Big motor with locked diffs ?

Troublemaker

Troublemaker

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I have a wk that has locked front and rear diffs and I want to put a big motor in it ,maybe brushless of 15t and i was wondering what would happen to the drivetrain. my buddy twisted said you guys could help me out on here.Thanks
 
william g

william g

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the WK slipper will fail, maybe not right away but you'll want to weither get some aftermarket transmition "guts" or at least do the sli[pper fix. A quick search of the WK forum will show the fix, plus the trucks weak points.
 
a5nvv

a5nvv

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Sorry to contradict (and probably be of no help..) but I am running both locked diffs with a 19x2 motor and have been for a good few months - had no problems with the slipper at all. Yes, I do drive my WK hard...
 
spinout180

spinout180

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Another weak point when running major horsepower is the ring/pinion slop. After pulverizing a few, I've been doubling the number of shims behind the ring gear to get a tighter mesh. So far, it seems to be holding up pretty well. I'm running a Novak 8.5 brushless in mine, although it's geared more for torque than speed.

Troy.
 
Hardcore

Hardcore

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spinout180 said:
Another weak point when running major horsepower is the ring/pinion slop. After pulverizing a few, I've been doubling the number of shims behind the ring gear to get a tighter mesh. So far, it seems to be holding up pretty well. I'm running a Novak 8.5 brushless in mine, although it's geared more for torque than speed.

Troy.
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You should take it on the sand Troy and do a tug of war with your friends Pede and film it!
 
spinout180

spinout180

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We plan on a good offroad outing this weekend, hopefully some good action shots. The pede would lose big time, but his TLT rig could probably pull a full grown adult around in a wagon...it's a torque monster! He drove it up against my fullsize GMC 3/4 ton van and actually made it move a little, YIKES!

Troy.
 
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