Mardave Meteor

[StevieG]

Anyone know where I can obtain a Mardave Meteor instruction manual.

I've tried the usual places like Competition X..etc but no luck at the moment.

Thanks in Advance
Steve

[DerbyDan]

I could take a scan & e'mail it to you.... to be honest its less of an instruction manual - more a leaflet!

PM me your e'mail address....

[AdrianH78]

Originally Posted by DerbyDan

I could take a scan & e'mail it to you.... to be honest its less of an instruction manual - more a leaflet!

PM me your e'mail address....

Soooooo true! Basically a big block paragraph of text on how to build it with very few or no diagrams from memory...

[StevieG]

Ahh brill thanks it's

[email protected].

I can sort of remember it, I wanted the check out the bearings for the wheels and gearbox.

Thanks again
Steve

[DerbyDan]

I'll try & sort this out for you at lunchtime (I can use the scanner/copier here at work) But I don't think it will answer your queries regarding the bearings. The Meteor came as standard with only two ballraces - the pair in the gearbox that the diff runs on. Earlier Meteors had brass bushes in the rear hubs which could be replaced with ballraces - but later ones had hubs where the stub axle runs direct on the plastic of the hub!

Optional wheels were available with recesses to accept bearings (Early option three piece wheels seemed to take smaller bearings than the later one piece dish type which accept the same size bearing as Mardave Cobra wheels)

Extra bearings can be added into the gearbox - one inside the gearbox to carry the end of the intermediate gear shaft - the other end with a bearing inside the gear cover. There is also a ball raced version of the red spur gear that is recessed to accept a pair of small bearing - very hard to find this part!!

[StevieG]

That's clear,

Bearing in the spur also, no recess in the spur that I have to take a bearing, might be able to bore something!