Fastrax Motor Mount to Hobbywing Justock Motor??? Tamiya build

[iForest]

So after a sabbatical from the hobby I’m picking it up again with  Tamiya SR build.

 

I have a fastrax (and yeah racing motor mount which does not fit to the motor) and I can see from the Tamiya manual you have to fit the motor to mount a certain way depending on the pinion gear. However, the Fastrax mount comes with no manual at all.  Do I have to fit the bolts in a certain position aside from getting a nice fit in the gearing?

 

Thanks for all help offered
 

 

[Alex97]

It's adjustable so the motor rotates so you have a wider range of pinions to pick from. 

 

The bottom screw is static however the top screw rotated across the red line. 

 

Here's a link to a video that will show you how to mesh it. 

 

 

[iForest]

Thank you.  Where’s the link please ?

[Alex97]

 

[Kpowell911]

13 minutes ago, iForest said:

Thank you.  Where’s the link please ?

You just pivot the motor and once the mesh is right you tighten the motor screws down

[iForest]

Thank you.

 

unfortunately I need to change the chassis having built most of it. Won’t be using blue loctite again, After threading a bolt halfway and leaving it for a minute I ended up stripping the bolt, drilling it out did not go so well… 😅

[Shergar]

Ouch! Go for a hard chassis as a replacement maybe?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394714492261?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338749368&toolid=20006&customid=GB_220_394714492261.145698290311~1871005637179-g_EAIaIQobChMIm4Hl-5WwggMVTMftCh2IiQiAEAQYASABEgIod_D_BwE

[wolfie1]

Purple is what you need on 1/10 scale stuff, if you had a pen blow torch a little bit of heat would have softened the loctite and the bolt would have come back out

something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364344800109?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=feeoku-ssv6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=MRHag3XmRgm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Edited November 7, 2023 by wolfie1

[iForest]

On 06/11/2023 at 20:05, Shergar said:

Ouch! Go for a hard chassis as a replacement maybe?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394714492261?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338749368&toolid=20006&customid=GB_220_394714492261.145698290311~1871005637179-g_EAIaIQobChMIm4Hl-5WwggMVTMftCh2IiQiAEAQYASABEgIod_D_BwE

Yeah I went for that. Cheers

[iForest]

On 07/11/2023 at 09:51, wolfie1 said:

Purple is what you need on 1/10 scale stuff, if you had a pen blow torch a little bit of heat would have softened the loctite and the bolt would have come back out

something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364344800109?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=feeoku-ssv6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=MRHag3XmRgm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Nice one. I did use a hair dryer thinking it would do just that but even on the hottest setting after a couple minutes it wouldn’t budge. 
 

I think it was that I used purple before on 1/8 scale and it didn’t really seem to do too much so I bought the blue. And then having not done anything with the red stuff after 18 months came back to it and just used the blue; but you’re right it’s definitely too good for 1/10 scale.