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24-01-2009
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6-gear idle gear blues... can the RC10 tranny be beefed up?
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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24-01-2009
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Contact Neil at RW Racing, he will make you some super tough ones, not sure if he used to make them in the past.
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24-01-2009
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on my old gold tub,
i ran the spur as a slipper, it did save the transmission alot off grief, trekkker
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08-02-2009
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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 a mail order hobby shop in the USA has idler gears.
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#5
16-02-2009
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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.
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16-02-2009
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