This is unfortunate, and I'm sorry to hear you are having a recurring problem/losing faith in Arrma. It sounds to me that the slipper being too tight is what is causing your issue. I think you have ruled out bearing play from what you have said. As stated before, a tiny dab of threadlock on the tension screw for the slipper should solve your problem, I would use blue so that it doesn't set up so hard that it's a PITA get back apart when time to change pads.
And this is the truck you have listed for sale, lol. Good. Luck.
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I feel its better to be honest about the problems the truck is having rather than to have an angry customer after they receive the truck. If I am wrong for that, so be it. I could easily have not posted anything about the problems I was having with the truck on this forum, or simply made a new account to talk about the problems it has. Thanks for the good luck wishes (;
This is the same truck, and it is in perfect running condition, it just doesn't stay that way for very long it seems. Like I said before it seems to shred the gear regularly every 3-5 batteries and that is what really stumps me. It doesn't make any sense to me that it would happen at a regular interval.
I was thinking about that but I'm not sure because I've spent so much money on the truck already I could have bought that XDS i've had my eye on. If I can sell it for a reasonable price(seeing that the truck has very few runs on it and only has the spur problem) I will be saying goodbye to arrma and buying ammo with whatever I am able to get for it. Most everybody on here has been helpful, or at least tried to be, so thank you for that. I don't drive in sandy areas but in certain areas where I drive the dirt is very loose and it gets very dusty. But I would not consider it sandy.
Well I can all but guarantee that you'll love that XDS when you get it, and you will need all the cash you can get to feed it! They are too fun to shoot.
Thank you, now this makes sense and just might be the problem! I had a slipper hub crack because it was too tight so the spring may very well be the problem. Thanks again I will look into it. Do you know if I can buy the spring by itself or if I would have to buy the slipper clutch maintenance set?
When you replaced the slipped hub did you by chance replace the bearing that goes in between the two hub pieces? There's a bearing that goes there.
every radio controlled vehicle breaks. what problem you have isnt common. if it was than nobody would buy the truck.
I totally forgot to change that bearing. I just pulled the slipper apart and changed it, but the old bearing seemed fine. I am hoping this is what was causing my problem. Thanks for the tip
There is something going on and I wish I could help. It's not normal. I've had 2 3s trucks since September and I haven't damaged a spur yet. One of them is running a BLX185 system. No way you should be chewing up spurs.
Yeah, I really need to figure out the problem. I think I will order a whole new slipper assembly from JRC when they are in stock. Or maybe I will borrow the slipper from one of the new 4s trucks that I have on the way. Either way it did seem to be doing better with the locktight and gorilla tape over the part where the gear is exposed. I did see that the spur gear had cut a hole in the tape so I think next time I will put a few layers of tape, that's all I can think of. There wasn't any sand in the power module that I could see, but then again it was filled with powdered plastic from the spur gear. Any advice/tips would be appreciated.
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