jeffreylin

If you use the new light weight shaft, which is 2mm longer than the old one, the gears will only strip in the worst possible crashes (like going into a wall straight on full speed).

marvi

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if i get the new shaft, do i need to shim the gears? btw, do you have a part no. for the 2mm longer shaft? i was in our lhs this afternoon but they only have the original evo3 shaft.

work

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Marvi: The part number for the lightweight shaft is 53686. How do you like the evo?

WC

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Note TB02 kits come with a longer green shaft too that's not lightweight.

There's a chance that these green shafts are being sold as the original EvoIII standard shaft with the old sparepart number. Check any new stock your LHS has got...

marvi

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work: thanks for the info the tamiya dealer in makati has no stock of the longer shafts, ill try my luck in megamall tomorrow. i ran the evo for the first time this afternoon, after a couple of battery packs, it seems to accelerate out of corners faster than my TA04, even with a 5.8 ratio (i ran my TA04 with a 6.0+ ratio)
i still have to set it up because it has a bit of understeer. plus, i still have to work out my gearing for 23T stock. ill see what it can really do this saturday hope it doesnt rain. thanks for the deal

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=++&search3=Go

if i cant find one locally, ill get this one. i hope it arrives here within a month, my last tower order took almost 2 months before i got a notice from the paranaque post office

work

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marvi: no problem

anyone know where i can find an online manual for the evo3 and the surikarn ed?

alien too

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Could someone tell me how many teeth the diff pinion & diff gear have?

1shnot

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Hi guys.......i've decided to use my evoIII for the summer racing until winter indoor........

I'm looking for square gear box.
please help.

thanx

DJB

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i think speedtech rc has the square aluminium gearboxes if thats what u want.

hierog

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only blue ones though!!

DJB

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are the aluminium gearboxes worth the weight offset they have. or do the plastic ones cut it when the threads arent stripped??

prodrive

dammit i keep stripping the front input gear, why is that? i have alreaddy went through like 5 input gear and 5 front one way bevel gear! would the lw shaft cure the problem?? is it longer? its the inside hole of the input gear that keeps getting stripped. any ideas????

kumpol

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You have to shim the diff like what Tamiya has for EVO4.

V12

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I´m using the Square gearboxes since about one year now and I think these are some of the parts really worth the money.

Pros
- drivetrain is much more free
- bearings are better supported
- no more stripped threads
- looks really cool
- no shimming necessary. Every Square gearbox is the same unlike the plastic gearbox.
- much stiffer chassis. I´m using the 2.5 mm chassis only and this is even stiffer than the 3mm chassis with the plastic gearboxes.

cons
- won´t help very much with the oneway gear problem
- a little expensive but really worth the money
- heavier. But you could remove the center brace with the screws and save a little weight again as the chassis is so stiff now so the brace isn´t needed any longer.

trf racer

i think he means the keyed biy that goes on to the prop rounds off.
if it does you cant do anything to stop it.
its only happened a couple of times to me.
always on the front tho.
never had any probs with the back.