M. Beetle Compatible Gears

Galliano · June 10, 2004

Hey guys, reading my posts must be hilarious, first i restore, then i upgrade the motor and ESC, now i come with lots of 'i have broken X, how can i fix it?' questions!!

So, have now managed to shear two teath of the counter gear in my Monster Beetle gearbox, i have a post in the wanted forum looking for a new one. Though what i want to know is, are any other counter gears suitable? Apart from Blackfoot, frog obviously. Any modern ones by the luck of god??

petercabrio · June 10, 2004

i dont think there are any modern equivalents and the spares are hard to find, there are some on ebay at the moment in the USA i think

uprated motors and MB gearboxes dont go well together[V]

thats why i got a king blackfoot and slapped the mb body on it, bomb proof running gear[]

peter

Galliano · June 11, 2004

You don't have a picture of that combo do you? Is it a straight fit for the body shell?

I think i am going to turn my beetle runner into a display model and buy myself a new Tamiya for general mucking about with, i hear that the twin detonator with uprated motors goes like stink off road with 4WD!!

Renco5012 · June 11, 2004

quote:Originally posted by Galliano
You don't have a picture of that combo do you? Is it a straight fit for the body shell?

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You'd have to do a bit of messing around to fit a MB body onto a KB, but it wouldn't take too long to do []

Mike.

mplsek(2) · June 12, 2004

do blackfoot gears fit?

if so then http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGP48&P=K

the diff looks VERY similar to the hotshot/wildone etc one

Tower also have the bevel gears (large) but for the 3 small gears you have to buy a whole 'metal parts bag'

GPZ1000RX · June 12, 2004

This is the sort of problem that I was refering to when replying to your earlier posts.

A lot of Tamiyas can't handle a lot of power (cause they weren't designed to)

Sticking a modern hot motor into a collectors piece is an especially bad idea as there is a good chance that what breaks is going to be difficult to replace. You could even be pushing it with a torquey 27T stock if components are becoming brittle with age.

smallman28 · June 12, 2004

quote:Originally posted by Galliano
You don't have a picture of that combo do you? Is it a straight fit for the body shell?

I think i am going to turn my beetle runner into a display model and buy myself a new Tamiya for general mucking about with, i hear that the twin detonator with uprated motors goes like stink off road with 4WD!!

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I got a MB a while ago and whilst I was only going to use it mainly as a display I remembered how my old one got through a lot of drive shafts in the time I had it.

I managed to get two King Blackfoots (one 100% complete,one 90% complete) and used the rear end off one of them to fit onto the MB keeping the original MB front end and still able to use the MB body.

The KB rear end is slightly wider than the MB so the back is about 1-2 inches wider in track than normal but it doesn't look overly bad and at least the drive train should be more durable than before,also the gears in the KB gearbox are a lot more sustantial than the MB so should be able to handle more power.

mymonsterbeetleisbroken · June 12, 2004

quote:Originally posted by mplsek
do blackfoot gears fit?

if so then http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGP48&P=K

the diff looks VERY similar to the hotshot/wildone etc one

Tower also have the bevel gears (large) but for the 3 small gears you have to buy a whole 'metal parts bag'

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yes! mb gears ARE blackfoot gears []

i dont think the hotshot diff gears fit, if they do i'm sure that would have been said here before, as mb diffs are always being discussed here !!! [8D]

mplsek(2) · June 12, 2004

mmbib,

i bought from my LHS the diff i referred to above and it was listed for... umm - not sure anymore - i THINK the blackfoot - i have put it in my supershot without a problem

I also noticed (when i had a wild-one) that it's diff looks exactly the same too, and they were easily swapped without problems.

mymonsterbeetleisbroken · June 12, 2004

quote:Originally posted by mplsek
mmbib,

i bought from my LHS the diff i referred to above and it was listed for... umm - not sure anymore - i THINK the blackfoot - i have put it in my supershot without a problem

I also noticed (when i had a wild-one) that it's diff looks exactly the same too, and they were easily swapped without problems.

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thats a great bit of info to know! [^]

came a bit to late for my old mb but o well lol []

Galliano · June 13, 2004

Cheers for all the info guys, will order some spares from tower, better to have them and not need them than need them and not have them!!

Duncan

petercabrio · June 14, 2004

galliano

sorry i didnt respond to your post, i dont check the fourm all the time

there is a picture of the MB body on the KBF in my showroom, a very simple mod

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...d=22017&id=2144

the KBF gearbox will bolt straight in with the right parts butthen why not just get KBF chassis and put mb body on, keep MB as shelf queen, i did

cheers

peter

team neo gordini · June 17, 2004

Hi,

Him French and i discover this forum today, i can help Galliano.

I got a Monster Beetle since 1992 but after many funny drive hours, the gear box was out of service.

In 2000 i decided to repared it, with some parts witch i had. A gear box of Grasshopper help me to do this. The rear of the MB look like a lunch box.

If you want i can post some picture of this transformation.

But you must know, that the gear box not enable a independant whisbone.[8)]

Bye []

David

ed MB

mymonsterbeetleisbroken · June 17, 2004

quote:Originally posted by team neo gordini
Hi,

Him French and i discover this forum today, i can help Galliano.

I got a Monster Beetle since 1992 but after many funny drive hours, the gear box was out of service.

In 2000 i decided to repared it, with some parts witch i had. A gear box of Grasshopper help me to do this. The rear of the MB look like a lunch box.

If you want i can post some picture of this transformation.

But you must know, that the gear box not enable a independant whisbone.[8)]

Bye []

David

ed MB

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i would love to see a pic of the transformation! i've mounted a midnight pumpkin (same as lunchbox) gearbox onto my monster beetle runner, theres no independant suspenion at the back any more, but at least there are no crunching and slipping noises from it either []

DerAlex · June 17, 2004

Look here too see MB Body on new Blackfoot Chassis.

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...id=9536&id=1016

team neo gordini · June 17, 2004

Here they are :

5 pictures of my MB and his transformation []

If you have any question, about this transformation, you welcome []

@+

David

mymonsterbeetleisbroken · June 18, 2004

i think there should be a site dedicated to all us crazy people who do these monster beetle conversions [8D]

heres mine []

i hope the picture comes up this time !

since this pic ive fitted it with a faster motor, and made a custom part from aluminium to secure the battery []

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