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kelly_and_brian · 02-13-2008, 06:24 PM

I tried looking for this part number at Tower Hobbies and they don't even show it out of stock (it is just plain gone), when I search HPI, they show it out of stock.

Is there something else that everyone is using for a pinion gear? The HPI stage 1 uses the 48P 96T spur gear (#6996), and I was able to find that one ok.

Is there another gear combo that is appropriate for crawling?

Thanks!

bigblazerboy · 02-13-2008, 06:53 PM

just get a 15t gear from another brand in 48 pitch

Offroader5 · 02-13-2008, 07:27 PM

Yeah...just use another one. Any 15t 48 pitch pinion that fits an 1/8" shaft will work...doesn't have to be that exact part number.

blackfoot · 02-13-2008, 08:07 PM

Tower Sux! The discontinue stuff way too often, but they dont ever have it in their clearance section. It just seems to disapear. I bet the employees have one hell of a stock of RCs at home.

red jim · 02-13-2008, 08:08 PM

48P gears are easy enough to find anywhere

Zod Rhombus · 02-13-2008, 08:17 PM

My LHS said the pinion was discontinued. Also, I've heard issues about the cover fitting over the 96t spur, so I decided to order a 93t and it was discontinued as well.

...and I thought HPI only discontinued parts for the Savage every six months. :-P

But yeah, 15t, 48p pinions are plentiful in nature.

Miller Time · 02-14-2008, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Zod Rhombus

My LHS said the pinion was discontinued. Also, I've heard issues about the cover fitting over the 96t spur, so I decided to order a 93t and it was discontinued as well.

...and I thought HPI only discontinued parts for the Savage every six months. :-P

But yeah, 15t, 48p pinions are plentiful in nature.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXN205&P=M

Zod Rhombus · 02-14-2008, 10:52 AM

Rock_abuser · 02-23-2008, 11:33 PM

Just bought some gears today and of course they didnt have what I needed. So I went 13 Pinion and a 90 Spur. Will this be ok to run?

dacaur · 02-24-2008, 01:17 AM

I dont think the gears will mesh well with 13/90. (90 is the stock size btw) I run 14/96 and i cant get them to mesh as tight as I'de like.

Miller Time · 02-24-2008, 06:39 AM

Yeah I had trouble getting 13/96 to mesh well, it worked but it was really loud, which lead me to believe it would eventually strip the spur. I ended up with 18/96. That is a good gearing for me, running a rooster crawler 55t combo. After playing with this awhile, I think 13/96 would have been way too low anyway, because wheelspeed at 18/96 is about right. That depends on your motor and how you drive it of course.

SnoopMaxx · 02-24-2008, 10:47 AM

I use a traxxas 66/12 32p

02-13-2008, 06:24 PM	#1
kelly_and_brian Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Valley Posts: 19	Where did 6915 go? (15t pinion gear) I tried looking for this part number at Tower Hobbies and they don't even show it out of stock (it is just plain gone), when I search HPI, they show it out of stock. Is there something else that everyone is using for a pinion gear? The HPI stage 1 uses the 48P 96T spur gear (#6996), and I was able to find that one ok. Is there another gear combo that is appropriate for crawling? Thanks!

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02-13-2008, 06:53 PM	#2
bigblazerboy Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: richmond, va Posts: 766	just get a 15t gear from another brand in 48 pitch

02-13-2008, 07:27 PM	#3
Offroader5 Picky Fab'r/Acetal Junky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona Desert/AJ Posts: 3,073	Yeah...just use another one. Any 15t 48 pitch pinion that fits an 1/8" shaft will work...doesn't have to be that exact part number.

02-13-2008, 08:07 PM	#4
blackfoot Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Clymer, NY Posts: 394	Tower Sux! The discontinue stuff way too often, but they dont ever have it in their clearance section. It just seems to disapear. I bet the employees have one hell of a stock of RCs at home.

02-13-2008, 08:08 PM	#5
red jim Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: I live in my own world,they know me here Posts: 402	48P gears are easy enough to find anywhere

02-13-2008, 08:17 PM	#6
Zod Rhombus Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Calabash, NC Posts: 348	My LHS said the pinion was discontinued. Also, I've heard issues about the cover fitting over the 96t spur, so I decided to order a 93t and it was discontinued as well. ...and I thought HPI only discontinued parts for the Savage every six months. :-P But yeah, 15t, 48p pinions are plentiful in nature.

02-14-2008, 10:52 AM	#8
Zod Rhombus Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Calabash, NC Posts: 348

02-23-2008, 11:33 PM	#9
Rock_abuser Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 41	Just bought some gears today and of course they didnt have what I needed. So I went 13 Pinion and a 90 Spur. Will this be ok to run?

02-24-2008, 01:17 AM	#10
dacaur Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Eagle Mountain, Utah Posts: 311	I dont think the gears will mesh well with 13/90. (90 is the stock size btw) I run 14/96 and i cant get them to mesh as tight as I'de like.

02-24-2008, 06:39 AM	#11
Miller Time Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charlotte Posts: 97	Yeah I had trouble getting 13/96 to mesh well, it worked but it was really loud, which lead me to believe it would eventually strip the spur. I ended up with 18/96. That is a good gearing for me, running a rooster crawler 55t combo. After playing with this awhile, I think 13/96 would have been way too low anyway, because wheelspeed at 18/96 is about right. That depends on your motor and how you drive it of course.

02-24-2008, 10:47 AM	#12
SnoopMaxx Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 904	I use a traxxas 66/12 32p

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