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05-12-2009, 08:51 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Alvarado
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|  gear reduction worth the $ ?
Wondering how this mounts , if anyone runs it and is it worth the ? Thanks, Raz http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVLE9&P=V |
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05-12-2009, 09:11 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Alvarado
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If it is worth the money, do you use the stock pinion ? Thanks, Raz |
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05-12-2009, 09:11 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Port Angeles
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It mounts between the motor and the pinion gear, poke around I'm sure someone has a phot up of one mounted. I loved mine when I was using the stock transmision, I've seen scale builds using just this unit feeding a transfer case. As far as the money...I do beleive it's the cheapest unit on the market like this, it has full bearings, and steel internals what more could you ask for for $20? |
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05-12-2009, 12:26 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mesa, Az
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Depends on what you are building, it also adds more weight on top. Might do more harm than good when you can get a high turn motor for the same price. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXNPD9&P=7 |
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05-12-2009, 05:30 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: PCB, FL
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I tested a 55t & 85t motor against a stock 27t with the reduction gear. It does add more weight to the top, but the 27t & reduction gear combo gave the best torque of all. If you are building a crawler/mudder/basher then the truck will be too slow using the reduction gear. If you are building a truck solely for crawling then the reduction gear is your best choice. If you are using the stock WK ESC, the gears will act as your drag brake. it will also make your truck noisier Last edited by HAAS599; 05-12-2009 at 05:33 PM. |
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06-14-2009, 10:31 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: romania
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hi guys sorry 4 my bad english i purchused 1 mont ago WK and i buy that gear box . its works great from 27:1 turns 2 174:1. u can forget about speed but there is power |
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06-14-2009, 04:07 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Capitan N.M.
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ive used mine forever and love the power it ads to the rig. and like they said forget about the speed but the torque is insane.
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07-15-2009, 12:14 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Peoples Republic of Kalifornia
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07-15-2009, 12:38 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Planet Earth
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I run one in my CC-01. At first I didn't put it together right, and there were some friction issues and it got really hot after driving it for just a little bit. I put it together the right way, with generous lube, and it works great. Maybe too great. It gears the motor down enough in that thing to easily disintegrate any gear in the transmission or rear axle. It works great, and I don't know what its like on the HPI. Its definately a big change though. You use the stock pinion coming out of the gear reduction unit, and you put a special included pinion on the motor that goes into the gears of the reduction unit. For $25, its not a bad idea to try it out. If you like speed though, it may not be for you.
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