Shady9503

im flying through clutch shoes on my earthquake, mostly the springs break, anything i can do to prolong the life of them or am i gonna pay 6$ every couple days? lol

nitrosportsandrunner

does sound odd for the spring to keep breaking.

what does the inside of the clutch bell look like?

Is there any play on the shaft?

what about the bearings that the bell housing rides on?

If the clutch bell is worn on the inside...or the bearings the clutch bell rides on are bad it can cause the clutch shoes/spring to wear out quicly.

Shady9503

the original clutch bell i destroyed because i had the metal spur and was doing jumps, not good it chewed up the teeth lol wrecked it, my local redcat dealer ran out of the clutch bell for the 3.5 so i got this one from my LHS
www.hpiracing.com/products/en/A815/
it fits fine and the bearings it requires are smaller then stock so those are new aswell so im not quite sure what the problem is,

NewRageRC

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Are you spending a lot of time at partial (low) throttle? Whenever the clutch isn't fully engaged it'll be creating heat. Have you tried a different spring? If it doesn't have enough tension it'll be partially engaged at idle. Could be the engine idling too high too.