Oil filled gearcase

[chucked]

I replaced all the gears in my gearbox last night. I had the idea at work to seal off the gear box and to put oil in it for lubrication to keep the heat down. I sealed it all the way around then drilled a hole in the side to use a traxxas slipper clutch plug to plug it up. I added enough 90 wt silicone shock oil to put just a small amount in the bottom of the case. I figure its not enough to reach the bearings and leak out, but enough to thoroughly lube the gears. Its raining out now though, cant try it till at least tomorrow.

 

[Bryan 70546]

so you kept the ole girl after all huh. Good idea on the gear box keep up posted on the results.

 

[chucked]

weird, the silicone oil ate right through my gasket maker, had to pull it all apart, dry it out and try another kind of gasket maker.

 

[NitroBurn]

I did the same thing as you with gasket maker to seal the gearcase. I use grease instead of oil. My brother bought this stuff off ebay called gorrila snawt. I have not done much driving since putting it on the gears so I can't say that my gears last longer yet. It is realy sticky and seems that it won't sling off very easy.


I think its only available on ebay so here is a link if you want to check it out.


http://cgi.ebay.com/GORILLA-SNAWT-RC-GREASE-Car-Truck-Helicopter-Airplane_W0QQitemZ170267297335QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item170267297335&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

 

[chucked]

it looks like marine grease

 

[jaysyourhandyman]

keep us posted

 

[badd_maxx25]

how did you make out with the carb chucked

 

[chucked]

Ooo the carb is workin great, i did some other things to the motor yesterday and it made a huge difference

 

[C.B.]

hows the sealed gaer cover holding up?

 

[chucked]

Dunno, i just glued it last night, got work till 2:30 then bunch of stuff to do afterwards, probably wont get to reall run it for at least a few more days

 

[Bryan 70546]

Dunno, i just glued it last night, got work till 2:30 then bunch of stuff to do afterwards, probably wont get to reall run it for at least a few more days

Glad the rampage is working out for you Chucked.

 

[dboozer]

high impact grease from mc master carr works well too. Real sticky, made so it doesn't pound out of bearings on heavy equipment. It is green.

 

[chucked]

No i want something thin like oil

 

[chucked]

Its holding up now, appears to be sealed decent, but the cover wasn't designed to be 100% sealed, there's pretty good gaps here any there, but that's not a big deal to me, if any gets out I can always add more, oil is cheap enough and I don't even have an ounce in it. We'll see how much longer the gears last.

 

[chucked]

Well, got about half a tank through it till I slid into a pipe, busted my gear cover off and broke my C gear. But through the half tank I put through it, the gears still look brand new. I got some pics, but I don't feel like hosting them.

 

[kryptonite]

I got some pics, but I don't feel like hosting them.

that aint right. seems like a big mess to fix an easy problem. hope it all works out for you..

 

[chucked]

wanna host them? Ill email them to you. one of my busted gear case, one of the setscrews i put in the gear hub for my B and C gears and one of my custom steering servo horn. O ya it was my B gear not my C gear...

 

[chucked]

Only one pic turned out, iphone sucks taking pics.

and a picture of a sweet picture of my buggy from last weekend

 

[chucked]

hmm, didnt work....

 

[mooman007uk]

Well, got about half a tank through it till I slid into a pipe, busted my gear cover off and broke my C gear. But through the half tank I put through it, the gears still look brand new. I got some pics, but I don't feel like hosting them.

glad to see I'm not the only one who runs into things I don't think everyone's trying hard enough