6-gear idle gear blues... can the RC10 tranny be beefed up?

[tymill]

It's getting a bit ridiculous how often I seem to be chowing through idle gears on the RC10. I've been running it at Eden Park quite a bit recently, and the jumps and transitions just seem too much for it.. No slipper, of course...

I've destroyed no less than 4 idle gears in the last few months - and though I've got a small stash of them saved up - I'd much rather keep 'em in one piece...

Can much be done to improve the reliability of th 6-gear?

Should I just run the diff looser and have it work a bit like a slipper? (!)

I've kicked around the idea of modifying some old outdrives to use as idle gears - but haven't gotten round to engineering that yet. Is that something anyone's done? Ideas?

I know that I could just drill some holes and throw in a stealth box and solve all the issues - but that's just not the answer I'm looking for... it's the heart of the car!

Thanks for the suggestions!

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[DCM]

Contact Neil at RW Racing, he will make you some super tough ones, not sure if he used to make them in the past.

[trekkerkk]

on my old gold tub,
i ran the spur as a slipper,
it did save the transmission alot off grief,

trekkker

[91notch5.0]

are you running the aftermarket outdrives bearings that was a trick in the 80's?? use the 2 big bearings from a b4 gearbox in place of felt gasket that goes on the original 6 gear tranny.

also, the newer generation of the six gear had black "self lubricating" idler gears. www.towerhobbies.com (http://www.towerhobbies.com) a mail order hobby shop in the USA has idler gears.

[Stu]

The sensible thing to do would be to build up a stealth box for track use, and keep the 6-gear on 1 side for the 'authentic look' when needed.

[super__dan]

The sensible thing to do would be to build up a stealth box for track use, and keep the 6-gear on 1 side for the 'authentic look' when needed.
100% agree