Tornado S30 ring and pinion gears?
03-29-2013, 07:00 PM
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Tornado S30 ring and pinion gears?
I bought a Tornado S30 off ebay as a project to rebuild. I have a Redcat Backdraft 3.5 buggy and love it I plan on getting the 8E soon as well as a few other Redcat cars seeing as I am an authorized dealer 
. I am putting it back together and I am installing the differentials and the ring and pinion gears dont seem to be meshing together to well. They seem to be grinding bad. I dont see any shims or anything of that nature. Are there supposed to anything like that? Is there any way of telling how the mesh is between the gears?
. I am putting it back together and I am installing the differentials and the ring and pinion gears dont seem to be meshing together to well. They seem to be grinding bad. I dont see any shims or anything of that nature. Are there supposed to anything like that? Is there any way of telling how the mesh is between the gears?
03-30-2013, 07:52 AM
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RE: Tornado S30 ring and pinion gears?
ORIGINAL: Onslaught
I bought a Tornado S30 off ebay as a project to rebuild. I have a Redcat Backdraft 3.5 buggy and love it I plan on getting the 8E soon as well as a few other Redcat cars seeing as I am an authorized dealer. I am putting it back together and I am installing the differentials and the ring and pinion gears dont seem to be meshing together to well. They seem to be grinding bad. I dont see any shims or anything of that nature. Are there supposed to anything like that? Is there any way of telling how the mesh is between the gears?
I bought a Tornado S30 off ebay as a project to rebuild. I have a Redcat Backdraft 3.5 buggy and love it I plan on getting the 8E soon as well as a few other Redcat cars seeing as I am an authorized dealer
. I am putting it back together and I am installing the differentials and the ring and pinion gears dont seem to be meshing together to well. They seem to be grinding bad. I dont see any shims or anything of that nature. Are there supposed to anything like that? Is there any way of telling how the mesh is between the gears?
03-30-2013, 10:45 AM
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he is rebuilding the s30...it shouldnt need to be shimmed like the 8e/3.5 models.
plus, tight gears would mean removing shims.
A ball bearing may be to blame, either not sitting in the housing right or its just a bad bearing.
do the gears roll well before the housing is screwed together?
plus, tight gears would mean removing shims.
A ball bearing may be to blame, either not sitting in the housing right or its just a bad bearing.
do the gears roll well before the housing is screwed together?
03-30-2013, 01:12 PM
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RE: Tornado S30 ring and pinion gears?
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he is rebuilding the s30...it shouldnt need to be shimmed like the 8e/3.5 models.
plus, tight gears would mean removing shims.
A ball bearing may be to blame, either not sitting in the housing right or its just a bad bearing.
do the gears roll well before the housing is screwed together?
he is rebuilding the s30...it shouldnt need to be shimmed like the 8e/3.5 models.
plus, tight gears would mean removing shims.
A ball bearing may be to blame, either not sitting in the housing right or its just a bad bearing.
do the gears roll well before the housing is screwed together?
03-30-2013, 05:50 PM
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RE: Tornado S30 ring and pinion gears?
Hmm I probably should replace all the bearings. They do look pretty bad. They look rusty and worn. I have noticed on the differentials that the drive ends of the diffs are a little sloppy and have a little play in them. Is that how they are supposed to be? I mean I can wiggle them up and down on their own. Not sure how to describe it. Maybe the diffs themselves are bad. The gears in them looked ok to me though.
03-30-2013, 05:58 PM
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RE: Tornado S30 ring and pinion gears?
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Hmm I probably should replace all the bearings. They do look pretty bad. They look rusty and worn. I have noticed on the differentials that the drive ends of the diffs are a little sloppy and have a little play in them. Is that how they are supposed to be? I mean I can wiggle them up and down on their own. Not sure how to describe it. Maybe the diffs themselves are bad. The gears in them looked ok to me though.
Hmm I probably should replace all the bearings. They do look pretty bad. They look rusty and worn. I have noticed on the differentials that the drive ends of the diffs are a little sloppy and have a little play in them. Is that how they are supposed to be? I mean I can wiggle them up and down on their own. Not sure how to describe it. Maybe the diffs themselves are bad. The gears in them looked ok to me though.
