horton_delmonde

can someone diagnose my dead Micro-T please?

It is about a week old, I have driven it loads in the last week - today only one of the rear wheels is spinning when I give it power. I assume one of the cogs inside has become stripped, however I have not had a chance to take it apart yet, and don't want to, until I find somewhere to locate parts.

so what do you think? one wheel spins under power, one does not??

When I replace whatever is dead, is it worth me upgrading that part so it doesn't happen again?

and what other nice (cheap) upgrades are there for the micro T?

RCCanuck

take the rear wheel off that is not spinning and clean the hair and fuzz out from it and viola....

horton_delmonde

thats what I initially thought, however the hub that comes from the diff, isnt spinning(on one side), making me think it's something within the diff that is broken,

moosemanty

just check for hair any way even if it's not the problem, it's good to take the wheels off and clean out all the stuff in there after every few runs.
i had this problem to... and it was hair......

sheograth

I'd say you have a blown diff

RCCanuck

its likely a worn drive gear....its actually attached to the one drive cup on the inside of the gearbox....after you replace it you'll need to break it in a bit to get rid of the notchy feel of the new gear....just hold the truck off the ground and hold 1 wheel at a time and run it for 3 seconds...that will wear off the edges of the drive gear allowing it to mesh better and smoother...