Electric conterted tmaxx belt drive

[xxlawman87xx]

I recently converted my tmaxx to electric. I've had some issue with gears chipping teeth so I thought I'd experiment with belt drive. I've got it on and it's working but it slips significantly under load. I've seen some people convert xmaxx's to belt drive and I'm not running anything near that. Any suggestions? How much tension should I run etc...

 

[tntpoof]

it will need a lot of tension or a idler pully to do the tension for you.

 

[xxlawman87xx]

it will need a lot of tension or a idler pully to do the tension for you.

I wonder how the xmaxx gets away with jt

 

[tntpoof]

not sure engineering wise its not that hard of a fix, a arm or bracket a ride pully and a spring either to pull or push pully into belt.

 

[STONER RC]

I wonder how the xmaxx gets away with jt

The Xmaxx uses bigger gears. Which Tmaxx did you convert? I've done mine. Well I built it from chassis up. Using the 3.3 chassis for the longer wheel base. And the Revo 2.0 tranns. For the better trans for the tourqe of the brushless motor.
You would need a extra pulley like TNT suggested. What gearing are you using?

The Xmaxx uses bigger gears. Which Tmaxx did you convert? I've done mine. Well I built it from chassis up. Using the 3.3 chassis for the longer wheel base. And the Revo 2.0 tranns. For the better trans for the tourqe of the brushless motor.