Steel gears in mt are meshed tight

[454chad]

Hello everybody im back at the gear thing i got them all on the truck and now they seem to have a tight spot in the two outside gears 25t and 35t gears is this normal and the center shaft that holds the two gears i noticed you can't tighten that rite down i had to back the nut off a little so the bearings would be free please lmk thank you all

 

[rcgasser]

Yes that is correct back up on the nuts a little should cause the gears to turn more freely.

 

[Deluge]

Loctite the nut if you back it off. I had a tight spot on my gears, as well. But they loosened up after I ran it for a bit.

 

[RampageHopUps]

A little ivory soap on the gears will let them mesh better and run freely. Defintiely some blu loctite on all 3 of the nuts.

 

[454chad]

thank you all for the info atleast i know this is normal thank you

 

[Ruffy]

A little ivory soap on the gears will let them mesh better and run freely. Definitely some blu loctite on all 3 of the nuts.

Soap will wear off. I would get extra fine graphite! Its the best for RC cars because it gives it the lube needed and dirt or mud don't stick to it like it would soap or WD40.

 

[454chad]

so the gears should be lubed every run?

 

[Ruffy]

so the gears should be lubed every run?

I never have. The graphite stays on really good but is messy as all heck. Now I will do a clean up of my truck if really dirty and then I do put more graphite on my gears.

 

[tsudo5th]

+1 on graphite. It is messy but works great!

 

[Xicaque]

I was about to add a new post about this....

Got my MT today and after 7 hours or so, the blue loctite phase is done. My question is about the gears. Never thought about graphite...but how about teflon or silicone spray?

I will guess that it will attract the dirt faster than the graphite but I am just curious if anyone in this forum has used such sprays.

What are your comments?