The biggest problem with these axles is the c-hubs. Since they are splined, they will just twist the plastic splines and rotate the whole hub. On the fly camber adjustment and in the rear😬it wildly changes toe-in. The element straight axles have this problem bad,but with portals, the rocks have a lot more leverage to do damage.
That's good to know. I've never had an issue with splines for the Axial AR44s or the Element axles before, but then again, they were straight axles. Interesting that you've had issues with the Element straight axles though. That's something I've never come across with them and I have 4 or 5 of them now. My original Sendero is probably the one I beat on the most and it's still going strong. I don't see myself adjusting caster after assembed so we'll see. I guess I'll just have to stick these on a rig and see how it goes. I'm planning to stick these on a flat rail chassis and 4WS it.
Only reason I even considered these axles is because it's probably the most budget friendly 4WS axle choice. I had no interest in running the rear axle the way they have it set up. It's not the first time I've seen this method done though. My second RC Crawler that I ever owned was the MST CFX-W back in 2017. That also comes with 2 front axles with the rear locked out similar to what Element did, but it did so in a nicer looking manner. What was interesting about those axles is that it actually had a slight negative camber to help with stability as well as a slight rear toe-in with the lockouts to help the rear track straight!
The biggest problem with these axles is the c-hubs. Since they are splined, they will just twist the plastic splines and rotate the whole hub. On the fly camber adjustment and in the rear😬it wildly changes toe-in. The element straight axles have this problem bad,but with portals, the rocks have a lot more leverage to do damage.
That's good to know. I've never had an issue with splines for the Axial AR44s or the Element axles before, but then again, they were straight axles. Interesting that you've had issues with the Element straight axles though. That's something I've never come across with them and I have 4 or 5 of them now. My original Sendero is probably the one I beat on the most and it's still going strong. I don't see myself adjusting caster after assembed so we'll see. I guess I'll just have to stick these on a rig and see how it goes. I'm planning to stick these on a flat rail chassis and 4WS it.
@ 4ws is the way to go, it’s nearly impossible to make the rear track straight with those little links
Only reason I even considered these axles is because it's probably the most budget friendly 4WS axle choice. I had no interest in running the rear axle the way they have it set up. It's not the first time I've seen this method done though. My second RC Crawler that I ever owned was the MST CFX-W back in 2017. That also comes with 2 front axles with the rear locked out similar to what Element did, but it did so in a nicer looking manner. What was interesting about those axles is that it actually had a slight negative camber to help with stability as well as a slight rear toe-in with the lockouts to help the rear track straight!