Custom or upgraded spur? Hbx hellhound

[dan mkii]

Hi guys , decided to fit a fusion exceed 3.5t to my hellhound which has turnt it into a wheelie machine , which is great fun!!! Only problem is when I full throttle it it strips the spur gears , so I'm thinking I need a new upgraded gear , possible a metal one? Where could I find an upgraded one for this vehicle?

[dan mkii]

Or know a stronger alternative perhaps an sc10 spur may be stronger? And will it fit?

[camstreet]

not sure if this would fit as I have no idea what your spur looks like and cant find any pictures on google of it but would this fit?

http://www.mildtowildrc.com.au/parts-accessories/car/spares/hbx-haiboxing/hbx-massive-steel-spur-gear-pinion-set.html

Edited May 14, 2012 by camstreet

[dan mkii]

It may well do , thanks ... Only problem is it doesn't say what teeth it has, mines 77t .... I think maybe sc10 one may fit but is there a metal version for this?

[camstreet]

oh boy, just found out what make your car is, its redcat, so HSP, Himoto etc, there's bound to be loads of parts for it, you just gotta find out its name from each company, to be honest I havent got a clue what'll fit it, try ebaying the part numer and go from there, thats what I had to do when I had a HSP car, it's pretty cheap to replace, you just gotta get the gear mesh perfect and stock up on spur gears, other than that i'm as clueless as you but chances are there probably is a metal version, since redcat/himoto/hsp or whatever like to make every single part in aluminium, but just have a search for the part number, most of the car parts made by these companys are interchangable but it's probably going to be trial an error

[dan mkii]

Thanks for your input, still no joy at the mo ... Keep drawing a blank

[camstreet]

your probably best just buying loads of spur gears and trying to get the gear mesh right, since they shouldnt be destroyed that easily, but otherwise look at other 2wd vehichles like say the firestorm flux and see if their spurs would work for you?

[dan mkii]

Yea I think that's what I'm going to do buy a couple more and if they also strip then I may need to source an alternative. Thanks for your help mate , I didn't realise all these other manufactures had identical cars . Which is good to know .

[camstreet]

Yeah its pretty good for price comparison other thing to think about is that the maverick series is also the same but they are 4wd, but yeah try a few more, make sure a piece of paper can just fit between it and you should be fine

And they are all manufactured in the same factory (except mavericks) and just rebranded and sold on but try and find the different names for it and you'll find a tonne of hop ups that'll fit

Edited May 14, 2012 by camstreet

[rob12]

I have same car and just put product number in ebay and google and got some metal gears from USA, much better the part number is

KB-61118