Originally Posted by Rockthecatbox21

Thanks for the thread bump man! I can't wait till next season. It's always nice when you get a brand new kit, got that kind of "new car smell" to it. Scte is still a great truck despite it's flaws. I have had many great moments with it. Now that i think about it, the scte was my very first race truck.

Originally Posted by huzzler

First race truck? That explains a lot. Why you are always talking bad about the scte. I started racing in the late 80's and it was more of who could actually finish a race let alone win one. So I guess as time has progressed I have just learned to be thankful for a rc truck that doesn't break every race. I'm sure some people remember when the traxxas 4x4 came out and then became obsolete when the jammin scrt came out. Then the scte came out and then the scrt become obsolete . I think the reason being is because of the big difference in engineering. I don't think there is a very big difference between the losi and Tekno but we will see.

Originally Posted by huzzler

First race truck? That explains a lot. Why you are always talking bad about the scte. I started racing in the late 80's and it was more of who could actually finish a race let alone win one. So I guess as time has progressed I have just learned to be thankful for a rc truck that doesn't break every race. I'm sure some people remember when the traxxas 4x4 came out and then became obsolete when the jammin scrt came out. Then the scte came out and then the scrt become obsolete . I think the reason being is because of the big difference in engineering. I don't think there is a very big difference between the losi and Tekno but we will see.

Originally Posted by s14det

Sorry to have to ask this, but why couldn't you just not put a lower/higher pinion to get the same result. I have never understood gearing in the way of changing out spur gears instead of just changing the pinion size.

Changing a spur gives you a more refined increment of change. So for instance:

Going from same spur to different pinion
40 / 14 = 2.857
40/ 13 = 3.077
2.857/3.077 = .9327 .... 1 - .9327 = 6.7% Differential

Now going from the same pinion to a different spur
40/14 = 2.857
41/14 = 2.928
2.857/2.928 = .9757 .... 1 - .9757 = 2.4% Differential

(check gear chart below as well)

As you can see it does make a difference just in a smaller amount than a pinion would. Have you ever wanted a little more or less but haven't been able to accomplish that with pinions? Basically you can look at the spurs as splitting a pinion in half like going from a 13 to a 13.5 pinion if one existed.

Hope this helps clerify a little more of what the spurs accomplish



The noise reduction is only an added benefit of the spur but not its soul function. The new spurs are a tuning function not just a noise reducer.

They are more than proven by winning the Jconcepts nats series finals, Jconcepts Clash, OCRC Surf City Classic, and Shortcourse showdown finals. The spurs have been run the whole time with many comments that the truck is unbelievably quick and violently fast when it hits the track.

Try them out you wont regret it.

Originally Posted by dtr

I have clicking noise coming from the rear on hard braking, and as many have suggested, one of the rear pinion bearing had a bit of play in it so I have swapped in a new one. The noise however didn't go away, it still makes a loud click on braking. The ring and pinion gears show no abnormal wear. Any suggestion for next step (shimming)?

Originally Posted by dtr

I have clicking noise coming from the rear on hard braking, and as many have suggested, one of the rear pinion bearing had a bit of play in it so I have swapped in a new one. The noise however didn't go away, it still makes a loud click on braking. The ring and pinion gears show no abnormal wear. Any suggestion for next step (shimming)?

Originally Posted by dtr

I have clicking noise coming from the rear on hard braking, and as many have suggested, one of the rear pinion bearing had a bit of play in it so I have swapped in a new one. The noise however didn't go away, it still makes a loud click on braking. The ring and pinion gears show no abnormal wear. Any suggestion for next step (shimming)?

Originally Posted by Casper

Are you sure the noise was coming from the rear? Did you check the pinion bearings?

Originally Posted by BDRMBULLY

Your break could be set too high, turn it down some , will slso reduce motor heat, worked for me

Originally Posted by thefatkid

I was just rebuilding my rear differential in my SCTe. After the build the spider gears (not ring and pinion) feel tight/notchy. I used a new diff case with glued inserts but reused the internals. Is this normal?

Originally Posted by aloksatoor

I doubt a quieter one is more efficient to a significant extent. Delrin is a bit softer that causes the quietness I believe and a little give as well.