4005

can somebody from personal experience give their input on plastic or metal(aluminum) a spur gears? I hear conflicting stories from both sides, some say that a metal spur will just tear up the tranny! is it just a matter of choice or is one better than the other? I am looking for durability not so much performance, but I would rather chew up a $5 spur rather than something more expensive further downline , don'''t get me wrong I'm not chewing up plastic gears left and right , just need to know if metal is the way to go, Please help can't decide

benzzyo5

i would say the plastic i have about 12 gallons on my plastic spur and nothing has ever happned to it. i set the mesh correctly and nothing should happen. and i always take out my motor every gallon to maintain the shoes. and i set the mesh and nothing has happened, i also heard that metal will mess somthing up. the metal spur is just a bandaid for a bad mesh

MITCH ..

I was wearing out the groove for the break pad so I got a metal 1 and have had 0 problems

I also melted a few plastic one's because my clutch bell was getting too hot

benzzyo5

they melted becauseu have to upgrade the clutch to a alluminum one and get a vented clutch bell. also i thing the metal spur puts a little drag.

MITCH ..

I have aluminum clutch shoes and vented bell now il try out plastic again soon because I want to try out a few more setups and its way cheaper

MITCH ..

is the vented flywheel of any use or help?

46u

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Well over 7 plus gallons and still running the same plastic spur. Really do not know how much fuel I have trough mine but I know at least 7 gallons but would not be surprised if I had 2 or 3 more on it. Being I have 4 nitro vehicles hard to keep up with how much fuel I have run through each one.

benzzyo5

yeah it will reduce the heat and there for not heat up the cb and not melt the spur gear

4005

are we talking vented bell or vented flywheel- or both? I should be ashamed to say I have never seen or heard of either,. please advise

MITCH ..

hey benzzyo you got any good links on setting mesh i've found some but no idea where they were

just a refresh if im gonna take off my bandaid.........hehehe

benzzyo5

vented clutch bell, all u need is the bell vented not the flywheele. EX. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXKLM1&P=7

MITCH ..

well both now but they are vented as in they have holes in the to keep them cooler

cool is good

4005

I'm liking what I see where's the link for the vented flywheel?

benzzyo5

i'll try i think there is a video on how to do this.

benzzyo5

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4315363/tm.htm this tells u how to set the mesh and other important things

MITCH ..

here http://www.hobbieguyrc.com/shop/cart...ategory_id=566

MITCH ..

funny that was the 1........thx

crap I was wrong il try looking for it some more....

1siktkt

Does anyone have a problem with dirt and grit getting into the holes in the clutch and buggering things up???

benzzyo5

no,

MITCH ..

I was thinking about the paper method

how its supposed to look ect..

benzzyo5

when the paper comes out it suppose to have nice groves in it. not big groves , it's hard to explain. when u do it you'll find the right dpot, trust me

Starcraft-IX

One more vote for the plastic spur gear. If nothing else, it is less rotating mass which will improve acceleration. With proper mesh, I've never had a problem

amwhite2005

I switched to steel and have never looked back. You have to set the slipper slightly loser just in case you do something stupid like land with throttle on. I really like them, and I didn't notice any performance loss.

Since I had it for about 4 gallons, I have broken 2 metal gears in the tranny, worth about £7. The price of one spur gear.

benzzyo5

yeah the price of a spur if your buying 2. and the plastic is fine. set the mesh adn nothing will break.down the line your just going to brake more tranny gears.o ver a metal spur thats a wast of money,

Chronic

I'm thining about switching over to a metal spur. I've never had any trouble with the plastic ones, but I have had one or two take a dive on the track before... and I want to get semi-serious with the racing this year. It's not that it's needed, I just want the extra piece of mind.