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TC02C exposed spur and pinion
Hi ,I've been building up a TC02C and it has an exposed spur and pinion gear ,how vulnerable are they to dirt ingress ,specifically sand ? I'm planning on taking it to track days at an outdoor astro track and i think that should be pretty safe ...but the only place to practice/bash locally to me is sandy and I'm just wondering how abrasive it will be .I made the mistake when cutting out the body of following the suggested cut lines and that leaves quite an opening around the gears but I could have cut it leaving it far more covered so I'm tempted to get another body shell and cutting it differently to use off track ,but am I worrying about nothing ?
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Ahhh
Yes it will be a problem. Sand will eat away at the spur and pinion in seconds. You should got a gear cover with your kit. Check the manual for the part number and order one before using the buggy outside. It will be far cheaper to get the cover than to keep replacing the spur or pinion.
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PS It sounds as though you have used an Evo shell, which will not have the bulges to form the gear cover. I used the narrow pre-Evo shell but mount it further back so that the integral gear cover lined up with the slipper. The front flares out a bit but nothing to worry about.
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Thanks guy's ,I have been trying to modify the gear cover used on the rest of the range ,cutting it a bit here and there ,covering the holes with plasticard ,I drilled and tappped a mounting hole beyond the pinion into the motor plate but no matter how I fettle it when i test drive it I can stilll hear it rub just a little and it sets off my OCD ,looks like new shell will be on order soon .
I have the Lupus/Mad Monkey chassis and body ,does the genuine TC02C shell/chassis offer more protection to the gear train or are they much the same ? |
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I also started with the Lupuz and then switched directly to the Evo chassis but with my pre-evo rear end on it. If you are handy with a file you just need to remove 1mm from the innermost T-Plate fixing points. I'm still using the same chassis so I now have to put 1mm spacers in there. ;-)
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Oh dear!
The new oOple forum seems to have lost the ability to edit a post. It just replaced the text instead. So I'll start again. The TC02C does not have a separate gear cover, it is an integral part of the body shell. Also, there are no fixing points on the motor plate to mount a gear cover either. If you have the correct body shell then it will keep enough of the sand out to keep your gears healthy. The two shells, now in the previous post, show "Penguins" two versions of shell for the pre-Evo verions of this buggy. The yellow one fits the narrow, TC02C, and the other one fits the wider, Lupuz/Mad Monkey. They are both in the order of £12. The yellow shell now has cutouts in it, to accommodate a gear cover, which I needed to fit after switching to an Avid slipper. Prior to that no cover was used as the spur gear was well clear of the shell. It now looks like this:
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Thanks again Clive I'll look them up .
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If you are over Southport way you can have my Lupuz shell for nowt. Not sure what it would cost to post.
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