[quote="Coach-Z"]I haven't mentioned it yet, but I really don't know that much about RC vehicles yet, so you've got me stumped here
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Don't worry, we all start there!
Put the car on stand and you will see that you can counter rotate the rear wheels – ie turn one forward and one backwards.
If you can do that with the front wheels then you have a differential fitted to the front too. If you cannot then you have a solid axle, ie a spool, which XRAY call a Composite Solid Axle.
As I said, if you look at the three items you will see they are sided not symmetrical and it is important that they are sitting in the bulk heads the right way around. I was thinking that it could just be that your seller took the car apart to give it a good clean and made a mistake when putting it back together again.
I am also thinking that maybe your front belt is too loose which could be the problem. They stretch with age and there is a built in mechanism that lets you tighten them up – see page 12 of the 008 Instruction Manual.
Try this.
Put the car on a stand and with one hand rotate the spur gear so the front wheels move in a forward motion. Whilst doing this place the forefinger of the other hand under the front belt right where it starts to engage with the spool/front diff pulley. Apply a bit (not much) of upward pressure with that forefinger.
If that causes the belt to easily come off the pulley then I would say it is too loose. Or to put that another way, as people have differing views on belt tightness; if it comes of easily, given the problem you have, then to me that suggests it is worthwhile tightening the belt one notch on the adjustment system and seeing if that improves things.
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