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Saturday, March 27, 2010
How Quickly They Forget
Thinking on this further, it occurs to me that maybe it just seems like people forget because no one really knows "what to do with" an asexual. People make all sorts of different attempts, and some come a lot further to how I'd like to be treated than others. My ideal is a middle ground between acting like I've never said I'm not heterosexual on the one hand and making a huge deal out of my orientation on the other. When someone in my life makes occasional references to asexuality in a neutral or positive way, that means a lot to me. As does making any effort to inform others about asexuality--It really warms my heart when people do that.
At a friend's house recently, I was reading this Miss Manners book. It occurred to me that one reason coming out is so scary is that there is no known etiquette attached to it. While I think the proper response is something along the lines of "I'm glad you told me" (to be followed by research on the orientation in question), this is in no way codified in our culture. Thinking about etiquette (which seems to have a lot to do with avoiding the discomfort of others) made me realize that the person you tell about asexuality might feel as awkward as you do. I think one major reason why people who are usually open-minded can be so dismissive of asexuality is that the existence of a whole sexual orientation they don't know about makes them self-conscious about their lack of knowledge. If asexuality doesn't exist, then they can still think they know everything. Few people let go of their assumptions easily.
That's just one reason why I remain such a proponent of "passive" coming-out methods--the letter, e-mail, or blog post, for example. In America, being a straight-shooter is often what we aim for. But it was comforting to read Miss Manners and see that sometimes being a bit evasive is exactly what "should" be done to maintain civility. I think we definitely need a guide about what to say, and what not to say (and why) when someone comes out as asexual. I wrote a little about it here, but I'm talking about an actual document. It could include ways to make it easier for the asexuals in a person's life to be open about their orientation, which I think is a big component in "how we'd like to be treated" after the coming-out is over. Obviously that will vary, but I think it would be great to be able to hand a pamphlet on those topics to our friends and family. What do you think would be in it?
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- SlightlyMetaphysical said...
Been there, done that. I've come out dramatically to my mother at least 3 times, and if you watch her after you've stopped talking about it, you can actually see her forgetting. It seems impossible just to stay out.
Actually, I tend to forget I'm asexual with embarrasing regularity. I don't know what I think I am, not straight, gay or bi, it just doesn't occur to me that I have a label now.
I've never really considered before how to have coming-out information that includes all the aftermath for asexuals. Have you ever read PlaidAdder's "The Fine Art of Being Come Out To: A Straight Person's Guide to Gay Etiquette"? I'd link it, but it appears to have mysteriously disappeared from the internet. That has (had) some good information for how to deal with the after-effects.
To thrash out a basic answer to your actual question, I think an in-depth guide to asexual coming-out should include:
-When to start using the word asexual (and when to start by saying "I'm one of those people who's just not interested")
-How to tell the person how to give you the support you want, rather than the support they think you need ("I'm sure you'll find someone who'll change that...")
-How to deal with people who look like you've just told them the sky is falling in.
-What your options are if you realise you're in asexual while in a relationship
-What to expect from people, long-term
- March 28, 2010 at 4:01 AM
- Kae said...
I think the problem is more along the lines of people not seeing asexuality as a real orientation. More like a phase, or simply disinterest in sex. It's boring, uninteresting, not memorable.
- March 28, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- heidi said...
Perhaps it's because they never see you with another girl... or another guy... so the default is "must be single" [and looking, and hetero]. At least that seems to be the assumption. Saying you're celibate might get more of a mental note? Silly humans. Anyway, good to have you back, Ily!
- March 28, 2010 at 11:42 AM
- Jack said...
Could it be that they hadn't actually forgotten that you said you were asexual, but that they didn't believe you (and kept it to themselves) and were always expecting you to 'grow out of it' or 'find the right person'?
- March 28, 2010 at 4:08 PM
- Lanafactrix said...
I think part of the problem with coming out (not that I've ever come out myself!) is that it's hard to decide what you want of it. On the one hand, one's (a)sexuality is a big part of one's life, and it's important to have it be acknowledged and open. On the other hand, you don't want your sexuality to be the One Thing that defines you--you just want everyone to chill a little.
- March 28, 2010 at 6:49 PM
- Ally said...
