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Old 01-09-2013, 05:46 PM   #1
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Hey guys,so my mostly stock honcho (rok lox,lipo,steering upgrade) is acting really strange. I've dinged up one spur gear already but that was an easy fix however now when I move at really slow crawl speeds it seems like it's binding,like chugging...(Chug chug chug chug) the drivetrain seems smooth though when I turn the spur by hand. Any chance at all that it's the stock motor or anything? It's driving me nuts,I'll try and upload a vid to youtube so you can hear it. thanks guys
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Old 01-09-2013, 06:06 PM   #2
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was it a RTR honcho? could be the stock motor if you have a lot of packs run through it. i would recommend you at least lube up everything to eliminate that possibility, and then just buy an inexpensive rebuildable motor and keep one as a spare - integy 35t is a decent motor for $20. another thing is possibly changing the pinion gear to a lower tooth count (to get RPMs higher at low speed) so you're not bogging down the motor if that's the issue - since rok lox are taller tire than stock (gear ratio change)
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Old 01-09-2013, 06:10 PM   #3
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Weird honcho noise - YouTube Of course my sound didn't work right dang..
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Old 01-09-2013, 06:12 PM   #4
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Actually just watching that makes it seems that there is a ton of slack in the drivetrain. I'm not sure but i'm gonna take a driveshaft off to see it it's in the axle
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Old 01-09-2013, 06:27 PM   #5
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Swapped shafts and it's still there,So i'm thinking it's in the tranny or the motor,guess I will try to grab another motor to test first.
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Old 01-22-2013, 06:05 PM   #6
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Mine does this a bit too at the low-end.

I tried:

-replacing every drive train component, with after-market upgrades...Not it,
-axle gears shimmed perfect...Not it
-pinion / spur mesh...Not it. (still suspect though. Going to get 32pitch gears, to allow for smoother tooth-lash),
-MIP shafts' pins aligned, with powered one's pin leading the slave one...Not it,
-MIP shafts' pins aligned, with powered one's pin trailing the slave one...Not it,
-re calibrated my BR-SL / CRAWLMASTER / DX4S...Not it. (although I don't have a Castlelink to fine tune it yet).
-clocking axles to different angles on the front axle to see if it is the angle of the third-member pinion...Not it.
-coggin at low speed; could be, but there are no answers to solving that...

Hope someone figures it out.

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Old 01-22-2013, 06:28 PM   #7
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Is your spur/pinion mesh too tight? This could cause binding as well. If it is, use a strip of paper and feed it in between the spur and pinion. The paper will act as a spacer to allow a bit of room between the two gears. Regular writing paper works fine. Once the motor is tightened down, you can just spin the spur to remove the paper.

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