I got this manual with a new built TQ10 I recently purchased, it also came with some cool Reedy documents,
I'll scan those later on. Enjoy guys! (by the way, are the scans still slowly disappearing? That sucks!!!)
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FordPSD wrote:15 seconds? This 6 gear tranny should freely turn for 15 seconds? I get about 3.
it all depends on your bearings, and the gear mesh. good bearings go a long way. you try cleaning them and oiling them up?
You may also take a good close look at your idler gears and clean up any rough spots and burs. In my opinion that's where you can make the biggest difference.
"The world looks so much better through beer goggles: Enjoy today, you never know what tomorrow may bring." Ken
The bearings are original but they have little wear. They have been oiled. When I built the transmission years ago I sanded down the idler gears to make a nice mesh. I saw the new black ones and wondered if they would be better. I even considered a higher ABEC number for the bearings but don't think they make them his small. They are not the sealed bearings but back then they were around half what the car cost. I also shaved some plastic off the case so the outdrives don't hit it. But like I said I get about 3 seconds max. Years ago when I bought the car a friend of mine said he got his so smooth he could blow on the gear and make it rotate!!
If it's attached to a motor mount(which I would assume it is)you may try backing off the long allen screws that attach the tranny case to the mount just a hair(not enough so they come loose though). Sometimes if they are over-tightened they seem to pinch the gears and cause drag. My guess is that the plate inside the tranny sometimes doesn't seat itself straight in the mold and causes the gears to be at a slight off-set.
"The world looks so much better through beer goggles: Enjoy today, you never know what tomorrow may bring." Ken
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote:If it's attached to a motor mount(which I would assume it is)you may try backing off the long allen screws that attach the tranny case to the mount just a hair(not enough so they come loose though). Sometimes if they are over-tightened they seem to pinch the gears and cause drag. My guess is that the plate inside the tranny sometimes doesn't seat itself straight in the mold and causes the gears to be at a slight off-set.
It turns the same so there isn't any binding. When the say 15 seonds is that just by spinning the outdrives or is that with the tranny mounted and tires attached? I'm doing it by spinning the outdrives with no tires attached. But you guys get 15 seonds worth of spin? That would almost seem like a lifetime to me!!
I keep one on my desk here at work as sort of a stress reliever and I'd say it spins 7-8 seconds. I know it is very free-spinning so 15 would have to be with the weight of some tires helping out. I wouldn't stress over it, just so it doesn't feel as though it's binding.
"The world looks so much better through beer goggles: Enjoy today, you never know what tomorrow may bring." Ken
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote:I keep one on my desk here at work as sort of a stress reliever and I'd say it spins 7-8 seconds. I know it is very free-spinning so 15 would have to be with the weight of some tires helping out. I wouldn't stress over it, just so it doesn't feel as though it's binding.
i have the same deal at home. i look at it from time to time. its got so much crap inside it gets me thinking on how to tinker with it. making it a little more efficient. sure kills the time too
Hi all - I'm in the process of building my 6016 kit and am trying to replicate the Halsey method of building the 6 gear transmission as per this scan: .
I have a couple of clarificatory questions regarding a couple of the steps which I could really...
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When you refer to burrs here do you mean any odd protrusions on the gears which were not machined off during the machining process?
Yes. On the steel outdrives, the burrs tend to look like bits of flashing along the sides of the teeth.
I recently acquired a ton of old R/C magazines and I found this very intersting article where Jay and Jim Halsey are interviewed. Nice details about how they started in R/C, what they did before, some tips and some very interesting pictures too 8)...
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This is a great post for the scan library, now we can come up with a more perfect repro of the Halsey championship car after reading this article. Super post David hope to see more of this stuff soon.
What year did AE use the black idler gear for the 1st generation grarbox? I know the first kits came out with the white gear but I do not know when they stopped using it.. Anyone? :)
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the black idler gears were on the rc10 graphite released in 1989. the tq10 didnt have the updated idlers when it was released. they must be good gears because mine still look new and my car is still being raced today
Hey I know most of you hate the 6 gear tranny but for those like me that have to run them because you dont have Big $$$ for the stealths that are going for crazy prices on ebay (saw one yesterday end for 65$USD shipped :roll: )...I have some good...
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WOW lots of info on the 6 gear!
Funny, one of my smoothest (although least efficient) 6 gears is fully bushed. I added bearings to the drive gears and later removed them. I didn't replace the felt seals and retainers as this rig stays on the road....
Just rebuilt my 6 gear tranny. I have a 54 tooth spur gear (64 pitch I think it is). What size pinion should I use for a stock motor? Also does anyone know what that Tranny gear ratio is?
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I have always used 1.85 when figuring gear ratios out.
Your gearing is going to depend on the track your racing at, or if bashing, how much speed/runtime/heat your want or are getting.
54 @ 32 pitch = 81 @ 48 pitch (most all modern offroad cars...