Gerry19

I am not entirely familiar with associated buggies as I have never owned one. I did however decide to make a layshaft that uses B4 slipper and spur gear on my Kyosho optima mid and lazer ZX. I am currently using the standard B4 slipper. I find some problems with it, which I wonder if its inherent in the standard b4 clutch as well. To align the plates and spur properly, I find that I have to press in the outer plate as evenly as possible then tighten the spring.

After some hard knocks while running the car, I notice some spur noise and upon checking I find that the spur and both inner and outer plates wobbles side to side. 1st question, is this normal with the standard B4 slipper ? My gut feeling is yes, because the spring does not support the plate completely and evenly. Which brings me to my next question, is that why associated came out with the V2 and VTS?

I had a look at the VTS design and I believe it will solve this problem. It would be great to hear from those in the know. I have ordered a VTS conversion and I may have to wait for 2 weeks for it to arrive.