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Lostsheep01

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Ok so here is my issue.

My Revo was running great then while in the dirt I got some wheel spin. After that the engine revs but no power to the wheels. Well a little power but just to get it rolling the engine has to be at very high RPM's. During my first tank after the break in the pads on the slipper clutch broke into pieces. Kind of had the same no power to the wheels issue. Changed it out and ran great. Now back to my issue at hand. So first I checked the slipper clutch first and everything was good there. I took the transmission out to see if there were any issues there and it was good. I am out of ideas...If I lift the truck up the tires will spin (I only gave it a little throttle to see if they would spin). I even pulled the engine to see if I could find anything wrong there but couldnt.

Please help!!!!!
 
Sounds like your slipper clutch was being ran too loose and the pads glazed over. What I would do if first see where your slipper is set. Personally I run mine at full tight then back off 1/8 - 1/4 turn. Ok to make the pads work again if you are glazed is to pull the slipper off and scuff up everything with some fine grit sandpaper. Pads and the metal plate the pads run against. If it is not your slipper then you will have to start from the transmission out checking for things that are not right. Turn the spur gear and see it the outputs are moving...everything should be fairly smooth with no binding. Make sure all the pins are in the drive shafts all the way out to the wheels. Make sure the drive shafts turn the diffs...diffs turn the shafts to the wheel...ect. But my money is on the slipper clutch
 
You shouldn't ever tighten the slipper fully on the revo. It has spring washers that will get flattened and then it won't work correctly
 
I'm pretty sure he has the newer slipper setup with the crush washers Joey. Do everything that Joey explained, just don't crank the slipper nut down. If you crush the washers that apply tension, you'll only be able to lock the slipper. No in-between. Get it snug and adjust it by driving it. Just don't let it slip excessively. You'll glaze it right back over.
 
I tighten mine until I can't spin it by hand (with an allen wrench in the other side) then loosen it a touch, like an 1/8 turn or less
 
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just throwing this out if the slipper was not the problem,

glazed CB and shoe's...
when i got mine the spring was not seated correctly and glzed the bell and part of the shoe's hit them with some light sand paper and made sure spring was in the groove correctly. all was good after that:)
 

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