question about clutch for tmaxx will fit from savage

[mytmaxx]

ok i have a .21 bb savage engine on my tmaxx and i want a fatter clutch like the savage does but the problem is that the traxxas spur gear is different the savage teeath are wider and the tmaxx are smakller do any companies sell spur gears for the tmaxx like that or fit or do any companies sell fatter clutch bell but for the tmaxx spur gear to fit

 

[El Pirata]

Most people will say no due to the pitch but I didn't have any problems when I made that switch.

 

[mytmaxx]

tmaxx

isnt the spur gear messed up

 

[scottm]

The Savage clutch bell is a metric 1 module pitch, same as used on 1/8 scale buggies, and the tmaxx is an sae 48 pitch. I don't know if there is a spur gear out there to convert the tmaxx to buggy pitch, but there will be soon. RC Solutions is working on it, and they should be for sale by the end of this month.

check this

https://www.rcnitrotalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4686&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

 

[mytmaxx]

isnt that a tmaxx in the picture

 

[SkyMaxx]

It is, but he is showing you a spur gear that his company manufactures. They are planning on manufacturing some things for MTs that can be found on buggies. He can explain it better, but they are working on making some hardcore stuff for MTs.

 

[gutterboy]

Ok guys, i know about the teeth on the spur gear and clutchbell, but what is the pitch. What exactly are yall meaning whe nyou talk about the pitch.

 

[scottm]

Pitch is the size of the tooth relative to the diameter of the gear. The american standard is SAE pitch, where the number of teeth is equal to the pitch times diameter in inches. So a 32 pitch gear with 64 teeth is 2 inches in diameter. Thge higher the pitch, the smaller each tooth is.

The metric method is called module. A 1 module gear has 1 tooth per mm of diameter. So a 50 tooth gear will be 50 mm in diameter. It is really the same thing, but there is no exact match between metric and sae.

When it comes to r/c, the pitch on a stock tmaxx is too small for the power of a big block engine. It needs bigger teeth, so the gears could be something like 24 pitch in sae, which is very close to 1 module metric. But there are no 24 pitch clucth bells. Buggies are already using 1 module gears, and flywheels and cb's for buggies are common. All that is needed for stronger maxx gears is a spur grear that fits the tmaxx, with a 1 module pitch. Then you just put a 1/8 buggy clutch and bell on your engine. That is what RC Solutions is working on.

 

[mytmaxx]

hey scottm i want a spur gear like that how much

 

[scottm]

It should be around $25 retail for the gear. The buggy flywheel clutch and bell will cost about $40 for everything. What kind of engine do you have? Do you have an extended chassis?

 

[mytmaxx]

25.00 dolllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsssssss for a plastic gear and i have a 21 bb and a extended chassis:bow: please be cheaper

 

[scottm]

Its not plastic, its O-1 tool steel, the same material as a drill bit.

 

[Whistlre]

I would be interested in one for a standard chassis.

Thank you
Whistlre

 

[woody]

If I were you, I would run the strobe slipper. It allows you to run any spur gear pretty much with any 1/8 style clutch bell. I must warn you, when you go this route you better beef up those diffs.

http://www.strobe-rc.com/

Woody

 

[PhillyB]

yep, strobe slipper and 1/8 clutch bell here. both purchased from unlimitedengineering

can't break em, some slight wear, but I'm running the slipper mostly locked.