Your opinion needed

[Ol' fart]

From you XB-E owners who have purchased my motor mount deal.


How are the gears holding up? any problems? What is the biggest motor you have run with them?


I could go to steel gears but they are soooo expensive. I'm thinking if it an't broke ,don't fix it.

 

[XBENOOB]

The gears are holding up great.... Don't need to go to metal.

I am running a leopard 5692 1340kv with the 8mm shaft.

48 Tooth spur with a 10 Tooth pinion.

Running 6s with the hobbywing 150amp ESC

Temps on motor and ESC are well within spec.

I have run a dozen or so sets of batteries through it some runs a WOT.... Spur gear looks like new...

I have added weight to my XB-E

Aluminum lower arms front and rear

MT shocks front and rear

Lights - 4 aluminum light pods mounted on a custom mount

I guess that I added 5 or 6 pounds extra to it. That adds extra stress to the gears and like I said, they are holding up great.

Now if I only had an aluminum diff cover to mount the shock towers to. Hmmm where can I find that..... lol

 

[Ol' fart]

Thanks for the feed back. Ya Ya I know Where's the diff? It is so close to being ready but I have a job to do 1st. It will be worth the weight.

 

[XBENOOB]

Thanks for the feed back. Ya Ya I know Where's the diff? It is so close to being ready but I have a job to do 1st. It will be worth the weight.

You're welcome.... Hey .... That's a catchy phrase... Kinda like the Wendy's ad "Where's the beef?"

Maybe you could make that a t-shirt... lol

"Where's the Diff?"

 

[Vision]

Got the aluminum pinion today. Currently the XBE has been clocked at 60mph with a radar gun, but I expect it to hit 70mph now. Will let you know how the pinion holds up at those speeds =).

 

[Knuckles]

plastic spur

Hey guys I think I may be the reason for this thread, I have the xbe converted to monster truck, running 8s, with 8 inch super wide tires. the plastic gear works fine on loose dirt but when on hard packed where it can get traction it tears up the plastic gear. Take a look at my xbe in the project threads. Sorry guys if I am the reason for the hold up on the diff cases.

 

[Ol' fart]

I didn't want to say anything but, ya, it's all your fault. LOL

 

[Knuckles]

Ouch!!! Sorry guys for the delay on diff cases.