ok, i got it off. the bearings turn fine. but i noticed the clutch shoes, i think thats what they are, the black looking pads with a spring around them. there is a chunk out of one. im gonna post a pic.

look towards the top of the clutch shoes. i also took a pic of the piece that broke off.

Theres your binding problem, good job!

When you replace your clutch shoes with MIP ones because they are way better than the stockers, run them inverted.

Or, you could just run some stockers inverted.

i actually found theres about 5 pieces that were broke. i took the shoes off and like 5 pieces broke off. what would cause that? when i get new clutch shoes, do they come with the spring? and what do you mean run them inverted?

Yes they come with a new spring.

Wear n tear causes that, along with possibly too much heat coming from your engine.

Inverted means fliped the other way. Right now they are trailing the pins in your flywheel when it spins, inverted they will be leading the pins in your flywheel. It grabs harder and lasts longer inverted.

so these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/MIP-1664-TWO-SHO...item3f00078da5

yea, i looked they do come with a spring. yea a few times my motor got above 300. so you mean turn backwards? or flip them over on the other side. i hope my lhs has these!

Yes sir, you see they have 2 holes in each for the pins in the flywheel? Thats for how you like it set up and at what RPM they start to grab. Invert them in the outside holes.

yea, i see them. i just got off the phone with my lhs. the mip are $18 and the traxxas are $7.25. i want the mips, but im not sure if i got the funds,lol. d*mn unemployment

Just run the stockers inverted then. I run them inverted on a picco.26 and they are just fine but the MIP IMO are better.

how do you run the stock ones inverted? theres only one hole top and bottom.

You flip the whole thing around.

oh ok, sounds easy enough. well, i'll have to see what i can do. im trying to sell stuff on here and craigslist for like a year,lol. im going to try and get the mip ones.

ok i just got back from my lhs. i bought the mip clutch shoes. im gonna put it on. will post back after im done.

ok, i put the clutch shoes on. but i tried to turn it over with the ez start and the spring popped off. so i flipped over the shoes and the spring popped off again when i turn it over. whats wrong?