x6 gearbox

[Chrislong]

When tightening the slipper nut on, if the layshaft has any side to side play then it'll lock it all by pulling at the shaft. If the alloy shim is small for somereason, the layshaft gear could be rubbing against the inside of the tranny case. if this is the case - check for side to side play, and put that shim with the alloy sleeve thing, but if the shim is too thick, it'll put side load on the bearing and lock it for that reason, be careful...

Silly question: You haven't completely forgotten to use that alloy sleeve have you? That would liteally lock the gearbox up for the above reason, it'd just jam the gear into the inside of the tranny case.

Check the motor plate for clearance on slipper plate ofcause, this is the obvious one, but I hope so obvious you would have spotted this in 0.015seconds of it bindinging. LOL

[Big E]

I think it will be the shimming on the laysaft as Chris says. Every layshaft I put in I seem to have to change the amonut of shimming on it to stop it hitting the casing, wish they were all the same.

E.

[millzy]

what colour layshaft are you using? the new plastic/ alloy one or the all alloy one?

Also with regards to the idle gear, i had this issue all year with newer style gears and in the end i went to cml and got some old b2 ones ( as they where the original ones in the b4 kits) as i was getting sick of griding down the vallys of the teath to get a perffect fit.

with out stripplin my b4 down i cant tell you what colour they are.


I also ran losi slipper plates on my b4 with one white and one yellow pad, but didnt need to shim the plates from the motor plate( but the x6 runs a diffrent plate ).

[Gayo]

Chris, can you tell us a little more on how to grind down the idler gear ?

[YoungChazz]

Raphael is so funny. Broken English superstar indeed!

Here's the latest on the 4-gear. We're down to one supplier now. The gear boxes and bulkheads are in hand from the California molding shop. All Upgrade Kits and the new X - 6 Conversion Kit will come with the extra idler, two bearings, and a shaft, all of which are in hand. I just talked with the motor plate supplier who says I can pick up the plates in the morning.

That leaves the company, a new supplier for us, that will cut out the towers and modify the chassies. We started by making towers of 3MM CF and they cut that just fine. But testing showed 3MM to be a bit weak so we sent the 3MM material back and got 4MM CF which we've had since last week.

The shop is having trouble cutting the thicker stuff and making it look good, and we'll meet with them tomorrow afternoon. They will try using a different machine and cutter. Hope this does not change their price...

Paul and I started re-writing the instruction manual. Bag D is done and we'll work on E tomorrow. Then Bag F and it's off to the printers. After that it's a matter of putting everything in bags and making it look pretty so you'll buy it!