A little help fella's.. my medusa is sounding really odd all of a sudden, bearing?

[stum]

The chassis I use in my 8ight is the Tekno v3 nobody makes a more secure motor mount, nobody. It's in a solid unit that mounts directly to the chassis, there is no 'wiggle' room and always has perfect mesh. This is why I chose the v3 chassis, It also allows for mechanical brakes and the clutch. Tekno just released a new clutch that I may switch to if I don't just go w/ the pinions instead, we'll see. It's a 1 piece w/ 3 shoes vs the old multi piece w/ 2 shoe design.

Thanks for all the help though guys.... much appreciated.


PS I don't have a pic of the buggy loaded but here is a pic of my tekno-v3 8ight-t chassis which has the same mount (though I have a plate over it with the MMM v3 on top of it). I have since switched this one over to a pinion as the clutch just got way too hot.... pads would be smoking efter running a pack.

[lincpimp]

The chassis can still flex and change the mesh. Plus the added weight of the clutch will wear the bearings out faster, no way around that. They should incorporate a front bearing block to support the end of the clutch assy. Sure it would add some weight, but if you are hell bent on having a clutch you are not all that worried about weight...

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

The chassis can still flex and change the mesh...

+1. Having the pinion and spur on the same mounting plane makes chassis flex irrelevant. Any other mounting scheme has the possibility of slightly adjusted mesh when the chassis flexes (and it does). The best way I've found to eliminate forward/backward flex is to make a top plate that attached from the rear diff, center diff, and front diff.