sollie

Well since I am the third owner of this king tiger, and even though the previous owner did not use it much, I would like to try to preserve the GB's as long as I can. I have done no other than light cleaning and lubrication again.

I had some tamiya grease and also some expensive stuff I bought when I did 1/10 touring racing on carpet. OKS paste rapid. We used it in the diffs . It sticks to the gears, but it becomes somewhat liquid and really messy if you have to work with the TU's ore whatever.

But what do YOU use to preserve the TU's in you're tank ?

TheBennyB

Your gonna hear all kinds of different methods and type of lube. I just spray them out with some WD-40 thenrun in a motor oilbath to
lube up the shafts and bushings/bearings, then apply hob-e-lube gear oil to the slow moving gears and ceramic grease to the faster moving
gears.

sollie

I see.Thanks

I also noticed there is some small play in the bb on the output shaft. Someone probaly know the size of it, and if it's an easy switch.

dlobmwm3

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Check out this stuff!
Someone recommended this and they have used it for 6 years on all their rc trannys that have metal gears.
This stuff has worked amazingly well and highly recommend it.
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Straight up grease is not a good choice as its very thick and put more stress on trannys.
Oil it self is to wet and slings off and runs down the hull , and needs very frequent re lubing.
This monster lub is the best of both worlds! Once u try u will be hooked!

Shabbernigdo

i dont think grease would have much drag effect on trannys that have as much gear reduction as these do and i dont stress if any would be enough to even concider.

ive always just used the tamiya cera grease. not the cheapest but it lasts and dosent have any negative efects on any thing as far as i can tell.

Strato50

I use white grease (lubriplate) on my brass gears and 3in1 oil on the axles and bushings.

tomhugill

Standard silicon grease on all my tanks works a treat!
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no12skyline

I recommend Tamiya ceramic grease - some other grease types will cause the plastic cover to crack up over time.

Panther G

Apart from proper maintenance I generally try to avoid sudden and abrupt starts and stops and pivot turns. These maneuvers put a lot of strain on the gears. especially if you have a lot of gear reduction. My Panther has an actual 88:1 gear reduction so that is a huge amount of torque changing direction.