BowHouse RC SCX6 SVT Carbon Fiber Slipper Pads
About this part
- Remove transmission and save all mounting hardware.
- Remove motor and spur cover and save all mounting hardware.
- Remove stock spacer, slipper clutch and spur gear from spur shaft. You will reuse the spur gear and spacer, but not the stock M5 flanged nut.
- Remove stock slipper plates and clean any grease or oil from the plates. A slipper clutch assembly will not function correctly if grease or oil gets between the pads and slipper plates regardless of the pad material.
- Remove stock slipper pads from spur gear and replace with carbon fiber pads.
- Reinstall spur gear with slipper plates onto spur shaft, followed by stock aluminum spacer. IMPORTANT NOTE - stock slipper plates are slightly convex (c-shaped) due to the stamping process used to make them. Bowhouse recommends installing the plates so the convex side of each plate faces the spur gear to avoid excess pressure between the rim of the plates and the slipper pads. It should look like this: )I(
- Install desired number of Belleville washers (conical springs) onto slipper shaft and tighten with included M5 lock nut. Bowhouse recommends using 2-3 Belleville washers, aligned in the same orientation. For 2 springs, it should look like this: )) For 3 springs, it should look like this: ))) The washers should be installed with the concave side facing the slipper plate like this: I))
- Reinstall motor and spur cover on transmission, and then reinstall transmission on skid plate.
- (2) carbon fiber slipper pads
- (4) Belleville washers
- (1) M5 lock nut
Reviews5.0 · 3 reviews
The stock SCX-6 slipper pads are very...meh. They end up kind of just disintegrating over time. This seems to be one of the only upgrade options out there.
Works great so far, very snug fit into stock metal spurgear, flattened out my stock steel slipper plates, tightened fully but not crushing the slipper plates, I've heard it slip once when really bound up and crawling.
Good quality fast shipping recommended upgrades looks great
Three reviews, all rating the product 5/5, describe good quality, fast shipping and a snug fit with the stock metal spur gear. One reviewer says the stock SCX6 slipper pads wear out over time and that this is one of the few upgrade options available. One reviewer reports that the pads flattened the stock steel slipper plates without crushing them when tightened fully. The same reviewer mentions hearing of one slip when the drivetrain was heavily bound while crawling, which is second-hand and not confirmed by their own experience. The reviews are few and brief, so the evidence is limited.
- + Good build quality
- + Fast shipping
- + Snug fit with stock metal spur gear
- + Works well after tightening
- − Reported slipping once under heavy binding while crawling (second-hand)
- − Flattened stock steel slipper plates in one report