hello again people, i had extra b4/t4 transmission case and parts with the stock steel top shaft from Associated. Against the recommendation of some other random forums i decided to put all steel gears in it.
I know this topic has been beaten to death on numerous forums some say its fine and others say why do you want to do that? Either way i decided to do it because thats how I am.
So, I put the Robinson sc10 steel idler in and the rc10gt2 steel ball differential in with some silicon nitride balls that i had previously ordered a bunch of last month. top shaft should be fine as it is also hardened steel i believe. Everything fit in the case and closed smooth as butter. proceeded to spin/rotate the outdrives and they were delicious as well.
Reattached tranny and put the slipper togeather as follows. ....robinson racing sc10 54t/32p steel spur and 13t/32p pinion (paper meshed the gears) and headed out
Proceeded out to the street and was happy with the performance until...
Everytime i really gave it some juice it would make a (baseball card in the spokes) sound if i punched it to hard. However accelerating at a moderate pace it sounded fantastic and smooth. I checked the mesh on the spur/pinion and it was cool. Havent opened the tranny yet but now i can hit the throttle and the outdrives do nothing. spur spins, pinion spins, outdrive....nothing, wheels nothing.
i am going to try tightening the outdrives (may have left them too loose) if that dosent work i will grease the shizzle out off all the tranny gear more than i already did.
If anyone has any help/input/comments/concerns/ or things to throw/yell at me i will gladly listen and dodge all heavy objects
later