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Austin2048

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i waterproofed all the electronics on my T Maxx 2.5 and i was running it the snow for awhile today. after like 15 minutes my engine started revving whenever i hit the throttle. the wheels wouldn't spin and a few times it started working right. now it just wont work at all. the spur gear isn't stripped and everything else looks to be fine when i pull off the body. did i burn out my clutch shoes or something?
 
clutch or diff.

we can't tell you whats wrong, you have to work it out for yourself, seeing its sitting in front of you...
 
Spin the spur and see what spins. If the slippers fine but the tranny outputs don't spin, it's in the tranny. Follow it down the line out to the wheels.
 
Does your t-maxx still have reverse? If so, that will make it a bit more difficult to troubleshoot since the trans has to get up to a certain speed when in forward or reverse to engage. Otherwise your spur spins free in both directions.

If you had an FOC (forward only conversion), it would spin freely in only one direction.
 
olds97_lss said:
Does your t-maxx still have reverse? If so, that will make it a bit more difficult to troubleshoot since the trans has to get up to a certain speed when in forward or reverse to engage. Otherwise your spur spins free in both directions.

If you had an FOC (forward only conversion), it would spin freely in only one direction.
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i was planning on getting an FOC sometime in the future but for the moment i just took out my shifting servo
 
That's probably your problem. That shaft has to stay in place. Put the servo back in and get it adjusted right. There's no purpose in removing it unless you removed the reverse guts from the tranny.
 
god i feel so stupid. -.- i have no idea why i didnt check that. the reverse pin was halfway out of the tranny... i dont want to put the servo back in cuz the only servo i have is shot to hell. i took it and made it my brake/throttle servo cuz it was rarely used and in great shape. ill find a way to hold it in place. problem solved
 

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