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how do u lock your diff?

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you buy a spool to replace the sock gears. or you can pack the diff with grease to get a limited slip effect

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...or fill it with Epoxy resin (permanent)
...or fill it with silly putty (temporary)

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what do u need it for, unless u r crawling or goin over very rough terrain i wouldnt bother as it wrecks your turning circle

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i put some big tires on m tc3 and made it 2 wheel drive so i can go in dirt and stuff, but in the grass one whell spins

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to lock my diff all i do is tighten it all the way up

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BAD HORSIE makes just what you need

[link=http://www.badhorsie.com/products/diff-lock-grease.html]diff locking grease[/link]

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a locked diff in the front gives you more steering

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but a locked diff in the REAR gives you less steering. rcmaster said he has removed the front wheel drive.

i had read in a previous thread that someone used candlewax to lock their diff. this would probably be cheaper than sillyputty but just as temporary.

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yeah that was the thread i started. so if i lock my front diff i will hve a better turning radius. i was going to lock it but i also like to drive aswell so i didnt

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YEAH I FIGURED OUT opps, that i can tighten it to make it like a spoil

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lol spoil i think you mean a SPOOL lol

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yup thats what i meant'

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im pretty sure i answered this same ques from maybe one of u in this thead. Basically a front locked spool gives u alittle bit less off power steering and maybe a speed decrease(usually entering the corner or a turn) However u accelerate through and out of the turn/corner faster than a diff. Also u get the advantage of breaking still unlike the front one way. Front one ways allow u to jus cruise through a turn using no breaks which gives ur car max speed outa the turn. However its more sutable on larger turns and sweepers and is hard to learn to use if u used a diff sometimes also no breaks...jus spin outs. A front spool would give u some of the performance capabilities of the one-way with out the trouble but give u breaking ability up front which wont give u spin outs. I personally run a solid spool i made for my car.[8D]