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Ok...I've started working on my RC10 buggy. The first thing I did was rebuilt the 6 gear tranny. I replaced all the bushings with bearings, added new idler gears and cleaned out any and all dirt and debris. I finished it last night and I have to admit I was quite proud of myself as to how smooth it turned when I was done. Then tonight while looking over this site I came across this
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3748

At the end ov that artical is says that the tranny should spinn freely for about 15 seconds when given a spin. Is that correct? 15 seconds???? Thats a very long time. I think mine is very smooth but it will only spin for about 2 seconds. I don't think I have anything rubbing at all. I think there is no way to get it to spin freely for 15 seconds. Am I wrong???

Thanks for any input.

yea jeez, i dont think even my newly built tranny's spin for 30 seconds... maybe 5-7 tops, maybe on its best day 10. even with really loose and broken in bearings, 30 seconds sounds like a stretch..

the only way i could see a trans spinning for 30 seconds would be if it was in the car, and had the rotating mass of the tires helping it.

My tranny spins right round like a record baby.



Serously though, I don't think you could get one to spin that freely

Ok...my mistake. The article says 15 seconds not 30, but even that seems like a stretch.

tbfoto

I edited my original post.

More like 1.5 seconds... I have a few six gears that were built by an old racer done the Jim Halsey way, without the felts in the outdrives they will go about 5 seconds. If you put 3/8 x 5/8 bearings in place of the felts and retainers subtract about 4.5 seconds... but bomb-proof.

The whole issue I have with the "secrets" is that they want you to move the outdrive pivot rather than the idler pivot to increase the gear clearance. That puts the outdrives off-center in relation to the holes in the cases. No good for the big bearing conversion IMO.

Just fill it with toothpaste and run it for a few hours.

Enough about that!

This is all good to hear. I'm feeling better now. LOL

tbfoto

you can have a look here too: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3748

Yes that is the article that I linked to.

I guess I have to read posts with more attention

gives new meaning to "ASSo_man" hehe

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I was wondering what happend to my hat. You know you didn't have to steal it... you could've just asked.

I'm just too afraid of asking anything to you since we broke up Erich, remember Police Academy in the locker room? tam tam tala taaam taaaam...

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