Originally Posted by
Fredp1
Had my maiden run with a SC10 4x4 on Saturday that resulted in stripped spur gear :-(
The truck was running fine, then later it started to sound odd... part of the gear got stripped.
It is running a 48p 93 tooth spur and a 21 tooth pinnion(i think) with a 8.5 turn motor.
When the motor was mounted I used a strip of paper inbetween the two gears as a spacer.
Has anyone else had stripped spurs?
Should I use a 32pitch gears?
Any suggustions on what I can do to prevent this from happening again.
This is my first time building a RC truck. Any suggustions on the setting for the clicker and rear clutch.
Thanks
Fred
Did you use loctite on your screws holding the motor to the mount?
For the type of motor you are using, I don't see an issue with running 48 pitch gears, you just have to make sure your mesh stays consistent (which using the paper method you mentioned is fine).
For the clicker, pretty much standard to run it "locked" as specified in the manual.