been there. just recently, in fact, I had this conversation with a friend. She has known me for several years, and most of the people who are a prominent feature in my life are well aware, and have been for years that I am A) not interested in sex. and B) not interested in relationships, as, even before I had a label for it, I HAD to have some kind of defense strategy for all the questions and 'knowing' looks. But HOW they understand seems to differ. I think, as Kae said, people don't often see it as a 'real' orientation. Or, as is the case with many of the people in my life, they see it as a 'lack of' orientation. It's not a thing on it's own, it only exists in terms of what I am NOT doing. The friend in question is bi, and we were talking about how it took her a long time to come out. She told me, "you don't understand how the people in my life would have reacted, when I was younger." Conveniently forgetting, of course, that of COURSE I understood. My sexuality is more in question every time I bring it up, "are you sure you're not gay? have you ever been abused? (fill in annoyingly invasive and off-the-mark question here)" and of COURSE I know what it's like not to have any clear answers. Her thinking was, since all I had to do was AVOID sexual and romantic situations, it should just be as simple as saying 'no thanks.' Which it really isn't. In addition, it's a tough thing to explain, that separation. We're forced to use the words sexuals use to describe feelings sexuals don't have, a lot of the time, like how when I say I have a crush on someone, it means something completely different to what it might mean if one of my sexual friends have a crush on someone. And since so many people think I can't POSSIBLY mean 'never' when I say 'never', many of them are waiting for me to change, and see that as a sign that I'm going to.
Wow that's long-winded. Anyway, the point is that sometimes it IS a matter of people just not thinking of it like a sexual orientation, so much as thinking of it as some kind of hole where a sexual orientation SHOULD be. So they know that I don't want sex, but that's all they know. They don't understand that it has it's own community, it's own language, and that it effects who I am and how I see the world and how the world sees me on a day-to-day. Kind of like how I have a disability that is sometimes hard to spot, and people don't 'see' me as a disabled person, and get really annoyed when I remind them that my disability effects more than how I walk and what my hands can do. Because, as you said, it makes people really uncomfortable to know that there are scores of things they don't know, or don't feel they need to know.
- March 29, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- Ily said...
Thanks for all your perspectives! It seems like a lot of people have noticed the same phenomenon. And people not seeing asexuality as an orientation seems to be a theme. I've started to think that the fact that asexuality is an orientation might be the most important one we can work on conveying. It might even be more important than what exactly asexuality is. Do I have to tattoo the Storms Model on my forehead or what?!
I haven't seen "A Straight Person's Guide to Gay Etiquette", but wish I had. Part of it might be that it's hard to have an ongoing conversation about sexual orientation. Just coming out doesn't create or imply that. Sexual orientation doesn't seem to be something that people are used to talking about, unless they're queer themselves.
- March 29, 2010 at 10:06 PM
- heidi said...
"Sexual orientation doesn't seem to be something that people are used to talking about, unless they're queer themselves."
Ily, that's a post unto itself! Definitely not something my mom was prepared for... even if it was about friends ("but he's such a nice young man, are you sure you can't date him?" um, unless I get a sex change...) ...ah, moms.
- March 30, 2010 at 8:38 AM
(SlightlyMetaphysical here, having some trouble with google account)
Aha, got it!
Not yet checked to see that it's as awesome as I remembered it, but I'm sure it has some ideas relevant to asexuals, both in the information and how it's communicated.
- March 30, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- Ily said...
I think it might be easier for everyone if heterosexual people came out as heterosexual. I know, it sounds odd, but who knows what could happen? Maybe straight people could have some interesting conversations about their sexual identities that they would never have otherwise.
SM, that is *really* interesting and I'm sure I could spend at least one post responding to it...
- March 30, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Neira said...
Please don't feel bad for telling people or being open about it. You shouldn't feel you have to put their mild discomfort or disapproval first. If they react badly that's their fault.
Well done for having the courage to be yourself.
- March 30, 2010 at 4:07 PM
I've actually experienced this outside of coming out. The one friend I've come out to (who was also very supportive and has not forgotten my orientation), tends to tell me about all the guys she's dated and been in love with. When I tell her I've been in love, though, she always acts really surprised. This is despite the fact that a) I've told her multiple times before, and b) she was there when it happened (and knew at the time).
Since it seems to be a topic that she both considers important and acts comfortable with, a part of me wonders whether she just doesn't believe me or she's uncomfortable with my case in particular. Regardless, the whole forgetting thing seems to be a reaction to some kind of emotional response that leads the person to brush it off... whether it's disbelief, discomfort, or disinterest, though, I'm not sure.
- March 31, 2010 at 11:41 AM
- Superquail said...
I'm glad you enjoyed Miss Manners! I think she has some interesting advice and a rather refreshing perspective on what constitutes "good" behavior.
In the section on babies, she included several letters from parents who were getting annoyed by the inane comments people would make about their infants. How many times to people have to ask you about the baby's teeth? And why would anyone care? Miss Manners' response was that these people are probably well-intentioned but just can't think of anything more interesting to say since the baby hasn't done much yet that can be commented upon.
Perhaps this is a bit like how some people react to asexuality: not knowing what to say, they end up making some asinine comment like "that's nice, dear" that doesn't really communicate anything. Having more education about asexuality and greater awareness would certainly help with that part of it.
The forgetting thing seems pretty odd. I know what SlightlyMetaphysical is saying when you actually watch someone forgetting something as you tell them, and I'm really not sure what's going on with that.
