jude26

My Feedback: (1)

I was breaking in my first tank of my new LRP Z.18S in my Ofna LD3 and I noticed that it was not going into second gear, then all of a sudden, the car stopped moving, when I looked at it, the first gear was completely stripped as you can see in the picture. The mesh was good. I don't understand what happened. I ordered some new ones, but I don't want this to happen again. Any thoughts??

D.DJ

Just make sure the mesh is as tight as you can get it without binding/crushing, and also check the alignment with the engine. Make sure they sit right onto each other and that they are completely parallel to each other. I learnt the hard way by having my 1st gear slightly mis-aligned, so I stripped 2 gears in 2 races, funny enough they both went at exactly the same section as each other. So make sure they sit parallel to each other, and the mesh so that they are almost crushing each other, but still able to spin freely.

petard

i agree with D.DJ i've done the same thing many a time with my previous cars when i started out with nitro cars, but don't worry loads of people have this happen to them and it's just another learning experience 

bigdogkanicsar

a big thing to be sure of when changing gears or setting your gear mesh is
1. make sure the spurs and pinion are matching I.E. 1st being 24/48 ,2nd being 27/51
if the 1st and 2nd gear pinions have a three tooth difference the 1st and 2nd gear spurs should have a three tooth difference as well.
2. make sure the engine/pinions are lining up straight when setting gear mesh and not at an angle.
if they are at an angle ,one gear will have better contact than the other and one with less contact may strip.