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thanks ajk2649 i will keep you all posted , also thanks quitenas1 for all your help.

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ajk- I just got a price from RBmods and for street drag mod and for the motor shipped its $275.00 . I brake in my own motors cause i want to make sure its done rite.

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Yeah I know what you mean about that. But Adam from ABmoda knows what he is doing and does great things. I normally breakin motors on my own but had him do it cuz it was winter time and winter breakin is just a pain and I just didnt have the time but 2 each his own.

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Glad we could help. Keep us updated and post some pics.

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Uh yeah took a good look at the prices. I think I'm sticking to OS. LOL. Finally got to see some video of your Jato on YouTube. Pretty nice man.

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i have not ordered yet got one thing to do for the old lady then it motor time and i am going to get it modded thanks for all the help , oh yeayou guys got me installing better motor in everything

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Alright Im able to post through my phone again Anyways ajk check out this link from Boca Bearings. These are ceramic engine bearings for the TRX 3.3.

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Oh forgot the link. Here it is. http://www.bocabearings.com/main1.as...n=*ENK-164C-MX

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Yeha I looked on the boca site and wasnt sure I had found the ones I needed. But I guss they are the right ones so thanks a bunch bro.

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when you have a air leak through the bearings what does it do ?

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It makes the engine untunable and/ or wont keep a tune.

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thanks i was wondering

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I just got my menace parts man am i going to kick some jato and 4-tec ass

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thank you can handle a pro 28 xtr both made by schumacher

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Ok just to show you guys some examples of what to much power can do to the tranny on your Jato. Mind you when I was running the .21 with the stock pipe it was fine. When I started running it with the BUKU pipe it made alot more power and now my Tranny's will not go past a month.
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I ge paid tomorrow and alot of the guys at my LHS street race the Jato and a few other cars they personally have. One tells me he has some gearing that will put less stress on the bottom end to prevent the tranny from being destroyed while increasing top end. I will keep you guys posted and let you know how it goes and what gearing they recomend.

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Damn bro that sucks. well I guess I am not the only having problems. I was out with the jato today and I just could not get it 2 shift into 2nd gear. I was making high speed run after run giving it a chance and nothing. I have tryed everything. I know its not the tune cuz I have put the engine back 2 factory settings 2-3 times and re-tuned and the tune is good with good preformance, good sound, smoke trail and great temps. I just dont know. I made sure my slipper clutch was tight. I even took the tranny apart 2 see if anything was visably wrong. I did see a few shrapnel peices on the gears that had worn a little but nothing 2 serious yet. I have never messed with the factory settings on the tranny so I dont understand why all of a sudden it wont shift. I have done it all man. I just dont know. I was looking on another thread and a guy on there said 2 turn the shift screw all the way till it stops and then back it out 2 1/2 turns. I started doing that and realized I had never messed with the screw b4 and I had already went pass 2 1/2 turns so that could not be right and this guy does not know what he is talking about. By then I did not know how many turns I had made. I searched everywhere online and come 2 find out there is no factory settings 4 the shift point and its all done my computer and each truck is different. I did however find the the 4tec is 7 1/2 turns out and being that is the closest info I could find I went with that but still nothing. </p>

  The engine is getting plenty into RPM range 2 shift it just wont do it. I just cant figure out what it could be. If you guys have anything let me know man. Thanks.</p>

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Well the first time my tranny went out it would not shift into second either. The second time it stayed stuck in second. If you notice one of my pics you will see this little silver screw like thing. Both times that flew out and kept it from shifting. The first time it went out I didnt notice it was gone until I took the whole tranny apart. I dont know man. You might want to check the silver disk also that helps it shift. At a certain RPM it has a small peice of metal that stickd out and grabs the second gear. Check that as well and make sure it is working.

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Ok Ithink I see the silver thing you are talking about in your pic. I had my tranny apart 2 day and didnt see anything like that. Then again I wasnt really looking. Where exactly does that thing go? when you say silver disc...When I had the tranny apart 2 day I was looking at the disc (the one with the shift adjustment screw on it) By looking at it it looked 2 be fine 2 me but then again Im not sure how it should look but it looks fine. But where does that silver screw go that u are talking about? Iwill prolly just buy a new tranny cuz my diff gear isnt looking all that great and its just a matter of time b4 its gone im sure. Now I gotta look at the prices.

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Yeah that's the one. With the adjustment screw in it. The silver disc is actually the clutch that engages second gear. On the leading edge it has a small peice of metal that pops out at a certain RPM. The little silver pin is located on the edge of the gear where the clutch sits inside. When the metal edge pops out it grabs the small silver pin engaging second gear. If the pin is missing then it won't shift no matter how you adjust the screw.

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it seems like the jato has a pretty cheap trans. It looses adjustment on its own and destroys itself if you try to add more power to it. so what is the benefit from the 2 speed.

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I would say the tranny on the Jato is ok. Not great but ok. The more I run my .21 the more power it seems to put out over time. This weekend I will be going to my LHS to see what they reccomend. I got one way that told me with different gearing for top end it will lesson the force to the tranny and it should not destroy itself. But I cant say for sure until I try it myself. Also I was running with my slipper cliutch tightened all the way which helped with the destruction.

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They are right about the gearing. I think you need it anyways after watching your video. A good .21+ and 2 speed on a 1/10 anything, that motor isn't even going to seem like it's strapped to a car. You almost need to have 4 wheel drive to make use of the power. I have thought about putting a two speed on my truck, but you can only get to speed so fast without spinning tires or pulling a wheelie and I think I have the perfect amount of strain on the motor where neither of which get too uncontrollable. I think you will also be able to find your sweet spot with bigger gearing, but it seems that those jato's were made to do wheelies though good luck with that

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Thanks. Yeah the wheely thing wasn't to hard to get rid of for on road use. I ise qa battery pack in the mid position and lower the suspension and the wheelies are gone. Now when I run it off road and raise the suspension the wheelies tend to come back but not as much when I was using AA batteries in the rear. Hopefully the gearing will help with that also.

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Uh dont know what happened with my typing towards the beggining but hopefully you know what I mean. lol.