Bri could be on to something with her comment that people are perhaps brush things off that they just aren't comfortable with. My sister has done this on a number of occasions and it still baffles me. My mother once said something horrible to her, and when I talked to her about it a year later, she had no memory of it and was shocked all over again. The second time I mentioned it, she was shocked and appalled yet again, but couldn't remember that the event took place or that we had discussed it before. Memory is weird.
- April 1, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- Ily said...
Memory is weird.
I would say that's an understatement! :-)
If people's (negative) responses were just inane chatter, I could understand that...but it's like when asexuality is mentioned, there are some people who seem to lose all impulse control. Luckily I've only been on the receiving end of this a few times.
Maybe another part of it is that people don't actually realize that we're coming out. Maybe they think we're telling them about some weird medical issue. But even so, that doesn't explain some people's comments...the "Worst responses to your asexuality" thread on AVEN has a whole gallery of facepalming examples.
- April 2, 2010 at 11:08 PM
I've been broadening the circle of people I'm out to, and as I go beyond my closest friends, I've been getting weirder reactions.
I've found that I don't actually have to supply the word asexual now, though, which shows that the visibility efforts are at least working. If it comes up I say, "Actually, I'm not attracted to anyone," and someone will pretty reliably say, "Oh, so you're asexual?"
That exchange happened, and the next utterance was, "Do you masturbate?" I was so surprised that I just answered "No", because it's simpler than explaining how a "Yes" answer can make sense. Next time I'll shoot back with something like, "Do you fellate?"
- April 2, 2010 at 11:50 PM


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Eddie's Collection of Junk scrapbook had a few artifacts that featured her older brother Gordy. He was formally named Ronald Gordon McDonald and get's confused with his father Ronald Sandfield McDonald. He was always "Uncle Gordy" to me.
While Vivian was graduating from Cheney High School and attending the Normal School, Gordon was also growing up. Vivian was the oldest and Gordon followed her. They were older siblings of Keith the subject of this blog.
I love this picture of Gordy, his hat and his outfit in the following photograph.
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The following photograph shows Gordy in what I would call a football uniform and it was probably Cheney High School 1921. Gordon and brother Keith were built almost exactly alike. They were both about 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 150 lbs. so they were not big men; however, they were stocky built. Here we see Gordon with a full head of hair. It wasn't going to last, eventually, both brothers would become bald but not till the mid 1930's. If you look at the shadow in this photograph in front of Gordon it looks like a girl took the picture?
Eddie writes about the Athletic Letter in the photograph below. I am not sure she was happy about it, but apparently brother Gordon interfered? More about Eddie's involvement in sports in a future post.
Below is what looks like a graduation picture of Gordon. I lean toward it being his Cheney High School graduation picture because he is younger looking.
Eddie had a rusty button that she kept among her memorabilia. From what I can determine the Older Boys Conference might have a connection to church activities.
This is the page of honor, page 71, where the above pin was kept. It had fallen out of the "Collection of Junk!"
Below are two pages from the Kinnikinick Yearbook in 1923 for the Normal School now Eastern Washington University in Cheney. I do not know what the Senior B Class means but Gordon is listed in the 3rd column eighth one down. I do not see him in the picture.
This other page from the yearbook for the Normal School dated 1923 shows Gordy with the track team. He is in the front row second from the left, seated. He was so serious in those days.
Eddie had this ticket for entrance into a track meet in 1923. It is not listed on the yearbook page above but it might be one that Gordy participated in or maybe they attended together? It does mention High School and he was out of high school by about 1921.
Eddie saved her brother Gordy's graduation envelope, announcement and cards in her "Collection of Junk." This is from Gordon McDonald's August 1923 graduation from Normal School.
Here we have a photo of Vivian and Gordon with parasol's. These parasols seemed to be a big thing in the early 1920's.
This photograph was taken in about 1925 of Gordon. He is with someone who he seems to be very friendly with for he is smiling. I am wondering again if this is not Claude Penglase? Claude Penglase was to marry Mary Helena McDonald, Angus' daughter. Angus was Gordon's Uncle.
In 1926 Gordy was living in Seattle, Washington which sort of strengthen's the theory that the boy above is a Penglase. Gordy sent this postcard to his sister Eddie and she kept it! It is addressed to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, so it shows the transition of the family from Cheney to Spokane by 1926.
Tracking my Uncle Gordy has been a challenge. Single men move around and he definitely was on the move in the 1920's and 1930's. Gordon did not marry till after 1950. When his mother Grace died, Gordon became the older brother who watched over everyone.


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As we reach 50 days of detention of the Arctic 30, here is a collection of their tweets and letters, telling their story in their own words.
