Cain

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Thanks.

Looking forward to some testing tomorrow and some comparisons.

donnie_p

Talon4U2NV

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Does anyone have the Tekno RC setup/explanation guide? I had it saved to my iPhone and iBooks decided to have it disappear and it was so handy to understand set up stuff.... I have had this happen one other time and I was able to find it...sadly i'm striking out now. If I can find id again i'm going to print it... can't stand my stuff dropping PDF files from time to time... Such a pain!

Statz

Talon, is this what you're looking for?
teknorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Set_Up_Guide.pdf

Well, looks like I'm not allowed to post links yet, but you should be able to figure it out...

Cain

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Got to do some testing on our astroturf here. started with a combo of an astro setup for a bumpy track and this one:

https://wwwcdn.teknorc.com/wp-conten...C%20Carpet.jpg

Our track to me in comparison to indoor / outdoor carpet we used for indoor racing is more like a medium traction and is a bumpy surface.

I tried some different sets of tires, from Schumacher stagger fronts with cactus rears to Jconcepts swagger fronts with pindown or lockness rears.

The Schumacher tires had more overall grip, but i liked the rotation characteristics the Jconcepts tires had.

The biggest takeway from the combo setup I did was that I really liked the 8 x 1.1mm piston setup. this had a significantly more plush setup than the 2 x 1.7mm front 2 x .2.0 rear setup. It handled flat landings significantly better and will run with that setup going forward.

I'll do some more testing tomorrow at our weekly races and come back with some questions, but one of the best results I saw relative to the shock package performance.

shadaloo

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once again tekno impressed me with their engineering and quality... i love the reversed bellcrank, quick access to the diffs, and the way everything goes together is just amazing... by far my favorite layout. i love my other tekno's, but they are clearly improving still. i can't wait to get electronics put in and take it to the track! going to run 13.5 setup.. I only had 1 issue during the build, I had to dremel a part down to make it fit... but aside from that I really love everything about this buggy!

losi b

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Well, I finally experienced the stripped spur gear problem with my eb410 this weekend. Asking around, everybody says that the Exotek spur gear is the way to go so I placed my order on Sunday. Are there any tips or tricks to getting this set up to work correctly and are there any other recommendations on top of this to eliminate the strip spur gear problem? On a side note I've been in the hobby for 18 years so I know how to set up the gear mesh and I am running the Tekno carbon fiber Center diff top plate.

Talon4U2NV

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perfect! I knew someone had to have it!
Thank you.

billdelong

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I stripped a spur gear once in the past 6 months of racing this car... I use a gel based thread lock and never re-checked my mesh when I first installed the motor. I just assumed that the thread lock would do it's job indefinitely, but what I have learned is that the thread lock tends to break down over time with hot motor temps and could potentially loosen the mesh. In my case, I recall taking a nasty tumble where my car went into a violent cartwheel... then about 2-3 runs later I had stripped my spur.

Since then, anytime my car takes a nasty crash during a race, I make it a point to re-check my mesh after the race. I've also learned the importance of re-checking my timing too and will put my motor on an analyzer once every 5-6 race days to readjust after any hard impacts, this also ensures fresh thread lock too.

I also use the Parma plastic pinions where they are roughly half the thickness of the spur gear, I haven't stripped these gears yet, but I'm aligning the pinion so if it should strip, then I can potentially use the other half of the unstripped portion of the spur gear later if need be

EbbTide

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the stock Tekno spur takes a slightly tighter mesh than what you'd expect but for sure the Exotek option should make the mesh more consistent. Tekno also recommends an associated pinion gear but with the right mesh most pinions have worked for me

tacobob89

Tekno put out a video with Ryan Lutz on youtube, and like Ebb said the mesh should be tighter than normal. Ryan says that spur gears usually have a highspot or 2 on them in the video, and that the mesh should be tight enough that there is no play in the 1 or 2 highspots on the spur gear gear. May be worth watching the video just look up eb410 mesh on youtube and watch the video tekno put out. Also the volume is very low whn Ryan is speaking so you may have to turn volume up when he is talking.

EbbTide

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Yes definitely be aware of the high spots for sure. Even the Exotek spur isn't perfectly round but if you catch the high spot and set the mesh to account for it then it's all gravy I have broken a pinion gear but not a spur gear yet

tacobob89

In the video Ryan says to find the high spot, and set your mesh on the highspot. He says to set the mesh tight enough that there is no play in the mesh on the highspots.

Cain

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One thing I noticed is that the screws that secure the motor "cam" so that it doesn't move seem to loosen up themselves more that I have seen on a vehicle with a similar kind of setup.

I ended up adding a liberal amount of threadlock to the actual washer as well as a more liberal application of threadlock to the screw than I normally do. this I feel has helped as before I could tell there was some shift after a each run, more noticeable with full mod power.

Cain

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another race in the books.

Grip came up from the testing I did Sunday so was grip rolling I believe. with the pace we run our evening races no real time to really do some setup changes so ended up going from Schumacher premount tires to the jconcepts tires I had. These were less grippy and worked well.

Big take aways were I need more low speed steering I feel and cut down on the grip roll I was seeing at times on turns I didn't feel were too aggressive (like full speed down the straight into a 180, yeah, I don't expect that to work lol) .

she is getting there though. 8 x 1.1 pistons feel excellent.

Side question, anyone try this setup?

http://site.petitrc.com/setup/tekno/...0128/setup.pdf