My latest scale build up

[Mnster]

Jims dad came by with a whole lot of goodies Jim ordered for Moab Nationals 07 trip. Jim and Rick are doing a wheeling trip this fall on their way to moab. Jim ordered a bunch of stuff to prepare the little yota for the long distance trip.


Dad: Wow this thing's gonna rip that little yota over all kinds of rocks.
Jim: Yeah thats the plan, The Crawler store hooked me up with a great price on this one.


Jim: What else have you got back here? Gear set and spares.


Jim: The cheap $37 ESC came in from korea. Rock on, Rick has been using one of these for a while now. He said it's smoother on startup then a quark 33, I just wish it had a drag brake.


Thanks Dad!


Lot of stuff to install I guess I better get these gears out of the way.



Jim bought these gears and spares off a guy that recently did a solid axle swap. After removing the old used up gears from the trans it was clear what had to be done.


Teeth were worn sharp and were no longer engaging properly causing transfer case to make a pop pop pop noise.


The new gears although used were in excellent shape.


However, Jim knew that Tamiya's crappy metric pitch would never hold up to brushless power. He knew that the fresh new teeth would have to be cut off and new spur be installed.




So Jim drank a beer to calm his nerves.


Then he used my lathe to remove the gear teeth.


The he used the dremel with a sanding drum to remove the material from the center of the 60t rc10gt spur.


After using a toothbrush to remove the dust and dirt he assembled the gear.


He then went to work on the lower transfer case gear.


Out with the old.


In with the new.


Mmm grease!


Greased up and ready to go.


More later...