"BREAKING: Helicopter hovering above Arctic Sunrise, rope dropping down. We think the Coast Guard is boarding us. #SaveTheArctic" — @gp_sunrise, 19 September
"Russian authorities onboard with guns. They are breaking into the comms room now. #savethearctic" — @gp_sunrise, 19 September
"Latest from the deck: Crew are sitting on their knees on the helipad with guns pointed at them. #Savethearctic" — @gp_sunrise, 19 September
"This is pretty terrifying. Loud banging. Screaming in Russian. They're still trying to kick in the door #savethearctic" — @gp_sunrise, 19 September
"It's been over a month now that the "special forces" dropped by helicopter took over our ship at gunpoint. Quite a terrifying moment I must admit, surreal, out of an action movie." — Alexandre Paul, 27th October to Greenpeace supporters
"Murmansk, being the final destination of the heroic Arctic convoys in WWII does not seem to have cleared the harbour of sunken wrecks, abandoned submarines and decomposed nuclear ice breakers. All this was observed by planting my face against a porthole on the Arctic Sunrise as we were towed into port under armed guard." — Frank Hewetson, 27th October to Independent on Sunday
"When we were taken off the ship to be arrested we were escorted by the coast guard ship and then by a bus. It felt like a scene from the cold war. It was dark. The bus was old and smelt of metal - I could taste it in my mouth. We were driven through a series of derelict buildings. There were more guards than there were of us. I was scared." — Alexandra Harris, 10th October to James Lorenz
"The hardest moment was the first night in prison – none of us knew where we were or what conditions the detention held, or whether we would be separated, left to navigate the unknown alone. Being shown to my cell and introduced to a couple of strangers was frightening, to say the least." — Kieron Bryan, 27th October to Sunday Times
"The only sky I can see is out of my cell window, which is placed in the northern wall of the building. This means no sun at all." — Marco Weber, 8th October to everyone
"The cell is about 8m long, 4m wide and 6m high. I spend 23 hours a day in here with nothing but the occasional book and my thoughts." — Kieron Bryan, 27th October to Sunday Times
"We're allowed to leave our cell and walk for one hour each day. We're locked in what can be described as an outdoor chicken pen. It's horrible. But yesterday I saw that someone had scratched 'Save the Arctic' into the wall. It made me laugh." — Alexandra Harris, 10th October to James Lorenz
"The highlights are weekly visits of my lawyer and consul. And yesterday I got the first bunch of email from the outside! Yehaa…" — Marco Weber, 8th October to everyone
"It's very cold now. It snowed last night. The blizzard blew my very poorly insulated window open and I had to sleep wearing my hat. I'm nervous about spending winter here. I have a radiator in my cell but it's the Arctic breeze that makes the place very cold. I heard that from December Murmansk is dark for six weeks. God, I hope I'm out by then." — Alexandra Harris, 13th October to family
"There's a bit of excitement tonight as we have kindly been provided with what I think is a chess set. My two colleagues were only too keen to get started and casually asked how many traveller's cheques I normally travel with." — Frank Hewetson, 27th October to Independent on Sunday
"Considering the circumstances I am doing well at the moment. Once in a while a rat crawls across the floor. Lost weight and don't sleep too well, but I am still holding my head high." — Faiza Oulahsen, 18th October to Dutch journalist
"I finally saw a few of the letters people have sent me. It was so nice I cried." — Alexandra Harris, 13th October to family
"It was good to have a conversation in English face to face today, the Embassy guy told me Spurs drew with Chelsea. 10 points from 15, that's not a bad start! It's odd because I had tickets for that game." — Kieron Bryan, 3rd October to brother
"Once it was clear we weren't in physical danger you adapt to the [blank] regime and its [blank] severe limitations. Now, the difficulty is the silence and ignorance imposed by our detention – there isn't a moment I don't think about my family, how they're coping or what the world thinks of our situation. Any shred of news, or kind message that filters through the layers of bureaucracy is clung to – knowing my friends and family are fighting for me, doing whatever they can to help, is my source of strength and comfort. I owe them all so much." — Kieron Bryan, 27th October to Sunday Times
"Life is settling down to a daily grind where the merest opening of the peep hole from outside causes a ripple of excitement from within. One of my cell mates has been transferred to another which means only one chain smoker." — Frank Hewetson, 8th October to Greenpeace UK
"Sundays also mean it's revolting meatball night! Yuk! The girls laughed that I knew the food schedule already. But we got a shower today so that's good. The shower is like a waterfall. It's nice." — Alexandra Harris, 13th October to family
"After 3 weeks you learn which of the meals you can stomach and which go down the toilet, as soon as they're slopped into your stainless steel bowl. The lunch soups (apart from the fish) are ok, I make the effort to eat them. So, with some surprise, I saw my cell mate take a generous portion of chicken from his bowl and throw it in the bin. I looked at him and made a quizzical face – he smiled and asked 'What?' I said 'Koora (chicken), good Kharosho [Russian for 'good']!' He laughed, pointed at the discarded carcass, steaming in the bin, and said 'Nyet koora… coo coo.' As he cooed, he flapped his arms like a bird. I didn't understand until he pointed to the window sill, where a group of pigeons were always gathered. When I looked back at him, he was holding an imaginary rifle towards the rodent with wings, making firing noises. Laughing, he pointed to the birds and then to my bow[l]… 'Niet koora!' No, not chicken, needless to say, the pigeon soup is now firmly in the in the 'down the toilet' category." — Kieron Bryan, 27th October to Sunday Times
