HorizonRC com How-To: Set Your Gear Mesh

[killersushi99]

I dont have a yellow paper. Will white paper work?

[19mclaren97]

Thank you very much! 

[ashishsjalan]

Awesome Video...i was cleaning out my pinion ans spur on the traxxas slash 4x4, and messed up the mesh.

[MrWilliam27]

Thank you so much for posting this video. A couple of the brushes broke off in one of the motors in my emaxx and i have the new motor. I didnt want to install it untill i found the proper way to set my mesh, and this video showed me. This was very helpfull and helped me get my emaxx up and running again.

[r2koooolmi]

hey how do i set the gear mesh like can u make a vid on how to hahahaha jkjk great vid!!!!!

[Bozzmancommeth]

excuse me i have an rc10 B4.1 and the spur gear makes alot of noise even when it is properly adjusted......what would that mean? thank you

[Ch2is86]

Ok, Thanks

[Ch2is86]

Horizon RCdotcom, I have a tamiya TT-01 Shaft Driven 4wd. How do i set the gear mesh for my car?

[HorizonRCdotCom]

@Ch2is86 I believe the TT-01 has a fixed gearing but I am not 100% sure. I'll have some more info for you soon.

[robbyadkins]

@HorizonRCdotCom i dont want to feel stupid but what is the gear mesh and how does ie help

[HorizonRCdotCom]

@robbyadkins The gear mesh is the gap between the pinion and spur gears. You need to have some play in there otherwise things will bind up. Too much is bad because it can slip and strip the gears.

[FLUFFINATORofCA]

im gearing my b4 with a 17.5 at 32/72 and my motor is 150 degrees after 5 minutes it is an x12 and would upgrading my sxx competition to a stock spec make a noticeable difference

[HorizonRCdotCom]

@FLUFFINATORofCA Are you looking to change the performance or to change the temp? 150 isn't horrible actually, I run that same motor in my SC Truck and it gets a little hotter than that. I have one of those Stock Spec ESC's that will be going in our FT SC10 review we will be doing. I have seen the performance of that ESC/Motor combo before and it's extremely impressive.

[jjrules07]

can u do those steps on a losi micro desert truck

[HorizonRCdotCom]

@jjrules07 Yes you can.

[ProductionsNolimits]

@HorizonRCdotCom What about a losi micro-t because I'm hearing this clicking sound coming from the motor?

[HorizonRCdotCom]

@ProductionsNolimits Same thing, check the spur and pinion gears to make sure there's not something in there fouling up the works. 

[ProductionsNolimits]

@HorizonRCdotCom ok Me And My dad, checked the gear mesh and that was the problem.

[josamsung2]

Ok thank u so much!!!!!!!!!!

[josamsung2]

It is on a rc18 the people say I need 2 shim it but I don't khow how or whith wat? Or is It becuse I put a 7800 kv burshless 12t on it I barly hit the gas and it strips

[HorizonRCdotCom]

@josamsung2 You're stripping the diff gear inside the casing? If that's the case you'll want to add shims between the outdrive bearing and the diff itself in such a way that it pushes the diff gear towards the small pinion gear in the casing.

[josamsung2]

@HorizonRCdotCom yes that is wat is happining wat do i use as shims? or do i bye them?

[HorizonRCdotCom]

@josamsung2 You would have to buy them. Many companies offer them

[josamsung2]

How do u set the diff mesh cuz I keep stripping it? It is a 1/18 4weel drive

[HorizonRCdotCom]

@josamsung2 Diff mesh?? That's normally not adjustable. I don't understand. What vehicle is this on?

[theeviloneohyes]

it's called setting the backlash

[03prinz]

do u knw anymore upgrades on this losi???

[sumsha0000]

what about the stockstar? what speeds would i hit with a good 12 turn?

[HorizonRCdotCom]

I haven't used the Stockstar but talking to Rick Howart in the past about it that should be a strong motor. With a 12-turn 40-45 should be easily accomplished.

[modernmariorc]

If you google "rcgearing" you can see a list of motors and gearing people use and how these setups perform.

[sumsha0000]

whats a good mod motor and pinion for the xxx cr with the red spur im not sure the tooth but for some racing and some bashing. im looking for atleast 30mph

[HorizonRCdotCom]

You can hit 30MPH with a good Stock motor like a CO27. You'll want a 20-22 Tooth pinion for that with the stock 78T spur gear.

[logitechz3]

You can use a single piece of paper with 64 and 48 pitch gears but for a 32 Pitch you need two pieces of paper

[ringo3632]

you guys should make these into podcasts too

[HorizonRCdotCom]

We actually have been doing podcasts. It's called the R/Cast and available on both the Horizon Hobby site and available for download from iTunes. The link to the podcasts is in the right under the "More Info" button.

[fukdinitself]

thanks for the tip...

[YupHio]

cool