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themerc64 · 02-26-2007, 10:14 AM

From a new Tamiya CC-01 VW Touareg Kit. I dont think the spline in the bevel gears are going to match up very well with the ones on the gearbox joints. This is very unlike Tamiya and I have never had to deal with them directly on something like this in over 20+ years of building Tamiya models. Any suggestions from other builders on how to obtain replacements would be appreciated...

Eric aka themerc64

onespeeder · 02-26-2007, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by themerc64

From a new Tamiya CC-01 VW Touareg Kit. I dont think the spline in the bevel gears are going to match up very well with the ones on the gearbox joints. This is very unlike Tamiya and I have never had to deal with them directly on something like this in over 20+ years of building Tamiya models. Any suggestions from other builders on how to obtain replacements would be appreciated...

Eric aka themerc64

I had the exact same problem with my Touareg kit. Luckily I had a spare set of diff gears for a TLT and they fit perfectly.

themerc64 · 02-26-2007, 10:32 AM

The fix was simple...
Called Tamiya, talked with another cool guy named Eric and he found some spare large bevel gears and put them in the mail. This is all after me telling him I couldn't wait to send the wrong ones back to them first and then they would send the correct ones out. Like I said before, this was very unlike Tamiya, but has it happened to anyone else out here? I would like to hear about it...

Eric aka themerc64

Mirage · 02-26-2007, 10:58 AM

Very strange, Built mine a couple months ago and all was well.

Perhaps they have changed the design of the gears, and they happened to get some old mixed with new?

dabid · 02-26-2007, 08:55 PM

My brother's was the exact same way, he was lazy and dremeled the dogbones to work anyway.

Mirage · 02-26-2007, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dabid

My brother's was the exact same way, he was lazy and dremeled the dogbones to work anyway.

Thats would be the opposite of lazy.. he actually too the time to modify them and made them work.

onespeeder · 02-27-2007, 08:53 AM

So yeah, the TLT bevel gears work perfectly. But Maybe I should send my slotted ones in too and get another set of correct gears.

truckerbuddy2 · 02-27-2007, 08:36 PM

i didnt have that problem with that chassis, but one of the tranny gears in my high lift kit wasnt there, i emailed tamiya and they had a new one to me free of charge in 2 days. real great company, just tell em what happend, aint no problems.

02-26-2007, 10:14 AM	#1
themerc64 Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Rathdrum, ID USA Posts: 549	CC-01 Parts Goof! Look at this... From a new Tamiya CC-01 VW Touareg Kit. I dont think the spline in the bevel gears are going to match up very well with the ones on the gearbox joints. This is very unlike Tamiya and I have never had to deal with them directly on something like this in over 20+ years of building Tamiya models. Any suggestions from other builders on how to obtain replacements would be appreciated... Eric aka themerc64 Attached Images

02-26-2007, 10:32 AM	#3
themerc64 Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Rathdrum, ID USA Posts: 549	The fix was simple... Called Tamiya, talked with another cool guy named Eric and he found some spare large bevel gears and put them in the mail. This is all after me telling him I couldn't wait to send the wrong ones back to them first and then they would send the correct ones out. Like I said before, this was very unlike Tamiya, but has it happened to anyone else out here? I would like to hear about it... Eric aka themerc64

02-26-2007, 10:58 AM	#4
Mirage RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Beaver County, PA Posts: 1,366	Very strange, Built mine a couple months ago and all was well. Perhaps they have changed the design of the gears, and they happened to get some old mixed with new?

02-26-2007, 08:55 PM	#5
dabid Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: HP lounge Posts: 289	My brother's was the exact same way, he was lazy and dremeled the dogbones to work anyway.

02-27-2007, 08:53 AM	#7
onespeeder Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PDX Posts: 426	So yeah, the TLT bevel gears work perfectly. But Maybe I should send my slotted ones in too and get another set of correct gears.

02-27-2007, 08:36 PM	#8
truckerbuddy2 Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: louisiana Posts: 324	i didnt have that problem with that chassis, but one of the tranny gears in my high lift kit wasnt there, i emailed tamiya and they had a new one to me free of charge in 2 days. real great company, just tell em what happend, aint no problems.

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