OK so I have a nitro HSP Backwash as my first nitro vehicle and recently I blew out my hex one way bearing inside my transmission. I looked and looked for another one in the US but could only find one in China and I didn’t want to wait that long so I ended up buying the entire transmission gearbox from a place located in the US and of course spend more for it since it’s the whole tranny basically.
Well it was the same part number and looked exactly the same but said it was for a Redcat instead but those redcat buggies pretty much look exactly the same as my Backwash so I figured same part number same look same part so I’ll take the risk. Well when I installed it the bottom part that connects to the chassis or whatever needed to be spread apart about an eighth of an inch to get the little guide posts to drop in and set. It still seemed to operate fine. So I take it out today and within half of a tank it blew the bearing again. I’m assuming because it was soundin the same as last time and the wheels are not turning.
So do we think this is something else on my buggy causing this to happen? Is it bad luck possibly? Like a bad bearing to begin with or just bad luck period or is this actually only for a redcat even though it’s the same exact part number and it worked for a bit and blew? Thanks in advance!
Well it was the same part number and looked exactly the same but said it was for a Redcat instead but those redcat buggies pretty much look exactly the same as my Backwash so I figured same part number same look same part so I’ll take the risk. Well when I installed it the bottom part that connects to the chassis or whatever needed to be spread apart about an eighth of an inch to get the little guide posts to drop in and set. It still seemed to operate fine. So I take it out today and within half of a tank it blew the bearing again. I’m assuming because it was soundin the same as last time and the wheels are not turning.
So do we think this is something else on my buggy causing this to happen? Is it bad luck possibly? Like a bad bearing to begin with or just bad luck period or is this actually only for a redcat even though it’s the same exact part number and it worked for a bit and blew? Thanks in advance!