I believe the T2002 kit comes with steel gears for the front and rear diffs.

And I don't think I have heard of anyone blowing a plastic front diff yet.

As to the 'new' plastics on the diffs, it's seriously hard to tell the difference, they are designed to use .1mm smaller screws, that are 2mm longer, more than that it's hard to say, cause they look like maybe having a touch more plastic on one end, but overall it's not much.

And stiff drivetrain?, don't see it myself, mine rolls well, tiny bit stiff out the box but then it comes with urethane belts, run them loose and it will roll fine, switch to rubber and it will be even better.

Plastics in general are all great on mine after a moderate amount of meetings, no real sign of slop anywhere that would concern me.

hi kerry i might join you soon :nod:

Cool...

Just wondering what is the difference between the rear bulk head from the original MTX5 and the 2012 spec MTX 5? The rear carbon, what is the 2012 spec rear upper arm mount plate different from the 2011??

thank you

More shock location options

Basically very little at all, they decided to create a curved edge where the carbon plate butts into the alloy, so the alloy now has a curve then rather than a right angle, and the carbon a rounded edge to suit.

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If you purchase the new rear alum upper bulk head pieces, you will need to dremel a soft edge on the carbon piece. No difference in holes

One breaks and the other one doesn't.

Tried all of Pietsches tips and stripped my first second gear spur :D Now i will try this http://nitrokb.netne.net/mtx4/stripping.html Maybe some good tips in this link!

still if you have more than 0.1mm play on the 2 speed shaft enough to strip spurs!
send me you email on pm and ill send you a guide tip which ill transalte to english with all the tips ive used to prevent stripping spurs and so far theyve worket superb

I have a question, all these guys who had probs with the gears. Which engine did you use? Did this also happend with Novarossis?

Mine is 353 09.

with all engines it might happen if not properly aligned!

the most underseen fact to strip spurs is the 2 speed shoes having too much gap vs the 2nd gear housing! among other things of course

guide tip sent guys, please post your findings on what was wrong, how did u fix it and share all the info so those with issues can also fix theirs

good luck

mtx 5
we had no trouble to start with but it seems aluminium pinions get worn an that is what caused our troubel//// verdict is still out on diff ///band new all steel but we have not had it apart since it stopped working it seems to have seased like the other one //out drives were tight on that one

Maybe we should go fishing instead