"I'm worried about what's going to happen. I have moments of feeling panicky, but then I try to tell myself that there's nothing I can do from in here and what will be will be so it's pointless worrying. But it's hard. Surely my future isn't rotting in prison in Murmansk?! Well, I really hope it isn't." — Alexandra Harris, 13th October to family
"Being in prison is like slowly dying. You literally wish your life away and mark off the days. It's such a waste of two months and I really hope it's no longer. Saying that, I am getting used to it. I'm doing a bit of yoga. I find it hard to meditate, though – too many worries on my mind as I'm sure you can understand." — Alexandra Harris, 13th October to family
"I spend a lot of time looking out through the window when the sun shines, it makes me think of all of you supporting us, it makes me happy and makes me smile. When it is snowing, I think about the Arctic, the sea ice, the beautiful nature up here, and it gives me strength, it gives this all a meaning." — Sini Saarela, 15th October to Greenpeace
"We still manage to have a giggle, which is quite good under the circumstances. We all received this metal device to heat water – for days I thought it was curling tongs. When I complained to the girls that the support team could have sent me something more practical than curling tongs, they laughed so much." — Alexandra Harris, 13th October to family
"I dance every day in my cell and am already familiar to the Russian pop music. During our 'walks' I jump around the concrete box and the guards laugh at me. I stretch and sing (luckily the walls are thick). (...)" — Sini Saarela, 15th October to Greenpeace
"My friend Camila [Speziale, 21 years old, Argentinean] is in the cell next door so we tap on the wall in beat with the music. We've just been tapping to 'everything's gonna be alright' in Bob Marley's no woman, no cry. I really hope it will be alright. As Ana Paula told me, 'you can't give up hope - it's the only thing we've got'." — Alexandra Harris, 10th October to James Lorenz
"I still have hope, I have to, that keeps me going." — Faiza Oulahsen, 18th October to Dutch journalist
"I heard the Arctic sunrise mentioned on the radio the other day. It was in Russian so I couldn't understand it but it's great to know the world is talking about us. On a good day I get to see my lawyer and hear news of protests all over the world. You wouldn't believe the difference the news makes. It really makes me feel better and I thank every single person who has joined a protest or sent an email. If there's one good thing to come of this horrible situation it's just that - the world is talking about Arctic oil and I've played a role in that. That's why the 30 of us are here." — Alexandra Harris, 10th October to James Lorenz
"It is only because of questions from media that I have to grapple with the question whether I regret the action. The exciting question for me is 'Why don't I regret it?' It is my conviction that protecting the Arctic and reducing our CO2 emissions is very necessary for preserving the livelihood of future generations. I believe that we as a global collective can succeed in making these measures happen, it doesn't leave any room for doubt or regret." — Marco Weber, 28th October to Swiss paper
"Let's save the Arctic and with it also the chance of future for mankind. Your support and the knowledge that we have done the right thing keeps me above water." — Marco Weber, 8th October to everyone
"I can't put it anymore simply than "thanks". Some of you I know, some I've heard of, some I'll never even meet. Your kind thoughts, support and humor mean a lot to me right now, it is the simple things in life. Definitely time to stand up, speak up and be heard." — David Haussmann, 13th October to everyone
"Of course there are always moments of powerlessness, loneliness or doubt, at times like these I have to watch out not to lose my way. But I do feel all the support that is there for us. This support from family, friends and Greenpeace and all other supporters gives me the chance to relax and takes away the feeling of needing to be on my watch all the time." — Marco Weber, 28th October to Swiss paper
"I'm a different person now; stronger. I cry less, which is a good thing. And I'm so appreciative of life. I will not take anything for granted now." — Alexandra Harris, 13th Oct to family
"We need you. We need people to write to their governments, to the Russian embassies. Tell them this imprisonment is unfair and illegal. Tell them we are not pirates. Ask your leaders to support Holland's legal action on Russia, demanding the release of our ship and crew. Inform yourself at your local Greenpeace offices and groups about upcoming protests/marches. Sign petitions and get your friends and family to sign them too. Greenpeace is only but a word, the people behind it that is our strength. Always remember to do so in a peaceful way. We have nothing against Russia, as a matter of fact; we did this for them and their children.
"And me, I'll do my part. I'll stay strong, I won't despair. I will keep the Faith. For a better world." — Alexandre Paul, 27th October to Greenpeace supporters
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I'm facing a serious problem about my SUMMIT's rear differential. It was broken the third time now. I really don't drive very aggressive or do something like bashing with it. I just installed a mid range BL system made by KD (850W). I investigated that the problem is always about the ring gear and the pinion gear inside the differential. While driving first a clicking noise appears. If I continue driving the tops of the tooth of the gears will be sheared-off.
