Who makes the strongest/toughest pinions?

[lincpimp]

OK, to the best of my memory on the rcm pinions.

The earliest ones were actual clutchbells turned down and pressed onto machined hubs.

Next he got RRP to make them, to a certain spec (can't remember if it was rrp spec, but I think it was) so eventually rrp started reselling them as their own.

Now he has another firm make them, to his spec. The material he uses is better than the rrp (next best from rcm) and the heat treatment is also better. And the price is right in line, and we all know Mike's service is top notch.

From my experience I have noticed much more wear on the rrp pinions that I run compared to the rcm. Got the rrp pinions at a lhs closeout for a few bucks each (would not have paid full price, that is for sure). I will gladly pay what Mike asks for his pinions, just a better product than what elese is available.

Given your use of a steel spur FB, the pinion will wear more than someone using a plastic spur. Plus the spur has about 2.1 times the number of teeth, so the pinion will see 2.1 times the number of wear per tooth compared to the spur. So it has to be considerably harder than the spur if both are to wear at the same rate.

My best advise to you would be to replace the spur and get a rcm pinion. Using an old spur with a new pinion is not optimum, as the wear on the spur (even though it is less) matches with the wear on the pinion. Yeah it costs 25 bucks for the spur and another 15 or so for the pinion, but it is money well spent, and you can always keep the old spur as a spare. Or sell it to the idiots over at savage central... They will not be able to hear the noise over the sound of their 28c 3200 mah lipos exploding under the strain...

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Or sell it to the idiots over at savage central... They will not be able to hear the noise over the sound of their 28c 3200 mah lipos exploding under the strain...

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Have you read the threads over there? From what I have read they would give the traxxas noobs a run for their money (which has already been spent on Maxamps advertising campaign). At least in the elctric section, I have no idea if these guys can tune a nitro motor or not. I would not trust half of them to adjust the tire pressure on a wheelbarrow.

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I would not trust half of them to adjust the tire pressure on a wheelbarrow.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

I tried real hard to come up with something really easy to do that could also be screwed up... And I came up with a wheelbarrow tire. Guess I had too much cold medicine yesterday.

Damnit, I wanna order another 20t pinion for my new Flux but he's all out. Wonder if I should go with 19t or 21t.....

[Finnster]

Hey Linc, do you know if Mike's gear place can do other gears other than pinions? I'm assuming they make the spurs for his slipdiff.

Before the HPI bulletproof diffs came out, I wanted to talk to him about making a machined version of the Cen R&P as they are just cast metal. Prolly not a whole lot of value now tho. However, given the success of the RCM pinions, I'm sure there are some other apps RCM could make top notch gear sets for.

[lincpimp]

Hit him up with an email Finn.

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Hit him up with an email Finn.

Next time I come up with another clever idea, I will. Don't stay up late waiting tho.... :)

[eovnu87435ds]

RCM pinions are the way to go. they last FOREVER. IMO, they are much much stronger than other brand pinions. here are 2 pics of my older pinions. The first one wore to that from a like new state in about a week. with a fiegao 8L on 5s. The second one is an interesting story. I was jumping my buggy, and tried to correct it in the air. I didnt let off the brakes in time(and my brake endpoint was very high too) and when it hit the ground, the CC2650 kept the pinion almost stopped, while the car rolled, and the spurgear ate through the pinion. Needless to say, thats what happens with non-RCM pinions. Leave the integy pinions for the maxamps racers.

Sorry but this was a RCM pinion:

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by alport

Sorry but this was a RCM pinion:

May I ask what happened when you contacted Mike about it? Explaining to him in detail what happened, what was your set up, including these pics you provided here?

[bruce750i]

I've been liking my two Team Losi pinions(mod1 15t & 17T), also sold by RCMonster.

[suicideneil]

Looks like it was one of those dodgy over-hardend pinions & a couple teeth sheered off, rarely ever see anything like that with Mike's pinions- mine still look good as new

[simplechamp]

Always bound to be a defect here or there, especially given the volume of pinions Mike sells. The key thing is he will make it right for you if you contact him and show what happened.