mrhuangsta
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Hi all,
I have a Traxxas Maxx v2 and the pinion/spur keeps stripping.
I've gone through almost 10 pinion/spurs at this point. With the v2, the motor mount has a pre-determined pin position hole to set the mesh. I've tried factory setting, looser setting, and tighter setting on the mesh. I've also tried the stock 23T pinion and also a 20T pinion. Went through 2 metal spurs, and about 8 plastic spurs, and 1 pinion, all goners.
The pinion grub screw is tight. The one time it was loose, it did not cause any significant damage to the spur.
No matter if the mesh is loose, factory, or super tight, the amount of plastic taken off the plastic spurs always seem to be the same. Hence this is why I tried setting the mesh looser, factory, and tighter to see if I can draw a correlation between the amount of plastic taken off with the tightness of the mesh.
Here are pictures of the last run on a 20T pinion / 50T spur (stock 23T/50T) on "A" mesh ("A" is the recommended on the manual for 20T/50T, I've also tried looser meshes, without success).
For my last few spurs, it seemed to do fine on flat smooth roads, and tend to chew up when I do a minor landing or hit a bumpy patch.
Any advice? Now going out to bash is no longer fun because I am just expecting something to break lol.
I also did notice that the motor mount screw to the spur cover doesn't really tighten that well, not sure if this is related.
I have a Traxxas Maxx v2 and the pinion/spur keeps stripping.
I've gone through almost 10 pinion/spurs at this point. With the v2, the motor mount has a pre-determined pin position hole to set the mesh. I've tried factory setting, looser setting, and tighter setting on the mesh. I've also tried the stock 23T pinion and also a 20T pinion. Went through 2 metal spurs, and about 8 plastic spurs, and 1 pinion, all goners.
The pinion grub screw is tight. The one time it was loose, it did not cause any significant damage to the spur.
No matter if the mesh is loose, factory, or super tight, the amount of plastic taken off the plastic spurs always seem to be the same. Hence this is why I tried setting the mesh looser, factory, and tighter to see if I can draw a correlation between the amount of plastic taken off with the tightness of the mesh.
Here are pictures of the last run on a 20T pinion / 50T spur (stock 23T/50T) on "A" mesh ("A" is the recommended on the manual for 20T/50T, I've also tried looser meshes, without success).
For my last few spurs, it seemed to do fine on flat smooth roads, and tend to chew up when I do a minor landing or hit a bumpy patch.
Any advice? Now going out to bash is no longer fun because I am just expecting something to break lol.
I also did notice that the motor mount screw to the spur cover doesn't really tighten that well, not sure if this is related.