[Muzzie]

Originally Posted by kdeleon

In the US, some people are starting to report issues with stripping spur gears. Anyone with this car having the same issue? I know some of you even run 300K diff oil and on high traction carpet. So you might be putting even more stress on the spur. But curious as we want to try and figure out the root cause.

The only thing I’ve done is strip a spur gear as the motor mount vibrated loose. I’ve now used some lock tight on the motor screws.

Tip from Richard Lowe - When I built mine (same applied on the B44 motor clamp) I put the cam into the motor mount, screwed the clamp down on top of it, covered the little grub screw in thread lock (plenty) and screwed it in just until it stops. Then remove the clamp and screw the grub screw in another half turn or so, so it's just proud on the inside of the clamp. That way when you tighten the clamp down the grub screw bites into the cam a bit and stops it moving. It also pushes the clamp off the cam a touch in the middle and puts a bit of bend into it, so you've got the clamp trying to spring back straight working to hold the motor still too.