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OK Tell me what I broke

mvaughn12

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Running my chimera all day. a few minutes ago it completly stopped moving, engine was still running so i assumed maybe drive shaft between wheels came out but when i turned it off completley i heard a spinning sound on the picture you see a red X marking what is spinning so freely. LOL before i take if apart just trying to get an idea what to expect. Did i break a spur gear? Or something? Engine will turn over with no problem vehicle just will not move. Only thing moving is the spot that I marked with an Red X
 
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You might just have some loose set screws on the gear squares.
 

mvaughn12

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Oke doke lol I got too excited it hit 72 degrees here today in Denver lol I couldn't help but run that bad boy lol supposed to be 72 Again on Monday hopefully I don't get Any Hospital Calls lol
 

mvaughn12

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OK i found my issue `2 completely stripped gears all the teeth are laying in the box now I just need to see what part numbers they are and order them Hopefully they are on the redcat racing site so I can order them but any Help on who would have them would be appreciated lol:) These are the two front gears to the left does anyone know what teeth they are? I'm guessing 31T and 29T cant count the teeth since theyre gone lol
 
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Holy crap. I've never seen that happen. :(
 

mvaughn12

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RCDAD said:
Holy crap. I've never seen that happen. :(
Yea im really disappointed myself. I think i may try belt drive. What do you think? You don't happen to know those 2 gear ratios do you ?
 
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rampage idiot

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mvaughn12 said:
Yea im really disappointed myself. I think i may try belt drive. What do you think? You don't happen to know those 2 gear ratios do you ?
I think you need to make sure something is not locked up! for that to happen maybe a bad bearing on the shaft that goes to the brakes or on the center diff. that is really strange that those gears stripped! Bummer
 
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mvaughn12 said:
Yea im really disappointed myself. I think i may try belt drive. What do you think? You don't happen to know those 2 gear ratios do you ?
That is a 29 and a 31 tooth gear.
 

mvaughn12

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rampage idiot said:
I think you need to make sure something is not locked up! for that to happen maybe a bad bearing on the shaft that goes to the brakes or on the center diff. that is really strange that those gears stripped! Bummer
So maybe I need to order bearings also just in case
 

mvaughn12

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rampage idiot said:
I think you need to make sure something is not locked up! for that to happen maybe a bad bearing on the shaft that goes to the brakes or on the center diff. that is really strange that those gears stripped! Bummer
Is there an Exploded View that I can download of the setup like in a pdf or something? I'd like to see that for quicker refernce on parts
 
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You will know as soon as you tear it down. Check to make sure there are no cracks in the gear plate.
 

BertR

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I had a 25 tooth come apart like that not to long ago . I was running in a gravel pit with no cover on the gears so my best bet was that a rock ended up in the teeth and kaplooie . you don't see the gears come apart like that very often ...like 3 cases in 2 years that I can remember. All it takes is for one or two teeth to go to set off a chain reaction. I swear I could hear every tooth come off when I hit the throttle.
 

mvaughn12

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I'd be really surprised to see a Crack in the gear plate of the cover because I never taken them apart before but I'll rip it apart to see what caused it rcdad what's your opinion on the belt drive?
 

mvaughn12

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I'm still stumped from this happening from running on a school parking lot but stranger things have happened
 

mvaughn12

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No cracks anywhere just broken teeth and not rocks looks like a teeth gave up the ghost and the rest went with it.LOL any Idea where I can order the Belt drive from? I see they are out of stock from the one vendor

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mvaughn12 said:
rcdad what's your opinion on the belt drive?
Its a nice product. It is currently out of stock. We hope to be getting more in.

Have you thought about the 2 speed from Demon RC? It is another great option.
 

mvaughn12

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RCDAD said:
Its a nice product. It is currently out of stock. We hope to be getting more in.Have you thought about the 2 speed from Demon RC? It is another great option.
Ive been looking at the 2 speed from Demon RC but Ive been waiting to hear feedback from any one who has it installed on their chimera or see a picture of video of it installed on the chimera.
 

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