Track Master belt drive

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Track Master belt drive

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Would it be possible to convert it to direct drive? Is it just swap out the belt drive gear and top shaft with a spur?

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Re: Track Master belt drive

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Nope. Side plates are different....motor mounts much closer to the diff on the direct drive than the belt drive.

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Phin wrote: Sun Apr 21, 2019 11:33 pm Nope. Side plates are different....motor mounts much closer to the diff on the direct drive than the belt drive.
Okay let’s see how much brushless power I can lay on it then if it doesn’t work out plan B ( my machinist ).
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I don't have experience running a Trackmaster trans but I've read that the belts on them tended to slip. That makes me doubt the trans would do well with a brushless. I'm also not sure if the direct drive version would do much better because of the small diif rings the trans uses.

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Kind of bummed with that news but I will tread ahead and try it, I want to lock the diff also or find a spool for this trans.................
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KidAgain wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:50 pm Kind of bummed with that news but I will tread ahead and try it, I want to lock the diff also or find a spool for this trans.................
The odds are good that you will wind up damaging vintage RC parts. Why even risk it?
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ChisaiKuso wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:11 pm
KidAgain wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:50 pm Kind of bummed with that news but I will tread ahead and try it, I want to lock the diff also or find a spool for this trans.................
The odds are good that you will wind up damaging vintage RC parts. Why even risk it?
I get it but I don’t let stuff like that bother or stop me though I have my ace in the hole as always my machinist.
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Decided to get the parts Cryo treated to add some strength to the gears and shaft may do the same if I run a metal spur for the drag racer build. See how this works out..........
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