Frustrated TT-01 Owner! Need help

[Eurocupracing]

I bought a Brand new Bmw TT-01 and ran it for about 1 month, then came My ingenious idea of Taking the shaft out and making a 2wd Bmw!

It all went well untill the gears started to grind and then strip. Skip forward 2 months and I finaly get my new gear, I messed up the 19t pinion so I bought another one at the local HS(Not a Tamiya gear). Well I hook it all up with my new 15T Motor, I was driving it for around 5 min and Bang the gears start to grind again! I just spent $75.00 on new gears, an alum Prop shaft, a New set of rims and tires, a carbon upper frame, and a Alum Motor, mount, and some 15t and 14t pinion gears ( THe tamiya guy said that they would fit with the 61t Spur gear) Yea right! . I am so ****ed I am about to sell the **** thing and buy another car.

Could the 19t pinion have Caused the striping?

Also I dont know what gears I should buy now. I would like to actualy drive my car for a while! If you guys can help me out, that would be great! If you have some gears I can buy then Let me know! Or if you know where I can buy some Because I am not buying Anything more from the guys in Burien Toyota![V]

Thanks, TOm

[theshopkeeper]

When you remove the front to rear prop, the prop cups move - these hold the little gear on the end against the diffs - if this moves then you'll shred the gears - surprised you managed any time at all like that, the noise must have been horrendous.

Guessing, but I recon when you put it back together you've either left out one of the bearings supporting the prop shaft (it's fiddly refitting it without removing the gearbox) or if the spur has broken then you've put the motor plate onto the motor using the wrong set of holes.

[minijosh]

You must run tamiya pitched gears. Just ask anyone who has done this in their tl01. My non-tamiya pinion ate 3 spurs before I found this out.

[Eurocupracing]

So i guess I need to order Tamiya Pinons?

on the instruction book the fo=ront part of the car says to use 3 bearings? THey dont all fit!

[terry.sc]

The industry standard gear teeth are 48dp in size. Tamiya use metric gears that are 0.6 module in size, which equates to approx 43dp, NOT 48dp! You will need to order a new Tamiya spur gear. You will need metric 0.6module pinions, my personal preference are Robinson Racing ones rather than Tamiyas own, just make sure they are the metric ones.

[mr_pushrod]

If the instructions tell you to fit bearings they should be there.