Indeed, Nathan told us that he had a mcs-gearbox for someone but he didn't knew who it was for.
Maarten, on the other hand, bought a vega instead ... and drove it this weekend. He admitted that he felt the mcs felt great and had a bit more steering then the vega ... but I guess he also lost confidence in the car.
Then ... I suppose that Nathan could pass this gearbox to me, then?

As I had to replace one of my idlerwheels, and used my last one ... I bought some vega-idler-wheels who supposedly (dixit Lewis) are stronger then the original Kyosho ones.
I'll give them a go and let you know if they are indeed better ... and still don't ''eat out'' the main-shaft.

help
 

I need a new pinion shaft asap, Have ordered the parts from je spares. currently not in stock.

All done!!!
 

O.K the parts arrived 2day:D(a BIG thanx to J.E SPARES..leg-ends):wub
So I have got Mr Simon Watson to build it, as he never had any problems with his fabs mcs g-box. So inside now are brand new shafts and gears, all nice and not worn, dab of glue on the ends and ta-dah!!!:woot:...Will build it up at stottfold 2moro, and give it a go......wish me luck....:cry:

What needs glueing?
Inside the gearbox?

I take it you need to reduce some slop ?
If so have you tried using some ptfe tape (plumbing) around the shaft ends
As this works quite well for packing bearings
Cheers:)

The idler shaft holes in the gearbox are a bit of a sloppy fit so with the addition of enough CA glue to fill the sides as you push in the shaft and not spill out and glue the bearing once set it is more brittle than PTFE and should stop any slop, it worked for me.

not yet
 

Did not get the chance to test it 2day, but its all built up now so will pop up somewhere mid week n test it ready for maritime on sat.....:thumbsup:

GUTTED
 

Finaly had d weather to test it... and after 3 mins the sound of gears mushing together:cry:
Thats it 4 me, it was all new bits, well built, but eat itself after no time, LOVE D CAR so will shelf until u get some new g-boxs fabs... But 4 now its back 2 the reliable old rb5 with d motor out the back........

hello fabs, some news for gearbox:confused:

I have some details about that kit that I bought from Maarten, Fabs.
I studied the gearbox some more and discovered that the complete gearbox is slightly bent. Remember mine? Well his is twice or more bent.
Strangely, the two parts still fit together like a glove ... so I have only one explanation: the gearbox has been to hot and has bent while being mounted.

Anyway, it is a bit too crooked to try to fix it, i guess. I'll wait for the new gearboxes too. :drool:

I have the same probleme & I run 5 time of 6 mn
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fabs, the car is very good for drive but make a new gearbox

Maybe he can go knock on the door with Atomic Carbon.

You should see the new gearbox from the TRF GTO :thumbsup:

AC doesn't make any parts, and their subcon, which I know, can't make the gearbox. period.

I'm still working on a solution but for now all the tracks i've followed have been either too expensive or have proven to be dead end with people already overworked.

Is there no way you guys could make some kind of bush to fit into the origional gear box the fix the problem??

Fab - would you like me to have a chat with Lewis to see if he will make you some gearboxes at reasonable money??
The Vega gearbox is state of the art......

No and No

Ali box, fabs!
Should be cheaper than molding as you have drawings
Do you want me to make you some? To your drawings.;)
How many we talking?
Cheers mate

I'm waiting for some more replies, have faith I'll get it all sorted :thumbsup:

CF incomming & the 1st is on carpet : the grip'll be hard for the gear-box...
hopin' for a new one too. but you know that...:D

@ the last race mine (1 idle gear as "usual", the second one for me) break down just when i was first on (a) qualif' :(
if it's appends a second time (be 1st in any run, miracle!), i don't want to loose because of that.

so i've glued the shaft and will not run till Merlevenez to increase his durability:lol:

new gear-box! new gear-box! new gear-box!!!!:drool:

bye!

I know the situation and I'm doing my best to get them out ASAP.

Now oOple isn't a claims board and if you have an issue I invite you to contact me in private.

Like I said as soon as the boxes are here I'll let everyone know, please be a little bit more patient.

:wub and :cry:

Went out with the car for only the second time at the weekend, after i picked up a used example. All i can say is wow, the thing is awesome, by far my best performance with a 2wd!!. Well done fabs.

Just wondered if there was anymore news with the g-box situation as it seems to have gone a little quite on this thread?

Ive used mine 3 times now and love it mate. it drives fantastically well.

Well done to Craig Collinson too for winning the Worksop series with the MCS :thumbsup:

Hi guys,

Just to let you know that I'm on it for the gearboxes, doing my best to be able to provide them to the UK drivers before the national.

YESSSSSSSS
 

GR8 news fabs...... :thumbsup:

And for this I need to know who is going to need a gearbox for the first national...

good news:thumbsup:
one for me

franck

see @mail

the first BRCA national

Great news on the g-box fabs, on a different note, anybody know where I can get hold of the aluminium rear 1 deg hubs, as I have got the plastic basic items which are 0 deg I believe?

JE will be a good start... but there are others who can get for you also..

UMW516-0

UMW516-05

UMW516-1

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Thanks for the reply, I'll give them a try. I'm not doing the nationals unfortunately just regionals, but would like a g-box as soon as they come available please, many thanks.

Fabs, don't get me wrong .... but our Nationals have been started allready. Second one within two weeks.
I know you were able to find someone to make some gear-boxes but only a limited amount, just to help out the UK-topdrivers ...
but could you give us some info on the time-frame about a new batch of G-boxes?

It's just that ..
I'v e been running my kit all winter now and i went great .. apart from eating out more then one Idler-gear, and it's getting an expensive gearbox this way :)
Now, the problem is that if the G-B would fail on me definitly ...or would ruin my last idler-gears ... then I'm toast.

I allready have to look out for a spare car (prolly a 22) just in case of the worst case scenario. Or maybe having to rebuild the car to the non-MCS version?

Just to clarify things.

Mike is going to have enough gearboxes made by a guy he knows only to make sure that the UK guys have a gearbox for the first national.

I have done everything I could to be able to provide EVERYONE a gearbox before that, but there have been some unavoidable and unexpected delays. This sub contractor however seems a lot more serious than the others so I am comfident about the fact that they're gonna get them done.

There will be a gearbox for every kit I have produced, I'm HOPING before the end of april, it's out of my hands however, I'm applying as much pressure as I can to get them done by my sub-contractor.

So please be patient.

We know you do the best you can, fabs.
But you'll surely understand that we are anxious to drive that fab-ulous car of yours ;)

As we allready were, we'll still be patient :lol:

yes please, Not a top priority as not doin nationals.

Any news on how the g-box is looking for the end of April fabs?.

Please don't interpret this as impatience, just my g-box gave up the ghost at the weekend, and i'm booked in for the north west regional series which has plenty of reserve drivers.

Basically i don't want to take up a place when somebody else could race and i could let the relevant clubs know in advance.

The next round is May 1st

Thanks, Andy

I'm gonna try to fix such a crooked gearbox (or make it usable again).
If it works out OK I will post some pics here.

????

Dont know if Fabs is sleeping.
Well done to craig for his A final finish on Saturday.

I would like a good clay- and a good dirt-track-setup for the MCS.

Or could someone tell/explain me how I should differ the setup, which adjustments I should make to Change the car from a
n astro-setup to dirt- or clay-setup.
I have very little experience about driving on dirt or clay and none driving it with my MCS

thx in advance.