Dang it! Why can't they just leave it alone?

[MadAnt]

Got my new .6mod pinion from RRP and was comparing it to the old one I bought years ago, which was still new in the package. There was nothing wrong with old one, so why did they make the new gear fatter? To make me measure twice for each time? 

SMH

 Always check your parts, because not everything will fit the same or at all sometimes. Easy fix for me.

[Re-Bugged]

“Dang it! Why can't they just leave it alone.”

Not related to pinions, but this goes through my head every time I pick up my phone after an update now…

[Quailane]

Last night I was looking at metal parts from Tamiya that were functionally identical yet manufactured decades apart. It was interesting to see what exactly was identical and what the minor differences were. It got my thinking why they made those changes. There must be a reason.

[skom25]

There are three possible, main reasons:

- They found issue and fixed it

- Part was previously used only in e.g. one car, then they designed new model together with new part which is compatible with previous model and just replaced it

- If it is not own product, supplier changed specification and they did not have choice

If you can support 10 cars with one product, there is no reason to keep two different parts.

[scoobybooster]

4 hours ago, Re-Bugged said:

“Dang it! Why can't they just leave it alone.”

Not related to pinions, but this goes through my head every time I pick up my phone after an update now…

Same whenever i go to Mc Donalds (which is not very often): Fortunately, the prices are still the same, but the burgers are shrinking every time

[Saito2]

I noticed that with the RRP pinions too. I feel the same way about new motor mount on the T-shot series cars among other things.

[ADRay1000]

8 hours ago, Re-Bugged said:

“Dang it! Why can't they just leave it alone.”

Not related to pinions, but this goes through my head every time I pick up my phone after an update now…

No kidding. I wish my smartphone to have not gotten any smarter much past 2015

[Kowalski86]

If I had to guess, fatter gears means more durability, and modern power systems demand stronger gears.

[ADRay1000]

11 minutes ago, Kowalski86 said:

If I had to guess, fatter gears means more durability, and modern power systems demand stronger gears.

x2. they might have had to make it chunkier because they had design / durability issues with the older version. 

[OoALEJOoO]

The newer thicker gear is chamfered, while the original thinner one is not. The chamfer will considerably help with reducing wear & noise by eliminating sharp edges.

[MadAnt]

1 hour ago, Kowalski86 said:

If I had to guess, fatter gears means more durability, and modern power systems demand stronger gears.

Maybe so, I have seen the make everything over powered brushless trend. Back when I worked at a hobby store, a lot of people had the obsession of making everything faster, I've seen plenty of broken transmissions back then.

[Kowalski86]

16 minutes ago, MadAnt said:

Maybe so, I have seen the make everything over powered brushless trend. Back when I worked at a hobby store, a lot of people had the obsession of making everything faster.

I always wonder where those guys run their RCs without hitting anything. Unless if I make a trip I only have a bit of road with plenty of parked  cars to crash into, anything faster than 25mph gets relegated to "park only" use.

[MadAnt]

1 hour ago, Kowalski86 said:

I always wonder where those guys run their RCs without hitting anything. Unless if I make a trip I only have a bit of road with plenty of parked  cars to crash into, anything faster than 25mph gets relegated to "park only" use.

Around here people would drive to semi truck parking lots, empty commuter lots or side streets and highways with very little traffic. Some areas still had plenty of stuff to crash into like curbed islands, poles and pot holes.