Sand and Tiny Rocks Lodging in Spur

[MeBeMikey]

For the first time ever I had repeated issues with debri from the track entering the bodyshell and getting stuck in the spur. I was racing on a new astro track that had a few areas that were quite sandy and would cause over rotation in the corners when I'd go off the racing line, which in some areas was very narrow. (long sentence) I still managed 2nd overall though.

Are there any solutions to this. I'd hate to destroy a spur and pinion everytime I race there.

Thanks!

Btw: I used Losi BB pink in rear (27.5wt) and Associated Blue up front (37.5) and car was brilliant. Cut stag and worn Schuey yellows. Only 1 C4.1 beat me all day.

[maineyak]

Did the C4.1 belong to Dean?

[MeBeMikey]

Yep! He was 1st in every race and I 2nd. Having changed to saddle I'm now on his tail quite a bit through the race. Same lap too at the finish. I feel like I'm giving him a race now.

[mattr]

I just go round with a pointy bit of metal and flick it out after each run. Takes about a minute. Its the pinion that seems to make the bigger difference. What with it being metal instead of plastic!

[MeBeMikey]

That's what I do, I use a hobby knife. I'm Gunna have to do some tinkering to see if I can make something out of all my spare lexan. Iv also ordered some long 10mm wide Velcro to go the whole length of the chassis and body shell.

[BeachBuggyPhil]

Check out post 297 on here... http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...ng-bar-20.html
And see if you can figure out how he did it.
Good luck.

[maineyak]

The most recent car on the "Show me your X6" thread had a gear cover on too.

Can't quite work out what cover it is or how it's fixed. Looks plenty trimmed around the pinion end though.

[mattr]

I still get grit into cars with spur covers. Mid and rear motored.