ORIGINAL: nitro-rob
I also put a roto start back plate and new and unused 15T clutch bell from one of my savages on the MT2 today and now the truck is 'clicky' and a little rough when it rolls. The clicks happen on the same two areas of the spur gear with a very loose or tight mesh. Considering the clutch bell and spur gear are both savage parts they are obviously compatible so I don't know why its doing this. I hope to just run it slowly at first to break it in a little and see if it clears out. Has anyone else had this problem?
i am experiencing this too on a MT2 that i got used. the gearing on it now is 15/52 with the T-15 motor on it. i am not sure if that gearing is correct for that motor. the T-15 motor screws directly into the chassis plate holes w/o a motor mount, so i cant slide the motor back and forth to obtain a good mesh....is that normal? When the car is off, it "drags" when i push it by hand. the rolling friction is coming from the spur/cb mesh. i am accustomed to having a slight bit of play between spur/cb, but this is tighter that.
when driving it, it decelerates with a "geardrag" if you know what i mean. to explain "geardrag" it would be like driving a 1:1 manual transmission car in 1st gear the whole time. you will get up to speed and then when you release the gas it jerks forward and sort of drags to aa stop. if i go wth a smaller cb then i dont think it will reach the spur gear.
Is this normal for a 4wd ST. i hope i am explaining things understandably! Thanx for any help !