Re: Tamiya TB-01 Chassis

[Jonny Hodgson]

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Virgin Net News wrote:
> I have recently built a Tamiya Ford Focus WRC on a TB-01 chassis this
> being my first build.
> For some reason it will not go forward only reverse.
> When I select forward I can hear the gears spinning over the top of
> each other, they are not meshing. But they do mesh in reverse.
>
> Can anybody give me a clue as to where I have gone wrong

I'm not a TB owner, but it sounds like one of the gearbox covers is
loose and this is letting the gears lift out of mesh in one direction.

Failing that, take the gearboxes apart again and make sure the gears
are properly seated.

Hopefully someone on rmrl will be able to offer more help.

Jonny

[Paul.D]

The best thing you can do is to take the gear boxes out and rebuild them
again it may be that some of the parts are not screwed together tight enough
and the gears are not seated properly.I have a TB 01 and have never had that
problem.

"Jonny Hodgson" <jp_hodgson@eRnEgMiOnVeEer.com> wrote in message
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> <cross-post and followup-to added>
>
> Virgin Net News wrote:
> > I have recently built a Tamiya Ford Focus WRC on a TB-01 chassis this
> > being my first build.
> > For some reason it will not go forward only reverse.
> > When I select forward I can hear the gears spinning over the top of
> > each other, they are not meshing. But they do mesh in reverse.
> >
> > Can anybody give me a clue as to where I have gone wrong
>
> I'm not a TB owner, but it sounds like one of the gearbox covers is
> loose and this is letting the gears lift out of mesh in one direction.
>
> Failing that, take the gearboxes apart again and make sure the gears
> are properly seated.
>
> Hopefully someone on rmrl will be able to offer more help.
>
> Jonny
>
>