The first time I faced this problem it was caused by a broken bearing inside the differential housing that pivots the pinion gear. Thereby it could slip back some small tenth of a millimeter so that the gears did not mesh properly anymore. Substituting the bearings with a full metal one solved that problem for now. Anyway I had to substitute the complete differential housing because the broken bearing and the tooth parts were scattered all around the housings.
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Not fine again! This time I stopped driving the second I realized the first small clicking noise. The noise tells me that the meshing is bad again. What could the reason be? Is the differential housing (5680) deforming itself by a power of 850W? Or is the differential carrier (5681) to weak?
Now I think about installing the rear differential from a brushless E-REVO to my SUMMIT. It should stand the power of 2200W. Sure with this I can't lock the rear differential anymore but an unlockable diff is worth more than an broken one. Does anybody know about a suitable differential made of metal?
Thanks for your answers!
Last edited by CAPITA; 12-03-2009 at 11:36 AM.
my first thought loosen the slipper clutch a little bit.it sounds like the brushless is overpowering the drivetrain and somthings gotta give.I myself have not had this problem as mine is stock.I have broken teeth off of rear spider gears.I loosend clutch a bit so far so good. somone here will have the answer.I read on here that some people were shiming the diff's. this might be the reason too mmuch power for the factory tolerances. check the revo forum i think it was a thread on there search here too
Last edited by jamann; 12-03-2009 at 01:32 PM.
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Hi jamann,
thanks for your advise. I already did loosening the slipper clutch sufficient. I spend more than half an hour to figure out the best settings between safety and fun. Now my setup does not allow wheelies anymore. That tells me that there is no more overpowering of the drivetrain possible.
I wonder how the drivetrain of a brushless E-REVO braves the power od 2.2KV!?
i would leave the diffs always unlocked...Ya i know defeats the propose of having lockable diffs ..but try that for a few runs..and also try and shim the diff it helps a lot with the gear mesh ...another option is to get some quality bearings like some acer ceramics ..you don't need the whole set of them for the whole truck just the diff bearings B/c the stock bearing's even new will have a bit of slop in them and cause the gear mesh to have a bit of gear slop....but if these tricks don't work ..go with the some e-revo diffs they have less moving parts there for stronger and less things to break
Last edited by Notin_but_aRevo; 12-03-2009 at 03:09 PM.
I know you wish you bought a tekin RX8
I just answered a question like this somewhere, not sure if that was you..
The Summit and E-Revo diffs are nearly identical, outside of the locker assembly added onto the side.
Yes, you should shim the gears closer so they are meshed together tighter.
I've been running the Castle MMM/2200 in my Summit and have not had any issues at all with the differential since shimming it (I also replaced the pinion bearings with ceramic ones)
Click here about shimming diffs:
Thanks again!
Shimming seems to be a hopeful solution for my problem. I just have to get shims in Germany to proceed. I already thought about that. The thread How To: Tmaxx Diff Shim Mod should be helpful basically. But the SUMMIT diff housings are split 90 degrees different to the shown MAXX diff housings. Hence the pinion gear is covered when the inner diff parts are mounted. So I think its difficult to find the proper setup. How do you figure out the optimal shimming? Turning the pinion on a complete mounted diff just with your hand feels rough-running. You can feel every single tooth while turning. Is there a way to measure exactly? How do I test? I mean without destroying gearings again.
Cheers CAPITA
the best way to find out what the optimal shimming is. is just to experiment since you may need more of less shimming based on your diff.....you want the gear mesh to be a close as possible without causing binding.just check for binding by spinning it will your hands after its been reassembledOriginally Posted by CAPITA
I know you wish you bought a tekin RX8
I shim the ring & pinion gears until I can just feel an occasional very slight bind on one or two gear teeth per revolution as I turn the gear. This slight bind will completely go away when you run it for the 1st time (you want the gears to stay as tight as possible).
For the spider gear shims, I cut home-made shims out of that clear hard-to-open plastic packaging that electronic gadgets often come in (the ones you have to use scissors to open), and I install these shims behind the steel U-shaped thrust plates behind the spider gears. This will help the inner differential itself hold up better as well.
Typically such packaging material is around 0.2-0.4mm thick and works well for this.
Last edited by sfr4x4; 12-04-2009 at 09:50 PM.
Thanks again Guys!
Im afraid this would have been my next question. Im afraid I didnt understand every term quite correct. Maybe its because my bad English.
Since I dont have any shims jet I only can care about the inner diff parts. I never thought there would be a need to shim the spider gears. But there is, as I realized while demounting it again.
