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jhautz
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01.26.2008, 03:48 AM

Actually some of both. Mostly stripped teeth. I felt like if I loosened the slipper so I didn't strip the teeth, I would melt the spur and If I tightened the slipper so I didn't melt the spur I stripped the teeth. I just couldn't find a balance that worked consistently. If I run a fairly tight slipper and am very precise with setting the mesh as tight as possible but not allowing binding. I could get it to last a quite a while, but it has to be just right. I mean just right. Even then I would eventually strip the teeth. I thought maybe I had a pinion with poor tooth geometry or something so I bought a new one to replace it but there was no difference I could tell.

But really who knows. It could actually be a good thing that the weak link is so easy to change. I guess it could be diff gears or transmision gears or something. I'm gonna test the new setup with the plastic spur after I get it converted to the FLM chassis just to see if maybe the old setup was a little "off" in the alignment or something that could have caused it, but I dont think so. I think its just alot of power and alot of weight and a plastic gear.


I can't decide if its more fun
to make it...
or break it...


Silent...But Deadly



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