Crooked motor/motor plate

[Dean Washington]

Can anyone shed abit of light on this, just bought a 2nd hand 22 and when I fitted my motor it's not inline with the car if that makes since, photo doesn't show it to well, gearbox is inline with car just motor plate and motor. On the picture the motor is angled the same as this \

Anyone know how I can sort this or are all 22 like this

[Robby]

Take the motorplate off and see if it's flat.
If it was every run rearmotor, it could have been bent in a bad landing, and it being bent is about the only way the motor won't mount straight.

[Dean Washington]

Ok cheers bud il try that

[martgifford]

Just read dean. And replied to your pm. Never run rear by me but i suspect it maybe that rear cream weight. Did you shim it correctly beneath the cream weight went you converted it.

[mutoid]

I noticed the same or similar thing to my 22 the otherday,the motor doesnt seem to sit at right angles as you look at the car from the front.Not sure how long its been like this,or if it was like it when built,and i never noticed.
All i can say,is that it hasn't affected its performance,although it runs alot noisier than my RTR rear motored version did,but that could just be the motor in this one being a little tired to say the least.

[Cream]

Check your motor plate is flat, Just been looking at cbmonky's (SRCC) losi 22, He'd bought a bling motor plate of E-bay which looks remarkably similar to the one in your photo, and it wasn't flat. He's back to his original and all is good again

Take your's off and try it on a glass table or something you know is flat.

[Razer]

On every 22 I've built and helped build(I work in a hobbyshop), the motor will be standing like this due to the gearbox not being completely straight. I did a lot of sanding to get my motor straight on the first one, now I don't care anymore:P

[Cream]

Originally Posted by Razer

On every 22 I've built and helped build(I work in a hobbyshop), the motor will be standing like this due to the gearbox not being completely straight. I did a lot of sanding to get my motor straight on the first one, now I don't care anymore:P

Yeah we messed around for quite some time with shims, It needed 0.3mm (0.012") shims in two places to square it up. So with some that may be the problem. Difficult to do with sanding as you need to keep stripping it untill you get it right. Good on you for putting the effort in though

[Razer]

Originally Posted by Cream

Yeah we messed around for quite some time with shims, It needed 0.3mm (0.012") shims in two places to square it up. So with some that may be the problem. Difficult to do with sanding as you need to keep stripping it untill you get it right. Good on you for putting the effort in though

I only bothered once, I won't bother again

[Colin Kirkham]

My spur gear is not parallel with the motor plate, but the motor plate is flat.
I do wonder if there is a moulding issue with the gear box itself ??

[Robby]

Originally Posted by moffett-mechanic

My spur gear is not parallel with the motor plate, but the motor plate is flat.
I do wonder if there is a moulding issue with the gear box itself ??

I have several, never noticed a problem with the "moulding."
Perhaps you over-tighted/cranked the mounting screws.