I mounted the inner diff parts (5681) very carefully and exactly like it is shown in the drawings by TRAXXAS. Still without any shims but using the diff oil offered by TRAXXAS. Here is the next problem: The completely mounted inner differential is very hard to turn with your hands. Maybe its also because the diff oil comes with a pretty high viscosity. But you can feel every single teeth while turning the differential outputs. Is this normal?? sfr4x4 wrote until I can just feel an occasional very slight bind on one or two gear teeth per revolution as I turn the gear. Does that mean it should feel really smooth-running except some very small bugs once per revolution? My diff is really hard to turn with the hands and you can feel every single teeth. How could this be and what should it feels like? Pleas advice!!
Hi,I did this to my T MAXX ,the internal screws came loose,I've had no problems with my summit diffs.I always slow to a "crawl" to lock diffs.My trucks standard at the mo(tried kershaw 970 but it CAUGHT FIRE),Oh well back to basics
If there are no shims in it, it should turn very easily. It's likely just because of the thick oil.Originally Posted by CAPITA
What I do is assemble the diff without the oil to test for tightness of the gears (feeling for that slight bind between the gear teeth, indicating they are as close together as they can go). Once I've found just the right amount and thickness of shims, then I fill it with the oil, and reassemble it.
If the bind is about equal between all teeth, then that's fine, as long as it's very slight. The ring & pinion gears will normally have one or two teeth that "bump" against each other a little more than the others. Nothing to worry about as long as you can still easily turn it by hand.
Hope that helps clarify.
Could someone please post the shim dimension ie shaft diameters.
I measured the pinion shaft as 6 mm. That would be the inner diameter. The outer diameter can be between 8 and 11 mm I think. It doesn't depend since they run between the pinion gear and the inner bearing. There is enough space. Shims use to come with 1/10 mm thickness.
^Thanks!! I decided not to push my luck with the Tekin onboard.
I'm switching out the bearings as well; did you use the ceramic ones ?
They are not supposed to be sealed I guess??
From my point of view it's not necessary to replace all of the bearings. The most charged bearing is the inner one that pivots the pinion gear. It has to stand a lot of axial forces.
I thought about using an axial bearing but could not find a proper one. So I took a metal one of the same dimensions and it works fine so far. It doesnt matter if it is not sealed because its inside the diff housing and in oil at the same time. For all outer bearings it would be useful to be sealed.
Nice info there thanks again.
Have you ever though of filling 20-30k oil instead of the 50k?
I'm buying a bottle soon that's why I wonder. I crawl occasionally only, and that 50k oil seem to be very sticky!
Stock Summit minus Tekin/2.4Ghz
Hi Guys,
finally I did the shimming. It looks good so far. First I shimmed the pinion gear. The first test driving in our basement garage feels good. Even the slipper setup looks optimal now. No wheelies from stop, but using full throttle while moving the front wheels lift up. Lets wait and see how long it lasts this way. Actually we have lots of snow and -15°C outside. Not the best conditiones to empty 4 sets of batteries. But I will tell you the minute I've done more tests.
i know its an old post but i to having problems with rear diff. i think its caused by the blue rubber o- ring wearing out and causing problems with the mesh. i wish some one would make a 1/8 scale diff for the summit.
Hi Russ!
I would like one too!
Looks like youre facing the same problems as me. Surely you have read the complete tread. For me it helps to do like the others advised. Especially the shimming has caused a good effect so far.
The o-rings are seals, they don't affect the gear mesh.
You have to move the gears closer together by putting shims behind the gears/bearings.
Also, pack your new bearings with some automotive wheel bearing grease. They don't always have much (if any) grease in them it seems (leading to them wearing and then spitting all the little balls out).
6mm.Originally Posted by Jimmy_R
Last edited by sfr4x4; 03-09-2010 at 08:06 PM.
well as i said and as you can tell, the distance from the back side of the gear and the bearing is the place that a shim would go. if i put together a dry gear assembly w/out the o ring there is allot of "slop". with it there is hardly any. if you tried to shim with the o ring its to tight. Very quickly the o-ring wears and changes the distance between the bearing and the back of the gear. all i am saying is the o-ring should not be used if you want to keep a contestant shim in the diff.
That rubber is very soft; what about some "black ordinary o-rings" they might last longer?
Would the grease escape, without those blue rings, as you indicate could be done?
Just curious cause I'm putting mne together now.
Stock Summit minus Tekin/2.4Ghz
The O-ring is supposed to sit inside of a recess within the diff cup (same thing on the ring gear side). Maybe they weren't seated all the way into their recesses?Originally Posted by russb442
FWIW, I recently switched to just packing the diff cup full of wheel bearing grease instead of silicone oil due to leakage over time. So far so good. You do lose most of your viscous limited-slip action this way though, although if you're spinning tires, you can still just lock the lockers.
Hi Folks,
now it happened again. Yesterday while riding my new quad body I noticed that clicking noise again.
Now I have 2 look whats wrong. I think now I try the E-REVO diff in the back.
Check that you didn't have a pinion bearing explode. Seems I still get this happening occasionally (if you catch it soon enough and don't keep trying to drive it, the gears will likely be OK and you won't have to replace anything more than the bearings).
