Left drive shaft hitting outdrive

[Zipper]

I'm new to the X6 and after re-building a 2nd hand one I am a little puzzled about the left driveshaft. It's running the Associated V2 shocks, but the left rear shock will not fully compress, as the driveshaft is hitting the inside of the out drive. Is this normal? Do people just add a washer to the outside of the shockshaft to stop it happening?

Thanks all.

[elvo]

I think the diff is incorrectly built. The spring and nut go into the female outdrive, the thrust bearing goes into the male outdrive. I think you've got that mixed up and one of the two is sticking out too far.

[ianjoyner]

I found this, even with the diff built okay, at least I think it was built okay!

Using AE V2 shocks and long axles, at the extreme of compression the driveshaft would touch either the nut or the screw head, I can't remember which.

I put some external spacers on the shocks to limit the compression, thinking this was better than the driveshaft hitting the diff.

[Zipper]

Originally Posted by elvo

I think the diff is incorrectly built. The spring and nut go into the female outdrive, the thrust bearing goes into the male outdrive. I think you've got that mixed up and one of the two is sticking out too far.

Double checked and all built as per the X6^ instructions.

[YoungChazz]

Zipper, there has got to be something wrong. Either a similar-appearing but different part or something not put together correctly. Both are easy to do. Not knocking you.

Can you post some pix?

Normally the problem is the opposite -- one needs to fit the #5661 axles to keep the bones from falling out of the outdrives.

[ianjoyner]

I seem to remember some of Ellis' setups showing external spacers on the rear shocks, I think I needed to use some to make the correct shock lengths.

One thing that may be slightly out on mine is the spacers used between the axles and the hub bearings. I have the long axles fitted, but the car came second hand with some old bearings in there as the spacers. What's the correct amount of spacing for the long axles?

If it's less than the width of a hub bearing, currently used to space on mine, my axles would be further in than they're supposed to be.

[ianjoyner]

Just searched the web on this and came up with a post by you Chazz:

http://www.xfactoryrc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39

Could it be that myself and Zipper have the older (too) long axles?

[YoungChazz]

That could easily be the case on an older car. A bearing is far too wide to use as a spacer on the #5661 axles. As my post referenced above states, #5661 comes with aluminum spacers which are 0.060" wide.

If this is the problem, it's the similar-but-slightly different thing.

[KickMe]

Originally Posted by ianjoyner

I seem to remember some of Ellis' setups showing external spacers on the rear shocks, I think I needed to use some to make the correct shock lengths.

I use one or two on mine to stop chewing through dog bones at maximum compression.

[ianjoyner]

Originally Posted by YoungChazz

That could easily be the case on an older car. A bearing is far too wide to use as a spacer on the #5661 axles. As my post referenced above states, #5661 comes with aluminum spacers which are 0.060" wide.

If this is the problem, it's the similar-but-slightly different thing.

Thanks Chazz, I'm thinking I probably have got the older axles then, it would make sense with the car not having the supplied spacers. Also if I fitted smaller spacers to the axles I have, I'm thinking it would give problems making everything fit on the outside of the hub.

Not that this is something that's given me much trouble, like I said I put some external shock spacers on, I guess I may have lost a little compression. Zipper's post reminded me of it.