general revo discussion

[FreeRideFrosty]

You're talking about on the trans... right?? Where the wires go in... Can't you just put that little piece back on??

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

I meant the radio box...the big rectangle where the opti sits. I'll leave the trans sensor and just bundle the wires until the first time I have the trans apart.

[FreeRideFrosty]

Ahhh... gotcha. I think I'm going to go with my original plan and get rid of all of that crap so I don't need to take it apart again...

[FreeRideFrosty]

Well... that was actually a piece of cake. There is really only one way to put it together and have it work so that was nice. I think it was the reverse gear that I shredded actually. (Of the 2 gears on either side of the reverse slider selector thingy it was the narrower one. I assumed the foreward one would be beefier) Well I chewed about half of the teeth off of it so I am going to head to Al's a bit later and see what all I need to do the FOC. (Since I don't think I even need this gear any more.) I will post up a pic later and let you know how the reassembly went.

(And I just thought of something... I RTVed the reciever box so it is pretty well shut right now. I think I am going to need to razorblade it and pry it open so I can actually get the opti-drive module out. It just figures that after never needing to open it the first time that I do is right after I seal it. )

[FreeRideFrosty]

Where do those little red aluminum spacers go that come with the P2 rocker set???

[destroy_my_revo_15]

freeride, they go inbetween the pushrod and the pushrod end to give it a little more length.

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

And don't scratch up those new beauties!!

[FreeRideFrosty]

Yeah... thanks. I kind of looked at it and then figured they needed to be longer than stock. Then I played match the colors. Worked out well. hehe...

Well after the FOC and P2 rockers and red aluminum pushrods the Revo runs AWESOME! I didn't think I would be able to tell a speed difference with the FOC but I was shocked. Accelerates quicker, faster top speed, everything. And P2's all the way. Huge difference.... I turned the maxx tires which I was running in the rear backwards... back to the right direction. Even when it is sitting lower now it flies through the snow. I couldn't be happier. The best part was that the P2 rockers, pushrods, and FOC barely cost me over $40. 1 pair of Ti rockers would have been $50. I think I have come to my senses about project Tivo... hehe

[FreeRideFrosty]

Originally Posted by DAVEC-NITRO-RS4

And don't scratch up those new beauties!!

I didn't. I refused to use pliers on them. I use an allen to get leverage when twisting and just held onto the rod for dear life. It worked out well...

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

I used rubber blocks and pliers to hang onto the tube. I used a nice awl that fit the rod end nicely to turn them off/on.

[FreeRideFrosty]

And here is what I did to the reverse gear...



And here is the revo in the sno after tearing through a tank...

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

That thing is still 60% good. Seriously, was your opti drive working properly when that happened? Not that it matters.

[FreeRideFrosty]

Yeah it was working fine. I was at pretty much WOT in reverse in the snow. I think I may have just grabbed a little bit of traction. I would rather have that be the weak point rather than a driveshaft or something...

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Sort of a on topic statement here, but someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the optidrive supposed limit throttle in reverse to like 50% or so? If you were getting 100% in reverse, maybe something was wrong? Warranty call to Traxxas?

[FreeRideFrosty]

I think it limits it to 75%. I wasn't going foreward WOT... I was going reverse WOT... which is still bookin pretty good. Well in the end it exploded and there were teeth everywhere. But... I learned that the revo trans is really basic and a monkey could probably fix it and that the FOC is a must have.