The other day I was driving my GT and something went wrong. I looked at it and the E-clip that holds the clutchbell on the shaft fell off. Not only that the bearings came out. So I went to the hobby store that weekend and told them I needed bearings for my GT clutchbell and e-clips. They gave me two flanged bearings and I assembled the clutchbell with the new bearings on my truck and I put the e-clip at the end. Later when I was driving my truck it stopped. I looked at it again and the new bearings that were in the clutchbell had been ruined. You couldn't even tell that the bearings were bearings before. The e-clip was still on and the clip wasn't bent or anything. I told my lhs and they gave me the same 2 flanged bearings again. When I got home the bearings were ruined within 5 minutes, like before. I never had any problems before the first incident when the e-clip fell off. If anyone knows what I should do to prevent this problem again please let me know. Should I just use non-flanged bearings or what. Please let me know, thanks.

One more thing. Does anybody know what size engine is race legal for ROAR rules on 1/10 Nitro Truck and 1/10 Nitro Sedan. Thanks again.

It sounds like the gear mesh was way too tight. There should be a little slop in the gears.

Use only the bearings supplied by Team Associated or another high quality bearing. Cheaper bearings can't survive the heat generated by the clutch and fail right away. Make sure your clutch shoes aren't slipping or dragging too much at idle. Both will cook the clutch bearings. A badly slipping clutch can even cook the GT bearings causing them to seize and spin the "E" clip off. Replace the clutch nut each time this happens. Gt is apparently working on a replacement clutch assembly based on the Nitro TC3's clutch. I use a clutch assy. from a Traxxas Nitro Rustler or T Maxx and it works great on my Factory Team.

Thanks, it was driving me crazy. I'll try the high quality bearings and clutch nut.

.12 is roar legal