ElectricGuy007

I hope it does have aftermarket parts. That a way you can upgrade some of those parts to Aluminum.

Lunchboxer

I am not counting on it.. I highly doubt that there's aftermarket for this thing.. (not enough people buying them..) Too bad, really! I wish Kyosho would release some itself!

ElectricGuy007

Lets me and you e-mail them and tell then to. and just maybe it might happen....cross your fingers.....

Lunchboxer

Tranny out of the chassis, very basic setup.

The pipe on the left hand side is the "driveshaft" from the tranny to the diff!

Lunchboxer

Spur gear is mounted to the shaft... straight forward design..

(yes, so I did end up taking everything apart.. a full build thread, ha ha ha!! )

Lunchboxer

Metal bushing! [:@]

Lunchboxer

Both metal bushings replaced with rubber shielded ballbearings.. ah.. much better!!

Lunchboxer

Same treatment too the other metal bearings as well, this one is for the chain sprocket driveshaft...

Lunchboxer

The inside one as well, of course!

Note the brake disc has been removed - those 2 pieces of metal make up the caliper of the brake.. they squeeze the metal disc..

Lunchboxer

Close up on the brake disc - the disc is keyed so fit the drive adaptors (on the left).

Lunchboxer

Took the diff assembly out of the chassis.. time to mod it to a LSD!

Lunchboxer

Argh! That's why you shouldn't trust RTR! Not much grease here, is it?!

Metal gears are nice, though!! [8D]

Lunchboxer

Change out the metal bushings w/ BB as usual. Applied some grease on the washer between the BB and the "driveshaft" (similar to the driveshaft from the tranny to the diff).

Lunchboxer

Diff unit! Kyosho's diff is more similar to their nitro buggy, I think! I like the sealed type diff.. as I plan to add silicon fluid inside.. we will see how sealed it is soon.. ha!

Lunchboxer

Diff opened up - 2 gears setup, but looks like steel gears.. should be plenty strong for this application!

Maybe I should try to put my Mamba Max 7700kv in this thing just to see how it runs.. LOL!

Lunchboxer

I use thick automotive grease to "seal" between the gear and the diff case...

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Again, used the thick automotive grease on the edge to hopefully seal the diff, and in the middle, I filled it with 100k silicon fluid (from Team Associated) to hopefully create a LSD effect!

Just hope it does not leak out! 100k fluid is VERY thick, though... it moves very slowly when I was pouring it in.. LOL! Takes forever... ha!

Lunchboxer

Closed up the diff! Some grease got squeezed out (as intended!)

Then I cleaned it up with some paper towel..

Lunchboxer

Tricky -> the metal bushings were replaced inside the diff assembly, but I found that the diff unit doesn't fit the new ballbearings!

Turned out that there's another bushing mounted on the diff unit (the one on the left) so that had to be removed as well.. I guess it was designed that way so when there's wear in the future, that bushing can be replaced without changing out the whole diff unit.

No worry now, w/ ballbearings!! Can just change the ballbearings in the future if they ever go bad! (I highly doubt it, since I run my RC VERY infrequently, ha! [:@])

Lunchboxer

Gonna let the diff sit like this for a day or two.. to see if the silicon fluid would leak out.. LOL!

So far after a night, nothing yet! So that's good, ha!

Lunchboxer

I think this is the weak link in the design for the Blizzard (I am sure it will hold up fine, I am just picky, LOL!). The chain sporcket and the drive wheel are connected just by the keys on each side. Both pieces are plastic. And they ride on a hollow metal shaft (that's strong, no issue there) but without bushings. (Hence no way of changing it to ballbearings).

I think the reason for that is because the wheel speed for these Blizzard are not too high. Kyosho probably think the wear and tear will be minimal. Which is probably true.. but still..

The shape is complex so it is probably not easy to make (cheaply, I mean..) so I highly doubt that we will see aftermarket parts. Otherwise, this would be the parts that I'd change. Basically, larger diameter parts so you can fit ballbearings inside. And possibly make them in alloy so it is stronger.

Lunchboxer

Now I am just waiting for the brake pads and some snow now...

Oh yeah, still need to paint the shell... [:'(]

Nick2618

I found this in the unually RC thread. Someone convereted their nitro blizzrad and added a snow plow. Its pretty cool! http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_2944524/tm.htm

Lunchboxer

That's awesome! I hope someone in this group (electric Blizzard..) will do the same! That would be great!

Wouldn't mind seeing the details of the plow, though!

Although I'd argue that the electric version is better for this application, given the torque from the electric motor... (for plowing, I mean..)

ElectricGuy007

Be easier to clean the snow off your driveway...he...he...