeing that there was an optional 2 speed transmission. thought that might be cool to have down the road. so i have my girlfriend to get it for me for Christmas. she tells the hobby shop worker Yeti XL 2 speed transmission and i get my gift under the tree and open it and quickly look at it and say to myself this doesnt look right. look up the part number online and it is the 2 speed transmission for the Yeti not the Yeti Xl. go back to hobby store and worker does a little searching and he comes up with the same thing. Axial's site says optional 2 speed transmission but we cant find where you buy one. does anyone have any information on this? where to buy is it even avaliable?

Thanks.

 

[84yoda]

Axial hasn't made the 2 speed for xl yet. Dhawk made/makes them.

 

[Fordfreak95]

Yeah,,there is no Yeti xl 2 speed kit right now. DHawk on eBay did make one but the 1st gear wasn't low enough....and they only made one run of the kit. Maybe 10 sets. Ill wait for the Axial kit and see what the ratios on that are. But that is probably months to a year away still...if ever.

 

[McD]

When I talked with axial in September I didn't even get a response when I asked about the two speed.

I'm still hopeful but when I need to run slow I just run the 2S batteries in parallel


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[redsawacs]

When you talked to Axial, you talked to a hobbico Axial customer support representative, not an actual Axial employee. I use to talk with Scott Kerkes direct at Axial but he quit answering my calls about 2 years ago.

The CS reps at hobbico will not have any information on products coming, and have limited knowledge on current products. It seems there is very poor communication between the actual companies engineering depth and hobbico for getting product info. Everything is so tight lipped, you're lucky to get answers even after product release. Case in point is my struggle with the Yeti 380 kit front CVD being too long and no onewas able to ever get that fixed...worked with hobbico for 2 months on that one. Still no changes made.

I will say this, I love dealing with Hobbico product support though, because we both learn something during our conversations and they are ALWAYS willing to go out of their way to make "it" right.

 

[McD]

That's who I meant, the "parent company" I assumed that was known. Since their customer service only goes through them.
I did not get the same prompt responses and dealing with them initially was not a pleasant experience but in the end it worked out ok. Just took a long time from September to late December.


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