I have always run o rings but in my high speed GT2 I installed springs to remove any slop in the bones back in 2017. CVD pins will not hold over 80mph even with super glue red loctite, and a heat shrink boot. The pins leave the bone and cut the rear arms off at the knuckles. So dog bones it’s been.
The springs come from standard mechanical pens, are basically machined to fit, and work very well at high speed
O rings in out drives - why not springs?
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Re: O rings in out drives - why not springs?
The SG or Tag Coyote had little springs in the diff out drives , possibly others , only disadvantage I can think of is they drop out during servicing and O rings tend to stay in .
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Re: O rings in out drives - why not springs?
All the sport vehicles with dogbones came with springs.
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Re: O rings in out drives - why not springs?
The springs I seem to find fit in the RC10 3/16 Outdrives only with a tiny bit of force and they bottom out in the drive. Can’t be removed without needle nose.
I do not think I’ve seen this before thank you!
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