Bevel Drive gear breakage on Xt8

Rocco Margiotta · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 21:04:56

I've been running the stock chassis braces and a cut motor mount (for more flex) and haven't even had trouble with that. You just have to make sure your gear mesh is loose.

I don't think it is absolutely necessary for you to change the gears together, but it would be better if you did, as they do wear together. It's kind of like a chain and sprocket on a dirt bike, if you change just one, it will accelerate the wear on the new component, so you change them together to get better life out of both.

But then again, if I make a change in diff oil, I usually have two diffs, and just change the oil in one, and swap them out, so this voids the wear together idea, haha....

ers · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 19:40:24

lauri · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 23:27:07

eerikkarts · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 13:34:55

Rocco Margiotta · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 17:12:27

eerikkarts · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:07:50

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Ramstein · **Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 17:45:14

FYI
Another XT8 driver at the local track broke the front bevelgear exactly where i broke mine. It happend when landing just after a jump.

ers · **Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 21:50:35

Yepp, now I´m the only one in Gothenburg that hasn´t broken a drive gear (pinion gear)... :shock:

lauri · **Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 22:10:23

And still no good advice what to do. I always leave no slop in the input 10T gear. Maybe we should leave there a little slop?

Rocco Margiotta · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 16:45:24

Daverollo · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 22:46:18

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