marvo
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When stand behind your truck looking at the spur gear mine has all the teeth grinded down on the left side? What would make it only gring the outter part of the teeth down?
Spur gear damage
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A rock or its hitting the A arm shaft. Take the rear tire off hold the rear in your hand and twist it toward your gear - That is more then likely what happened. I switched it out to alloy 1st thing and have never had anymore problems, other then taking a bit off the shaft with the hardened gear.No damage to the gear though.
marvo
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I think something must have got stuck inbetween em. the spur gear is sheared down on the outter side,nothing it could be rubbing on. That alloy spur gear looks sweet, i bought another stock one but i will get an alloy one as well. I bought the clear cover to go over it. Fire hammer spur gears are the same right? I ordered the cover from a firehammer as well.
Its the CNR one. Its a tough one to find.
I would vote against the cover. You can use the firehammer covers as well. They seem to make it more difficult to get at the gears, hold more rocks in from getting out, and the A arm rod rubs the gear cover eventually cracking it unless you cut off the back and make sure it wont rub.
Spur gears are the same but thinner in width - Wont make a difference.
No, they are all metal with no cover.
cyclops1970
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http://www.pythonmotorsports.com/fg/offroad_parts/fg_truck_parts/hop_up/truck_hopup.htm python has them in stock ... i just bought one for my lauterbacher and are really nice the AMS gear ..
http://www.pythonmotorsports.com/fg/offroad_parts/fg_truck_parts/hop_up/truck_hopup.html
With this you need to change out the pinion to the 18T. Its a different gear ratio then stock 16/48 for the FG.
cyclops1970
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o0o i thought he was running the 18/46 .. my bad ..
marvo
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i put the clear cover on but i cut the bottum of it out,it was actually rubbing on the spur gear. So i cut the bottum out, atleast it will protect the top from sticks and rocks and such,i was told it holds rocks as well but with the bottum gone don't think that will be an issue. When this plastic spur craps out gonna get the alloy one like i was adviced
Keep stock, you will get plenty of wheelies when you get a good pipe.
neverhappy
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Keep stock, you will get plenty of wheelies when you get a good pipe.
Anyone ever change the final drive gear from a 14 to a 16? What would happen?
I have heard of others dong so. It would give you more top end. You could use a FireHammer Transfer Gear to do it cheap and find out if you like it. Order it from any LHS that carries DuraTrax.
mooman007uk
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it'll give you more top speed but you might lose wheelie ability with a 16t gear if you're running the monster tires as it will have slower take off, my baja runs a 16t but the tires are an inch and half smaller so the overall gearing is about the same as 14t with big tires.
neverhappy
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So it looks like I'll be sticking with a 14 tooth final drive gear. I may change the pinion back to a 16/48 since i've taken the stadium to a monster. Stock gears for a monster are 16/48 and I have a 18/46 which was on it when i brought it used.
Thanks for the help and didn't mean to hijack this thread.
Thanks for the help and didn't mean to hijack this thread.
Your correct changing it back will increase bottom end due to the tire size change from stadium to monster.