Anyone with a TAMIYA "DARK IMPACT"?

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HI!... Well I picked up my slipper clutch and started modding it already! LOL! I still want to run my M0.8 gearing set-up. So I took the gear shaft from the slipper clutch kit and drilled a small hole in it to accept a dowel pin. Then I simply modded a TRAXXAS slipper clutch and mounted it. Turned out pretty good. Sorry for the crappy pics, old digital camera.

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HI!... Is there any after market company that makes the REAR/FRONT ring/pinion out of steel instead plastic?

P.S : I just emailed Robinson Racing to see if they make and steel gears or if they would be willing to make a run of them. I explained the issues with them. Who knows mabey they might if theirs enough interest in them. We should all start emailing them asking.

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HI!... Well I've been talking with a gear company across the way to get some bevel gears made up out of steel (hardened possibly). They want me to send them some of the gears I want made out of steel so they can look at them and get me a quote. Would there be a interest here in buying some of these gears if it's feesable? Probably the more I get made the cheaper they would be.

These are the two bevel gears I'll be sending to them :



Is there any other gears that are prone to breaking that I should have them look at as well? Let me know and post up a pic of what you think would be another candidate.

Neal.

[el tomaso]

The aluminium idler(or whatever I would call it) in the rear gearbox was the first to go in my df-03. IMO the bevel gears do just fine as is.

TG

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Originally Posted by el tomaso

The aluminium idler(or whatever I would call it) in the rear gearbox was the first to go in my df-03. IMO the bevel gears do just fine as is.

TG

HI!... I must have a newer version then. I have no aluminum idler in mine. All gears are plastic except the main spur gear shaft gear which is steel on mine. There's guys on other RC sites that are destroying the bevel gears front and back and melting the large diff gear in the rear. I've been told to stay away from the front one way due to it destroys the front bevel gears.

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HI!... Well some more parts came in today. I got the 3RACING front/rear composite shock towers, one piece inputs, driveshaft, front "A" arm support and rear gearbox support. I still have to get the higher voltage electric fan for my ESC and the CVD's.