Clutch?

[hotrodhall]

Got my tmaxx out today that hadn't been run in awhile. It cranked and was running good when I ran through the yard and turned around and it just started reving up like it was in neutral. I first thought it may have been a rock in the driveline but that was not the case. If you turn the wheels they turn and rotate normally. Does a clutch go out just like that? This is my first summer so I am sorta a rookie at this stuff. I have read and learned a lot from you guys. Thanks, hotrod

 

[icunvmytmaxx]

Sounds like a familiar problem I had a few weeks ago. Check your clutch spring. The little spring that goes around the shoes. That may be broke. If it is, you can cut a bit of it off and loop it again to get yourself by for now. My spring chewed a groove into my clutch shoes and it started idling real high. Checked it out, sure enough, broken spring. Hope this helps.

 

[Metalhead Matt]

If it was the spring, the shoes would stay engaged. Check your spur and slipper first. If your Maxx has reverse, make sure it isn't in between gears while your at it.