ORIGINAL: jonb73188

No you don't. I have the same truck and I had the same problem. Just take off the spur gear and take the screw out of the clutch bell. There you go! It is in the HPI manual if you forget how to do it while your walking from the computer to the table. I sanded my clutch shoes a bit the get the metal off and it works fine. The firestorm is a great truck just gotta know how to treat it.