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Pinion gets hot

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SpeedyBooty

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so I recently put in a traxxas 540 motor into my sc10 and it came with a 21 tooth pinion so I thought it was perfect, everything fit goof and when I tested it out with no load just in the air , it makes a screeching sound, not sure if it’s something with the slipper clutch but the pinion also gets extremely hot for not reason.
Here’s a vid

Edit: right after posting I realized the pinion and sour weren’t same pitch
 
Is it too tight or did the pinion sharpen? As it wears it sharpens and tge pitch changes.

Slid the pinion to get a full biye in the spur and adjust the motor if needed.
 
mesh is to tight. did you use the piece of paper method? if not do that..to do it you get a small piece of paper about 24 lb paper. loosen motor .slide paper between spur and pinion then slightly press together . tighten motor pull paper out. that should fix ur issue
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As I was browsing the front page, I saw the title for this video, and out of my peripheral I read it as "Prison gets hot", had to double check the top of the page, make sure I was on the right website. 😂
 
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