Used 2.5 tmaxx help! Reverse disabled?

[gmparts57]

Need your help on a used 2.5 tmaxx. At the bottom next to the steering servo, looks to be a spot for one reverse servo. An at the transmission just under the brake rod. Blue tube. Looks like that they have just installed a screw. To take out the reverse.?? Or why is this here? Maybe a photo of what it is supposed to look like?

 

[D3MON]

it has a forward only conversion kit, pretty common as the reverse assembly was the cause to many issues.
and it lightens the drivetrain making the rig go faster, and accelerate quicker. iirc it cut off about 1/4 lb from the running gear.

 

[olds97_lss]

The screw is plugging the hole where the reverse shift wire came out. Guessing it's like @D3MON said and it has a FOC in it (forward only conversion). The reverse system in the maxx worked, but it was weak and added a lot of rotating mass to the transmission which made the engine work harder. Also, the gears it used were a lot narrower since the mechanism used up so much room, which made them far more prone to stripping. Most guys would remove reverse to get rid of the extra rotational mass and strengthen the gears in the trans as the FOC gear was twice as thick.

 

[gmparts57]

Thank you both. This thing is a hodge pod of parts. Tracks steering servo. Futaba throttle an a older RX. But will get it. It does run.