I have been chewing through a few spurs since i put in my OS .18. I was wondering if anyone has figured out any metal spurs that would work? I know genesis spurs will work if you have the green/yellow gears but both my mt2 and rally have the red ones. It's not that spurs are expensive but it's a pain to have to change them when you are in the middle of bashing or racing. The first gear seems to strip after big jumps and when I do some serious acceleration. I'm setting out to make this FF MT2 BULETPROOF if i can.
So if anyone can point me in the right direction of some more solid spurs or tell me about any experiments that have failed, It would be a great help. I'm still in school so i have little money to spend on experiments that probabaly won't pan out.
OR would i be better off to switch to the green/yellow gearbox and use genesis spurs?
If so what parts would i need.
Also what method do you guys use to mesh your gears?

thanks!

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i started stripping the spur gears on my MT and found the one way bearing had started to sieze (its now solid in both directions). It might be worth checking this if you have it apart again.

I did notice that that bearing was stiff but i was not sure how loose it should be? can you turn your new one by hand?

The one way bearing is located inside that hex shape bit that fits in one of the spur gears (if my memory is correct please correct me if not).
It should work in the same way as the back wheel of a pushbike. i.e it should turn freeley in one direction and in the other direction it should lock and turn the shaft its on. This allows the cluth to engage on the higher ratio gear and turn the shaft faster as it then "freewheels".

Hope this helps.