Where are all you gear covers
 

How come when you guys take pictures of your E-Revos. They don't seem to have gear covers on them? It seems like they would get chewed up in short order without them.

No need for them..

Gearmesh is best checked with the covers off.. :p

Serum takes the open shot........................:005:

I assume you mean the Revos that use the Emaxx tranny? I ran my V1 Revo without the cover for quite a while and never had a chewed up spur due to debris.

The stock Revo tranny doesn't have a gear cover option. Seems to work OK.

I would be more concerned with electrical wires get snagged by the gears than debris damage.

Just don't stick your fingers down there when you're runnnig your truck :027:

I dont have mine on 'cause it doesnt fit. Pinion Hits and the RRP slipper set up hits.

I don't think I had one on my in the pictures, but I had one for it. It looks like swiss cheese though... I had to cut the bottom so it wouldn't hit the chassis, and I had to cut around the pinion gear and on the other side so the motor wires could pass through.

not planning on running next to it when it's a doing a 35mph+...

I run my transmission backwards and no cover to help with cooling. Running 32pitch gears and no damage

That is intresting I figured the would get torn up. I also wondered about wires getting caught but a zip tie can keep that in check. I would still like to get a cover on there. But first things first I need to get the truck.

I have caught a few wires but i use servo tape to secure wires now

I prefer the 'minimalist' look with a touch of safety :020:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...stranny001.jpg

We call it...

Zen gearcover..

Better then nothing. I suppose when I build my G2R I'll try it with out. If everyone else thinks it's fine.

I run a reversed maxx tranny on my ERevo and have a gear cover as not to have battery wires get sucked into the gears. I used a stock emaxx one, just trimmed the bottom a bit and used ~3mm of fuel tubing as spacers to clear the spur and pinion. Had one experience of batt wires into the gears on the Emaxx I care not repeat. :)