Originally Posted by
microed
I had this same problem running this gear combo and solved it by rotating the motor to the next hole going clockwise while looking at the pinion side of the motor. You should always be able to rock the gears and have just a tiny amount of play between them regardless of the pitch. To much and they strip, to little will be noisy and create drag which will create extra wear and heat up and possibly damage the motor.
This trick worked like a charm for me. Many thanks! I have the xerun combo in there now, with the aforementioned gearing setup and it's now plenty zippy for my bashing fun. I really need to find some tires (hopefully pre-mount because I'm lazy like that) with more grip. The kit tires and dirty streets aren't a good combo.
Anyone got any suggestions? I don't care about tire wear. If I have to spend money on replacements it's worth it for maxing out the limited fun time I have.
Also, has anyone figured out a gearing combo that might work better on shorter circuits? I run out of street fast by the time I'm up to speed, so I need to find something with more zip and less top end to make things interesting within the bashing confines I have.
Big thanks to everyone for helping out!