nevermind sorry i figured out how to get it in the right place

i was wanting to know if anyone has had anyproblems with there mt2 because i thinking of getting one pretty soon please list if anyone had problems with thers thanx

I am glade to see you are sticking to it and you are learning. Keep it up and one day you will look back on this and laugh. The more you work on it the more you learn and things will get easier.
Keep up the good work!

ok sorry for taking over this thread but heres my question how do you get the throttle to stay opening 1mm when brake is applied. The idle screw is in all the way and the barrel still closes completely when i pull brake, if I adjust the linkage then the throttle will just be open more at idle which I don't want (you want a 1mm opening for idle right???) If I adjust my trim same thing happens. my brain is officially fried all check back for anyones comments in morning, my future bash buddy should be here bright an early to go out.

try moving the servo horn a bit back on the servo so its angled abit torward the back of the truck that might help you it did for me

I finally got everything ok, I bashed for about 1 hr then I striped my spur gear, it looks like the clutch bell gear wasn't close enough to the spur gear, since it was slipping and the spur gear is only half worn down. Any tips on how to set mesh I got the battery box and gear box off so I can see it really good but there isn't much adjustment I can do with the motor mount screws one side is right almost right against the the slot in chasis. I'm gonna throuhgh a new one on and try and set the mesh better.

Can anyone let me know what the engine sounds like when differential is burnt up. I heard of the probs with those before I got my MT2 so I have a spare. I'm hearing a jingling sound out of rear and my car is not taking off when throttle is applied it sounds like it slipping. I'm going to check my clutch shoes but I just checked them 2 hours ago and I haven't really run it much since. I was just telling my buddy the differential is the only part I haven't replaced, so if anyone has any tips let me know

does anyone know how to pull of rear differential cover I have every screw out of chasis, I have shock tower and body mounts out and even the stabilizerbar piece I can't get any part of the rear end out.

theres one little screw on differential too

thanks that's the dang screw I forgot, but lucky for me the diff was fine I checked the clutch shoes and they're fine the springs are ok. I just put it back together and I can still hear the squeling noise, it sounds like its coming from motor/ flywheel/ clutch bell area but it could be the spur gear area. My low and high speed pick up are pretty good but I'm afraid I might damage something if I keep running it. I only ran it for about 2 mins a second a go to further try and dissect the problem. The mesh looks pretty good then again I thought it was good this morning and a stripped a spur gear in under 2 hours. my motor was so far off I think I could put it back to gether and use the spur gear for a day or two but it's not worth it I got plenty of spares I tried a 49 tooth, will that be ok with my 13t clutch bell? does anyone have any ideas about noise.

Well I broke in a new motor today, Its the OS 18CVRX. Had the usuall problems but I got it to come around. The only OS I have experience with is the 18TM but this new little motor doesnt appear to be too bad. I find it slower in the top end over the stock 18SS but it has better low end punch also. Tomorrow night is race night so I guess I will see just how well it does then. I ran the stock motor last week and TQ'd but was unable to start the main due to a diff issue. I was quite surprised at how much I had to lean it down to get it running properly, at factory settings it wouldnt even spin the wheels, I ended up with the HSN around 3/4 to 1 turn out and the LSN was leaned but I dont know exactly how much. I have pretty good temps with it in the neighbourhood of 240-265 when nearing an empty tank. Anyways I just thought I would give another little "Plug" to OS and if anyone is thinking of buying this engine, I beleive you would be pleased with it.

Let us know how it went. I'm going to race mine this summer , the local track open by the end of may, last year the only thing i did is bashing, racing is a hole new world to me, do you run with the HPI sway bar kit.

mt2nitronut
Did you get that 2.5 running good.

No I dont run sway bars, We only have an "On-road" track here and my truck is "dialed in" and hooks up just fine with these tires....[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDU17&P=0]Clicky,Clicky[/link] Plus some special attention to diffs and shock set up. Last week was my first race with this truck and I was consistently getting a 2 or 3 lap lead by the end of the race, Needless to say I was pretty dang happy with this truck.

I raced my Revo this past weekend at a different track and finished 2nd in the "A" main but they didnt have a stadium truck class at this particular off road track so the HPI stayed home, Besides it was grounded for blowing out the diff last week! LOL. I felt bad for grounding it, So I bought it a new engine...LOL.

TEAM-JCJ ,

Where do you race?

Bellvegas for off-road and Leading Edge Speedway for on-road which is my "Home" track.
What about you?

I haven't "officially" raced. I thinking of doing so.

Can you either post or PM me more info on those two places you go to. Are they both in Kitchener?

To check your diff read post 3290 and 4421 i think its going to help you.

Not in Kitchener, One of them is in Belleville and the other is in Kingston. We built an off road track here last year but then it got all "political" so we gave er up!!! Too bad too it was an awesome track, sad it only takes one idiot to wreck it for everyone!!!

Some of the guy's here (Gatineau) went to race at Belleville last weekend they ask me to go but a two and half hours drive is not the first thing i want to do on a Saturday morning around 5a.m.

I never ran sway bars on my MT but I tried them on my Rush and did not like them. Most I talked to said they are not to good for off road. Even HPI told me they where manly for on road use. Just found out there is a new track in may area with out having to drive 60 miles one way. I am going to check it out Saturday but will not run as I do not have any fuel and the sorry hobby shop here is closing and only has fuel I will not use left. But there is talk the guy that has the track is going to be opening a shop shortly. Guess I will have to bend over and order some fuel.

if its a rattling nose it may be the dog bones there should be little rubber washers in the drive gears if your using normal dog bones and not cvd two in each i think it is,i had that rattling nose and that is what it was the dog bones rattling.

Then new track here is only about 15 miles away!

blew the carb and front arm wacking into a tree lol off my mt2 mounted trx 2.5 dam that thing rips the mt2 big time .owe and i did get the temp to stay at a cool 236 degrees, full tank at that

Ya I know the guys you speak of!!! I hope you are not half as ignorant as they are..If its the same guys I am thinking of...These guys had the goofy matching jump suits and coats and thought there crap didnt stink!!! I accidently nailed the one guy in the back with my Revo...Its an awkward jump during a turn and if you hit it just right you can make it but I obviously misjudged it and like I said accidently hit him. So as soon as I was done marshalling the next race I went over to him, apologized and made sure he knew I didnt mean to do it and he just sat there and gave me a goofy look and muttered something in french to his buddys and walked away from me!!! I wish I could have heard him because I french was my first language and had I of heard what he exactly said I probably wouold have opened up a can of whoop @$$ on him!!! He must not of been feeling well cause he was all of 5 foot nothing and I am 6-4 270lbs and I am a roughneck on an oil rig...So I dont take alot of crap from people...LOL.
By the way thanks for the links on the diff...I know how to set up a diff but when I built the truck they didnt include quite enough shims for my taste and I went ahead and built it anyways...I obviously should have ordered more shims but I wanted to play with my new toy.LOL

Oh but I must say one thing about those guys!!! They had a little kid with them probably 8 or 9 years old...He ran a 1/8th buggy. He did his qualifiers and got himself into the "C" main which I thought was pretty good considering the company he was in. Anyways the main started and sure enough the little guy beat out every one else and won it!!! So he bumped p to the "B" main. I dont know how he made out in that one, but I was really impressed with the little guy. Nice to see a completely inexperienced and up coming racer win one.

Just a question do you know if some of those guy's had some shirts from HOBBY 2000. I think the Logo is red and yellow.