be4life182

How do you get them off? I need to replace the gear box, but it seems like these things wont budge, and i dont want to break them. Please help.

jakjr

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Look at the part (the yoke) thats up against the gearbox, their should be a set screw type thing in it, take it out and the driveshaft should come right off.

be4life182

I removed both set screws, and still nothing?? any ideas. Also, ive yanked pretty hard, and nothing

jakjr

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Strange, they should've came right off.

Did you take the set screws all the way out? They should be like 1/2" long.

be4life182

set scews are all the way out, and tehre like 2mm long. Maybe we are thinking different things.

be4life182

BTW BLS rules!

jakjr

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Must be, unless your set screws broke off right at the end of the threads (I doubt it though).

The ones on my T-maxx are like a half inch long and go all the way through the yoke, same goes for the ones on my dads nitro hawk (a nitro ST simular to the rustler). Take a look at this pic and you can see the ones like ive got http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDDS6&P=ML

be4life182

Looks similar, except i dont have the smooth shaft on the end, just the allen screw. Is it stuck in there or what?

jakjr

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I just remembered something, my old traxxas electric buggy had another screw inside the yoke (its a phillips head screw), you have to take the 4-way ball thing and driveshaft off the yoke to get to it. See if yours has that, I bet thats the problem.

be4life182

Yea it does, now getting the 4-way and shaft off looks like its gonna be a chore.

jakjr

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Actually thats not too hard, I just use a pair of needle nose pliers or a screwdriver and pry the yoke away from the ball thing while pulling on the driveshaft.

be4life182

Wow, This is the biggest PITA ive ever had to deal with. It took me 2 hours and i still havent finished because i cant get the greabox to seat up right. If it breaks again, id rather sell the rustler then go through that, not to mention my yokes, 4 ways, and gear box are almost ruined. Am i doing something wrong? not liking R/C right now, especially because i leftmy nitros servo battery on.

cvecmaxx

this will help you next time, traxxas gives you a tool for it, lol

http://www.misbehavin-rc.com/pit-lan...all-joints.asp

be4life182

F&$#, After all this I broke a stupid yoke. I seriuosly hate R/C and am in the worst mood ive ever been if for a while. I needed my rustler for this weekend...

MBX5T Maniac

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dude! if you can't get the damn yoke off a rustler without breaking it, then...

seriously. i mean any one can get the yoke off with out much trouble. takes me about 2 minute to open the tranny. you take 2 hours to remove a yoke. [sm=punching.gif]

45mph pede

He said he was in a bad mood man, your just pushing him over the edge[&:]

It is sort of rare to break a yoke, I would upgrade to aluminum CVD's there alot easyer to get on and off and wont break (hopefully[X(])
-Wes

rcmaster1029

Yeah that would be a good idea just to upgrade to CVDs.

be4life182

Are you guys kidding me???? THey are the hardest thing to remove. Im suprised they didnt break earlier. I had to bend them 45* just to get one side of the 4 way out, if not more. I used a flathead to pry the yoke side back, and my friend tried to yank it out with needlenose, it was very very hard. After i got them out, the yokes where already bent outwards. THen putting them back in, i pry'd it back and it snapped off. MAybe its becaue i lhave an early model???I dont know, maybe my four ways where different, but the 2 prongs on the 4 way where sticking out of the yoke, so i had to bend it pretty far to get it out. Now im without an electric truck for a while again[&o]

rcjunky22

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My bandit, 6 years old, was a ***** to get those yokes off. I know exactly how your feeling, as i broke a yoke also. I was taking the tranny apart to give my friend my idler gear...cuz i dont use my bandit anymore- and he JUST bought his rustler and and his yokes came right out..while mine took my a lot of prying/pulling to get off. Its the age and such of the model thats troubling you. Sorry for your broke yoke
-andy

cvecmaxx

did you even look at the link i gave you? you should be able to pop them out and in in 10 seconds......