Center diff gears

[rcguy]

Hey guys, I have a question for you about the external helical center diff gears. Should these gears be meshed with no play, or should they have some play like a regular pinion and spur gear? I had a Titan with the same gear setup and it ate two sets of these gears up within 1 hour of running. Don't want this to happen to my new Mega Monster because they are not cheap. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!:D

[Vertigo Performance]

Gears should always have back lash, if they are too tight the teeth will break.

The Titan issue could have been other issues that affected the gear.

[mooman007uk]

I haven't heard of any problems with tb2 or MMT regards centre diff ring and pinion

[RCKIWI]

I have run my TB2 with well over 50+ tanks of fuel through it and had no problems with the center diff drive gears!

[Pipeous]

you need expansion room for heat. when the gears heat they expand, if set tight then you have problems and gears failing. plus it sounds horrible

[rcguy]

Thanks for the help guys. I appreciate it. I'll just see how they are setup now and if theres no problems, I'll have a good reference for the future!

[Freeprawn]

On a side note Bryan, what issues/parts have worn out after 50+ tanks as a matter of interest :)

Nige

[RCKIWI]

Hi Nige, As far as parts wearing out that needed to be replaced are the top shock end balls that have worn, most other parts I have had to replace have been factory upgrades to std parts. Being part of a tester really is trying out new parts and seeing if they last and if make a difference.

[Freeprawn]

Kinda why I asked you as you have a lot of experiance with the car.

Good to hear the car is reliable :)

N