Newby gear question

[nospam]

Hello,

If you have to differential gears with
one is in a better shape than the other
(ball bearings, younger, ...).

Should I put the best one in the front or in back?
If yes why?

BTW, thanks again to all that have responded to my previous
questions.
I am improving my RC knowledge extremly rapidly with this
newsgroup.

Thanks in advance

[MikeF]

put the good ones in the back.
The gears get the most stress when you accelerate. When you accelerate, the
weight transfers to the rear, so you have more rear traction. The front
feels very little stress.


"nospam" <nospam@antispam.com> wrote in message
news:3E53529E.5070605@antispam.com...
> Hello,
>
> If you have to differential gears with
> one is in a better shape than the other
> (ball bearings, younger, ...).
>
> Should I put the best one in the front or in back?
> If yes why?
>
> BTW, thanks again to all that have responded to my previous
> questions.
> I am improving my RC knowledge extremly rapidly with this
> newsgroup.
>
> Thanks in advance
>

[Bubba]

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 06:28:05 -0500, "MikeF" <vanning@comcast.net>
wrote:

>put the good ones in the back.
>The gears get the most stress when you accelerate. When you accelerate, the
>weight transfers to the rear, so you have more rear traction. The front
>feels very little stress.

I'd put whichever turns more freely in the back, which is probably the
good one. I tend to run the front diff a good bit tighter than the
rear, though I still need to fiddle with it to get the steering right.
Have a bit of off-power oversteer right now.

Bubba
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