new engine need clutch help
 

ive got a xray XB8ec buggy which im installing a OS .21 V-spec speed motor and im installing the clutch shoes and each little shoes has its own sort of spring and i dont know how to install the springs..this is different then any type of clutch ive done

help please

You are probably used to running the gas truck/tmaxx style clutch setup. Go on youtube and there are videos on how to put on clutch shoes/springs. The videos that I remember are by squirrel.

thanks for that..im still a bit confused on the springs and exactly how they go into the shoe but ill try and figure ti out

http://www.twf8.ws/new/tech/car/hong...1cr-index.html

Step 41.

look on that page for the Clutch part, it will show you with some nice big pictures how to build your clutch, with descriptions and hints.

hope that helps.

second vid..

http://nitrohouse.com/video_help.htm

thanks for the help guys..ill give it a shot tomomrow and see if it goes on right

Clutch question
 

after assembling my engine and clutch I've noticed my crank shaft and my clutch bell move independently of each other. Is this normal?

Yep, otherwise the clutch wouldn't be a clutch. They have to move separately so the clutch can engage only when the crankshaft reaches a speed that causes the shoes to push out against the springs and rub against the inside of the clutch bell.

as in the bell spins free while the crank doesn't move? That is whats suppose to happen. The clutch will not engage until the engine is running and there's enough centrifical force to fling the shoes out to the bell. The springs pull the shoe back in.

Thank you