is there a access point to put in diff oil without having to take avalanche apart?? this may seem like a stupid question but when you are as new as i am to the hobby these are legit questions

sorry bro, you have to take the diffs apart to get to them [&o]

that is the only way to put in diff oil. seems like a pain in the ass. what are the chances of the diff oil in there drying up or would i be dumb to assume there is oil in the diffs???

no oil. Just park packed with grease.. Have to take em apart to replace the grease. I did mine last night

don't forget. The black plastic case you see is not the diff. its inside of that and has to be taken aparts after you remove it from the plastic case..

what the advantage of oil over grease

Oil lets you tune your diffs. Grease does not. The heavier the weight oil the stiffer the diff, this gives you the ability to adjust the way your tires put the power of your engine to the ground.

oh sweet. so thicker oil means more power and thiner means better control. is that how it works

If you are new to this hobby this is what the diff gear looks like, it sets in the front and rear diff box, you remove the 4 screws in the picture and pull off the gear and fill that cup with grease/oil, I used Multi-Purpose Lithium flex grease in mine.

yes but not nessersarly better 'control'. If the tires have no traction and the oil isd thick so that both tires get power, the car can be very squrrlly... sometimes one tires spinning while the other keeps the car straight makes the car more easy to drive.. it really depends on the track and th etraction and the skilll of the driver.

Here ya go. I posted this once before. THis should help you.

There is actually lots on here about diff oil s if you search for diff oil s, but for those who may have missed the info here is a quick summary

Front
Thinner :
increases steering into corners (off-power)
if oil is too thin the steering may become inconsistent, especially it can lose forward traction (and steering) during acceleration out of corners

Thicker:
increases stability into corners during braking
increases steering on-power at corner exit

Center
Thinner:
front wheels unload more during acceleration
decreases on-power steering (reduces oversteer)
easier to drive on rough tracks
if a high-power engine is used you could waste too much power and sometime “cook� the oil in the center diff erential because it “overloads�

Thicker:
more all-wheel drive effect
better acceleration
increases on-power steering (reduces understeer)
better suited on high-bite, smooth tracks
car can be more nervous to drive especially if a high power engine is used - you might need to be smooth on the throttle

Rear
Thinner:
increases cornering traction
increases steering into corner

Thicker:
decreases rear traction while cornering
reduces wheelspin

[link]http://www.rc411.com/pages/howto.php?howto=24&page=1[/link]

I bookmarked the above link from the 1/8 buggy thread. It does relate to 1/8 and I'm not sure what you have, but the concept must be the similar.

edit: how many diffs do the 1/10's have anyway? my 'cane has 3, assuming this is DIFFerent from the 1/10's?

front and rear on the 1/10, the center is a trans, no diff

Hey ed my 1/10th has hole's on the diff case i dont think diff oil will work.

you dont put the oil in the big case, it goes in the case that holds the smaller spyder gears, the big gear and small, (ring and pinion) only get greased up.

Ok captain rc lol

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