Yes, I checked that first, because it happens to me before. But the pinion bearing is ok. I discovered, that the screws of the ring gear became lose again. So the 3rd case in this graphic happens to me again.
Additionally I installed one more shim on the pinion gear. That feels good so far, but while driving the 3rd set of batteries the clicking noise appears again. What now?
Again checking the diff and discovered that the 4 screws on the ring gear became loose again. (!!!) Just after one hour of driving. How do you manage to keep the screws tighten? Using locktite should be a solution. But we are talking about a differential which is full of oil. When you mount the ring gear the excessive diff oil will leak thru the four holes. No locktite will bond here.
Here is my idea:
1. Mounting the (inner) diff normal using diff oil. All of the parts are oiled now.
2. Then loosen just one screw and clean it up using a fat solvent fluid.
3. Cleaning up the free hole in the ring gear and its close area using a fat solvent fluid.
4. Wait until the fat solving fluid has vaporized.
5. Reinstall the screw using lockite.
Do this to all four screws one by one, while all other screws are tighten.
I did so. Lets see if it survives now.
Last edited by CAPITA; 03-26-2010 at 07:33 AM. Reason: typing error
Are you talking about locktite threadlocker or a locktite superglue?
I dont think the threadlocker will work on the plastic 'cup'.
P.S. can you link the spacers/shims you use in tightening your diffs? (preferably from tower so I can get all the parts I need on one postage)
Yeah cleaning the oil out of the screw holes with some solvent might help.
However a new diff cup might resolve the issue as well if you've had the screws in & out of it a few times already, which may have worn the holes out to where there isn't as much friction on the threads.
Tower's site sucks hardcore trying to find shims (seems they think screws and clips are shims for some reason)
I found these though, looks like they'd work for the pinion. Doesn't say whether they're steel or not though they look like metal
The shims that I used behind the thrust plates inside the diff cup you'll need to make yourself though (described above).
Yeah ok cheers.
I've just done my rear diff spider gears, so comltete diff overhaul time. Ceramic bearings as well to be sure.
I noticed one of the screws in my diff cup seems to be stripped when I reassembled it (definatelly not me overtightening it) so I will be getting a new one (or 2 as tower only sells them as a pair).
If I have to make some shims I might as well try make them all. I can get some brass shim material easily enough and give it a go. Just not sure how tight I can make the inner diameter. I will see.
Summit, E-Revo, E-Revo Brushless, Merv. Baja 5BSS
That sucks!! My plan didnt work. After 2 sets off batteries the clicking noise appears again. Does anybody know an inner diff cup made of metal? Similar items made of aluminum are available for E-MAXX for a long time.
Now I checked the diff again. It is like I expected: The four screws became loose again and additionally one of the threads is broken.
Until I receive spare parts I have installed an E-REVO diff (and bulkheads). But not forgotten to shim it before and replace the inner pinion bearing.
Weekend is over now. Lets see when Ive time to test this setup.
Just my 2 cent here (1.96 for Canadians..) I have worked on a lot of hydraulic piston pumps which require shimming of the input shaft and if you get that wrong, damage occurs quickly. Since you have gone through three diffs, have you looked at something else pushing on one of the shafts?
Binding in the drive shaft will push on the input shaft and drive the gears together. Binding in the axles will push on the outputs and drive the gears together. As everything heats up, lube is destroyed and wear accelerates, then you end up with a box of jewelry.
What about misalignment of the diff carriers to the chassis? Chassis and bulkheads are cheap and if it was me I would replace everything (or make Traxxas do it) that might be a contributing factor to diff wear.
In my experience it is always the last thing you expect or think about that causes the problem.
Originally Posted by diby_2000
Threadlock will work anywhere where there is an absense of air (grease and oil can't be there either). If you want something permanent, use Loctite liquid metal or JB Weld. Once JB drys you can drill it, tap it, shave it, file it. I always carry some as it can make the difference between going home or staying out.
Try this:
After you've blown all the oil out of the hole with some solvent, put a couple drops of CA glue down into the hole, then put the screw in and tighten it.
What about that thin tape plumberers use, to fill out the thread?
Stock Summit minus Tekin/2.4Ghz
I have a few questions.
1. Are you just climbing with your summit or bashing in the high speed gear?
2. When operating in high do you keep the diffs locked?
3. Are you using cement for your diff lube?
4. Why haven't you just bought a whole new diff Carrier and diff housing?
Hi DOC!
Here are my answers:
1. I hardly climb with my SUMMIT.
2. Therefore I almost never use the diff locking function.
3. I use the TRAXXAS diff lube.
4. I already bought so, but the parts havent arrived yet.
Now I think about a solution 2 prevent the four screws from loosening a different way. In engineering there are several solutions for that problem. I only have 2 find a suitable one for an RC car.
Hmm, I'm afraid there is no tape strong enough to stand those forces. I think about a form closure solution.


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