Anyone put a Neu 1515f on old emaxx motor mount?

[steve050773]

I just put my 1515f 1.5d on an original traxxas emaxx motor mount and I have very little range of motion to set the gear mesh. If you guys remember this mount.. it has one lower hole that is fixed (its not a slot like we have on most of our conversion motor mounts) and one upper hole that is slotted so you can vary the motor's distance from the spur. Once I lock in the lower hole, I can probably move one or two millimeters towards the spur before the can hits the tranny.

Luckily I have a gear that works, but it puts the theoretical speeds up higher than I would like - and in general I really don't like being able to play with gearing.

Anyone have experience with this or a suggested fix? I'm wondering if I should try and grind out the lower hole into a slot shape?

Or does anyone want to trade me a smooth can

[crazyjr]

I'm running a 1515/f in a maxx plate on my G2R with a 20 tooth Mod-1 pinionhas enough to go 1 or 2 teeth either way

[BrianG]

Short of grinding the offending fins off the motor (or just get the smooth can version) to allow more range, there's not much you can do IMO.

[Patrick]

What's the pitch of the gears your using, and what tooth counts?
I used a 1515 f on the stock mount, but only with mod 1 gears.
I think the C50 hackers are a similar diameter, and lots have guys have used those at racing over the last 4 or 5 years, they just had to use the 72t 32p spurs.
Are you trying to get the motor closer to the transmission or further away? I don't think grinding the lower hole will let you go any closer, and if you trying to get further away, I'd adjust the top slot.