Thank you for making this helpful video. It did work but I was left with a stripped set screw in the shaft from the transfer case. What would you suggest?
Find purple thread locker, it will hold the screw but not as tightly as blue thread locker and should solve your problem without making them too difficult to remove later.
You're going to have to heat them up, I've heard people having luck with lighters and even soldering irons, but I did not, so I did this torch. As you see in the video, it doesn't take much, just angle it away from the plastic parts as much as possible. The Gen7 Pro has metal u joints on the driveshafts, so you should be fine to heat them up.
When you go to put them back together, I suggest getting purple thread locker, like this (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HBGHFY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) it is a low strength hold, where blue is medium, and red is permanent.
Thank you for making this helpful video. It did work but I was left with a stripped set screw in the shaft from the transfer case. What would you suggest?
My problem is keeping them from coming loose on the pin
Find purple thread locker, it will hold the screw but not as tightly as blue thread locker and should solve your problem without making them too difficult to remove later.
What if the screw is already stripped?
I've had to drill them out before, but I know I've read some other techniques that I've not tried or wasn't successful with.
I would also suggest a high quality tool for these grub screws for the next time, something like MIP drivers.
I should drill right threw the the top right?
Also thank you for the great info
As small as a bit as you can find and keep it as straight as possible.
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just ran the 1.5 threw my finger trying to get the damn screw out of the drive shaft
Is that a metel drive shaft,I'm trying to get the grub screw out of a gen7 pro cant budge them?
If it's the stock Gen7 Pro driveshaft, then it's the same as what's in my video, just a different axle (it's the Redcat Gen8 portal axle.)
You're going to have to heat them up, I've heard people having luck with lighters and even soldering irons, but I did not, so I did this torch. As you see in the video, it doesn't take much, just angle it away from the plastic parts as much as possible. The Gen7 Pro has metal u joints on the driveshafts, so you should be fine to heat them up.
When you go to put them back together, I suggest getting purple thread locker, like this (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HBGHFY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) it is a low strength hold, where blue is medium, and red is permanent.
Mine were rusted and i sprayed WD40 in them for 5mins settle wipe it off then I head up the tip of the allen tip.