1. I like to redrill the side plates to accomodate some slightly larger diameter screws which i found at 'Jaycar'. I find the original ones tend to strip the drive fixing easily enough making it hard to tighten or loosen the screw.
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2.The diff tensioning screw has a small cap which fits over it but when i need to make a quick trackside adjustment i find this gets in my way. The manual says nothing about any kind of tension washers and after reading through the topcat manual i realised that Schumacher forgot these in the later Cougar2 manual. i kept wondering why my diff would loosen off under load and my plastic outdrives were melting against the red hot alloy diff outdrives. So I decided to run 4 washers opposing one another and a foam ball cup dust protector. It seems to do the job real well and i can easily make adjustments when in a hurry.
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3.I'd heard that the team drivers used to cut away a section from the trasmission centre to allow the belt more clearance where it would usually rub-as pictured below
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...and it kinda makes sense to cover the opening again this time with a small peice of lexan. Aided by the thickness of the double sided tape this allows just enough room for the belt to glide right past without any unwanted friction.
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4. Possibly the easiest and most productive way of keeping the inside of the transmission clean and 'Rock Free' I came up with the idea to create a foam gasket for the base of the transmission where it bolts to the chassis. This definately works a treat, I used to end up with all kinds of debri in there at one point but now days my internals stay nice and clean.
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