Monster Beetle pinion gear

[supergreg]

I wonder if it is still available today from tamiya (some spares never change). Or perhaps a replacement from another company.

[SJoerD]

I think the one fromt the King Blackfoot is the very same, and should be avaliable from hobbystore, webstore etc. []

[mud4fun]

I can confirm that the Monster Beetle pinion is the same as King Blackfoot or vice versa. I'm actually using a MB pinion in my Bush Devil which is same rear gearbox as Blackfoot, Super and King Blackfoot. There are a couple on ebay at the moment I believe.

[Guest Carsnboats]

Hi,

Tower Hobbies still list the MB pinion.

Clive[]

[supergreg]

As I'm located in germany, I will try my best at LHS. Do you know if the counter gear is identical to king blackfoot, too? Thanks for helping, as MY MONSTER BEETLE IS BROKEN!![]

[WillyChang]

Say, don't we have a member of that name already?? []

[mud4fun]

No, rest of gearbox is different as far as I know. The Super Blackfoot, King Blackfoot and Bush Devil share the same gearbox internals with the Bear Hawk, same counter and diff which isn't the same as the Monster Beetle or Blackfoot.

[supergreg]

quote:Originally posted by WillyChang

Say, don't we have a member of that name already?? []

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Yes. His one is broken, too []

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

quote: Say, don't we have a member of that name already??

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yes we do[]

and yes my runner monster beetle is broken[}]

and my shelf queen one is, well, on the shelf[]

[jimbo858]

Okay question about pinions... I'm all confused. I called my LHS and they said that Tamiyas have a 32 pitch pinion.  Now I'm looking things up and it appears that some have a 48 pitch metric pinion.  Can someone clear this up for me?  I've got the following kits I'm trying to restore or bash with;

-Blackfoot

-Super Blackfoot

-King Blackfoot

-Lunchbox (from back in the 80's... I think...)

-Wild Dagger

Thanks in advance!

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

ooo cool, an old thread or what! []

to answer your question jimbo858, i believe the blackfoot - super blackfoot - king blackfoot and lunchbox all have 32 pitch pinions. tamiya seemed to use that pitch a lot.

i'm not certain about the wild dagger, but its probably got a 32 pitch pinion aswell.

dont worry about the pitches though, just try to order the pinion gear for specific to your truck, at least that way you cant get the wrong one.

the lunchbox pinion is extra long, the same one is found in the midnight pumpkin. so a generic pinion wont do for that truck.

as stated above, the blackfoot, super and king blackfoot have the same 10 tooth brass pinion gears.

hope that helps a bit!

[jimbo858]

yeah, sorry for digging up the old thread. but, after reading that the aluminum pinions wear so easily I was trying to find info on some steel pinions from places like

 http://www.robinsonracing.com/catalog/32pitchpinion.html

But, then I got confused. Somewhere I read that my Wild Dagger can use either a 18t or 20t 48pitch metric pinion.  But, I always thought that they used a 32 pitch pinion. Then I called my LHS and they didn't know for sure (cause they don't usually carry Tamiya products) and told me that it uses a 32 pitch. Then I read that there's 48 pitch AND there's 48 pitch metric.  So... I'm all confused now. I just don't want to make a mistake and get the wrong gears and/or stay with my current aluminum pinions and eventually wear them so much that they eat the gears.  Especially since I want to try a little hotter motor in my Super Blackfoot, King Blackfoot AND Wild Dagger.  Oh and something that's alittle more torquey for the Lunchbox (you know to do the wheelie thing).

[mr_pushrod]

My bet would be that the Dagger had a 0.6 module pinion while the rest take a 32dp pinion.

[jimbo858]

thank for letting me know!  now I can order some steel replacements.

[Bigwheels_inc]

The monster beetle pinion gear is available from modelbuild on ebay uk and the wild dagger / twin detonator pinion is the same pitch as the tl01 pinions

Pete

[MikeT]

My bet would be that the Dagger had a 0.6 module pinion while the rest take a 32dp pinion.

 

Alan is spot-on, dagger had 0.6 Module.

Mike

[DJTheo]

These misunderstandings happen due to many imperial shops calling 0.8 and 0.6 metric module (Tamiya uses only metric ones) 32dp and 48dp metric, which is a contradiction in itself, gears can be either nonmetric (diametrical pitch) or metric (module) http://www.racegypt.org/GET%20THE%20GEARS.htm

Cheers

[jimbo858]

Okay so far, from what I can gather for my Tamiya kits the pinions are as follows:

32dp - Blackfoot, Super Blackfoot, King Blackfoot, Lunchbox

48dp metric - Wild Dagger, TL01B Copy

Does this sound right to everyone?

[DJTheo]

Yes, even more correct nomenclature if you use 0.8module and 0.6module instead as per my post above.

Cheers

[jimbo858]

Yes, even more correct nomenclature if you use 0.8module and 0.6module instead as per my post above.

Cheers

oh yes, sorry...  Thank you so much for the info!