Question about the Diamond Lite Drive

[1Mrider]

I just replaced my challenger track with the 2.5 Peak only I had to swap my drivers to 2.86. Doing so I lost the clearance between my DD and the inside of the track. With that gone I discovered the track clips are wearing a groove around the Diamond Drive. Luckily I caught the problem before things got bad. My question is "Is the BDX Lite Drive output housing smaller than regular stock DD?" (The back housing that sits inside the tunnel) I would assume it is but I've never seen one. Also, Do i need the Lite Drive shaft to run it? Thanks

 

[Catman10]

The answer is yes and yes but maybe you should save yourself a bunch of cash and just trim up your clips. I have trimmed up 4 tracks now to clear the drive with no issues and it takes about 45 minutes and you can do it on the sled. All you need is a sled jack stand a zip saw or reciprical saw and a piece of steel or aluminium as a thickness template and you are off to the races. A diamond lite setup will run you around $1300.00 but it is a stronger drive, you also never said the year of your sled but you will loose reverse with the older mechanical setups. Happy trimming!

 

[1Mrider]

It's an 08 1000. Thought about trimming the clips down but decided to just buy the lite drive. Cost was a 1000 bucks (US) but I'll have peace of mind considering when I changed my gearing to 55/65 last year I found the planetary going bad. Thought about making the upgrade a while ago and I don't care about reverse. Thanks for the advice though.