revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
10-10-2004, 04:14 PM
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revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
hey everyone i stripped out my optifrive gear and i replaced it a drove me revo ffor about 5 minutes and it stripped again. Wats wrong??
10-10-2004, 11:19 PM
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RE: revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
The hell with the opti drive!!! The reverse and forward is crap. I don't use reverse at all because of that. Put in the forward only conversion for 13 bucks.
10-11-2004, 07:57 AM
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um so the revo opti drive is real bad?? If i dont go into reverse often then will it be ok?? Has anyone not had a problem with it?? I just bought a revo and will be breaking it in today.
10-11-2004, 10:15 AM
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RE: revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
Well, pretty much yeah, dont use Revewrse to much and it will be fine. Even when it does start to act up it will be fine in forward. I am putting in the forward only conversion on it today. According to my cousin his a lil more sna[ppy with reverse gone. Opti drive is now strictly a Rx. pack monitor. Otherwise the Revo is pretty much bulletproof for me so far and I have all out beat the snot out of it. Great truck and really fast. I have been getting like 15 to 20 feet of air at rock quarry and havent bhroken a thing.
10-11-2004, 06:45 PM
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RE: revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
I broke it in today, put it in reverse only twice because im scared ill break the gear. I would heat to break that. So far so good.
10-11-2004, 10:45 PM
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Maybe it was just my truck?? I also stripped the rear diff on the 12th tank when I first got it. Traxxas replaced it free of charge, I then shimmed them and have not had a problem yet. But I always have bad luck at first with these things 
10-12-2004, 09:23 PM
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RE: revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
ORIGINAL: SexyPizzaMan
um so the revo opti drive is real bad?? If i dont go into reverse often then will it be ok?? Has anyone not had a problem with it?? I just bought a revo and will be breaking it in today.
um so the revo opti drive is real bad?? If i dont go into reverse often then will it be ok?? Has anyone not had a problem with it?? I just bought a revo and will be breaking it in today.
10-15-2004, 04:43 PM
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RE: revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
ok i think i might think i kno wat the problem is but i dont know how to fix it. I think the optidrive "eye" is dirty but how do you cean it???? OH and i still want to use reverse.
10-15-2004, 04:57 PM
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RE: revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
ORIGINAL: fastcrash
ive had almost a gallon through my revo and no trouble with the tranny at all
ORIGINAL: SexyPizzaMan
um so the revo opti drive is real bad?? If i dont go into reverse often then will it be ok?? Has anyone not had a problem with it?? I just bought a revo and will be breaking it in today.
um so the revo opti drive is real bad?? If i dont go into reverse often then will it be ok?? Has anyone not had a problem with it?? I just bought a revo and will be breaking it in today.
same here i was doing a high speed run then accidetly (spelling) shiffted to reverse and i also did a high speed run in reverse and no tranny problems
10-15-2004, 11:45 PM
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RE: revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
Absolutely no problems with my Revo at all here. I love it. I definetly recommend P2 or P3 rockers for any jumping over 3 feet or so.
10-16-2004, 09:18 AM
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RE: revo optidrive gear stripped.....again
I Ran my revo the other day and I ran it full throttle in reverse, it shifted to 2nd lol
To clean the eye you need to take off the screws that is holding on the cover that the wire goes into on the tranny case. I havent looked, but the eye should probably be in there.
To clean the eye you need to take off the screws that is holding on the cover that the wire goes into on the tranny case. I havent looked, but the eye should probably be in there.
