The diff is in place... This is my own diff, not the original one. The original one would be usable as well.
Then I close the bottom face of the gearbox... And forgot to take a picture
Next was the idle gear. I have the custom diff, so this is custom idle gear. It requires 2 ball bearings 3x8x4. And that was difficult.
First, in the bearing pack there was a bearing that was not supposed to be in this pack but in another (4x8x3). I press fitted it and notice the mistake after. At this stage I did not found a way to remove it yet.
I had another idle gear, so I decided to use it and to sort the issue of the bearing in the first idle gear later. But it did not went as per plan.
Yes, what you see is a broken bearing. the bearing went sideways and the pin I used to press fit it was not large enough to take both rings. It was easy to remove and I did not make the same mistake for the replacement.
Next, the idle shaft required a bit of shaving. It's actually 3.175 mm like a motor shaft. I used sand paper while having the shaft turning thanks to my dremel.
The motor was quickly mounted once the idle gear was in place. I decided two things. First was to redesign the motor support, and second to put a more powerfull motor.
And here we are.
Next was to close the gearbox and put the motor cover with the air vent...
I could not resist to put the roll cage on as well the body to see the result...
The roll cage and body are not fixed yet. I will need to take car of the rear shock first (it will be a Hunter Monoshock, actually)
And the monoshock will require the other roll cage...
But this will be for one of the next post (which means not today)
