Originally Posted by
Verndog
Just converted my 008 over and haven't run yet, but reading up I found that if the gears are too close then usually that is what causes them to self destruct. Sand the back of gears till they rotate free and smooth with no oil in them. Good source info here.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...review-56.html
Ive sanded back the gears to try make them rotate more freely. Still caused the gears to start slipping. Actually did start to wonder if i sanded it down too much. I took off about .05mm off each of the gears and this is when everything went pear shaped.