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Re: Total beater build

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Those GT transmissions make for a great mid motor car.

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Re: Total beater build

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ra272 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2017 4:26 am WC rerelease transmissions are too tight and never turns smoothly when new.

I've tried with good result a break-in method: put a little amount of polishing past on the gears and pin the spur gear at high speed with compressed air.

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Thanks I may give that a shot!
yellowdatsun wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2017 10:31 am Those GT transmissions make for a great mid motor car.
Got them cheap and will probably be another build down the road.

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Re: Total beater build

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Joe6Pack74 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:35 am Last night we put together the transmission and the suspension arms.

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Pretty cool trick to loosening up that transmission!

What slipper hubs are those in the above picture?
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