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Old 03-12-2012 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Reedlucky2
I've demolished 2 spur gears on my RTR. Any ideas why?

Using Castle Sidewinder combo ESC with the 5700kv (With 2s Lipo). The stock pinion ate up the 87 tooth spur gear. Switched to 84 teeth and ate it up too. I've tried the 19 tooth pinion and the 17 tooth pinion.

Any suggestions on what pinion/spur gear to use?

Every 2 runs the spur gear gets crushed/flattened/ chipped / destroyed...
Sounds more like a gear mesh issue than anything else.

Check the mesh, have someone else check the mesh, then check it again after a few good laps.
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