FTX Bugsta Replacing The Spur Gear Video

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@RM-iy7xx 5 жыл бұрын

Great how to video JD. I may have missed it but what material is the spur gear, it was shot, lol

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Raymond bud thank you very much, umm i'm not sure i mentioned it mate, good shout :-) It is a hardened plastic composite which would be great for a brushed motor but not so great for the brushless one. Well, actually, let me clarify that, i mean not for non stock brushless motors lol. After this video i tried the car the next day and have already shredded the new spur, so i have replaced it for a steel spur instead. Man it makes more noise (dont mind that as it sounds quite mean) but it really really shifts now :-) ;-)

@RM-iy7xx 5 жыл бұрын

@@jdquad cool JD, the new should last a while

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

@@RM-iy7xx i hope so bud :-)

@gbreslin1968 3 жыл бұрын

That was a very thorough way of accessing the spur gear, I just pretty much undid the 6 on the spur gear cover, the 4 for the rear differential and took off the whole rear of the car and bingo access to spur gear. if i recall correctly lol.

@butchmeister80 2 жыл бұрын

What car was this on gotta do mine looks a pain?

@CmwSpeedrunUk 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate I’m doing vantage one this week I will watch this again 💪🏽 stones kept getting in through the motor underneath so gaffa tap now for me .

@Polecat54941 5 жыл бұрын

Really nice to see you doing some maintenance videos they are very helpful and even if you don't have that particular model still interesting and transferable knowledge!

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you bud, yes i've done a fair few of them over the years. Using the trucks and quads is one part of this excellent hobby, but you need to know how to look after them too or when you need to use them, they may not work. Not that i have found out the hard way around 4 or 5 years ago when a truck front left suspension rod snapped from a rusty pin of course ;-)

@Sideshowgaz5779 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers JD. Great video. My Busta has stripped the gear in 1 month and it's not even the brushless version. Just ordered the hardened spur and pinion but now I know how to replace it.

@SouthpawBluesman 5 жыл бұрын

Yep that's exactly what my spur gear looked like on my Bugsta, I bought the toughened teflon/poly spur gear just in case. It's a damn good idea to very regularly check the main driveshaft bearing attached to the clutch assembly, mine looked fine until I took it out and it was in 6 separate pieces.... They only cost £1.50 tho😁 very detailed video buddy, excellent! I saw a brilliant video on how to professionally set up your clutch on 4wd cars, I will find it and send it to you 👍👍

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

Great advise there Steve bud thank you, i have burnt through this spur already, i have now got a steel one and after a lot of fiddling (and i mean a lot) she is now quicker than ever :-)

@asmellyfrog4225 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the driveshaft bearing from?

@SouthpawBluesman 3 жыл бұрын

@@asmellyfrog4225 I ordered everything from modelsport website here in the UK, but they are available on Banggood or from FTX directly from their website 👍

@brennock2012 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the metal spur gear. Is it made for the bugsta or a seperate one all together.

@asmellyfrog4225 3 жыл бұрын

@@brennock2012 you can order them from the uk. There is a spur kit. Honestly, the bugsta is a garbage toy. I ended up throwing mine away as too many problems. I recommend you do the same.

@butchmeister80 2 жыл бұрын

Just stripped mine on my ftx vantage is it grit that gets into it? Looks a nightmare job to do

@sodwodhw4856 Жыл бұрын

How do i get the spur gear off agyer you take off the shielding and the main running back bone plz

@uacl028 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome mechanical engineering, I love working on heavy equipment

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you WG before i switched to IT my first proper job was in the mechanical engineering sector before the company closed down. I do miss it, thank you bud :-)

@arjunsk1924 4 жыл бұрын

Hi just want to ask how much did you tighten the slipper nut

@CanadianDroneHub 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one JD thanks for sharing

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Roger buddy :-)

@CmwSpeedrunUk 4 жыл бұрын

Hi mate how tight do u tighten spur gear on vantage

@Dman52Drones 5 жыл бұрын

Oh JD , stop " screwing " around ! Ha ha ! Looks like the teeth got chewed up real good . Reminded me of an old truck I had that made a horrible grinding noise when it started until I changed the flywheel . But still it didn't look as bad as this sprocket ! Good job buddy ! 😁👍👍

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you matey, i do love your comments and sense of humour, that made me laugh a lot :-) I stripped the old spur pretty good, but the new one you sere me putting inside this Bugsta in this video was stripped after my latest bash LOL. I have now got a steel spur going in instead as the motor is just too powerful for any hardened plastic lol.

@Dman52Drones 5 жыл бұрын

@@jdquad Maybe you're just a maniac driver JD ? Ha ha !

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

@@Dman52Drones hahaha yup i think so LOLOOL :-D

@deans0209 4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea how you removed that spur set from the main body. I've unattached the whole set of wheels, spur set, but couldn't remove the spur set. So had to make do sorting it while still attached

@arjunsk1924 4 жыл бұрын

I’m having the same problem. Do you have any updates on how to remove?

@TheFarmSimGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Same issue here, can't remove the full spur shaft from the rear axle

@arjunsk1924 3 жыл бұрын

The FarmSim Guy what you need to do is take a skinny/smaller flat screw driver, expand the clip/widen it and use another screwdriver underneath to slide it out

@TheFarmSimGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@arjunsk1924 amazing man, thanks so much!

@arjunsk1924 3 жыл бұрын

The FarmSim Guy 👍

@CmwSpeedrunUk 4 жыл бұрын

Hi jd what shud the spur gear be set at in vantage and when you roll the car forwards and back wards should it sound metal

@jdquad 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris there might be a bit of scraping as the gear beds in but if there are metal shards and if the buggy is juddering forwards and back then i would take the spur out as it may be the wrong one.

@CmwSpeedrunUk 4 жыл бұрын

Good morning jd thank u for your advice i will have a closer look and poss order another spur buddy I’m new to rc so forgive the simple question

@scannaunderscore1 4 жыл бұрын

Why don't they make the spur gear out of metal too?

@meh4757 5 жыл бұрын

What video is it where you stripped this thing lol? cool video man. more of these please. maybe get one of those gas powered ones

@jdquad 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Sixx I wasn't recording that I don't think. I did when I stripped it again lol. Ah man I don't think I'll ever get back into nitro ones I used to spend so much time cleaning and maintaining the thing lol. Battery is the way to go lol, unless you strip it lmao. Thank you matey 🙂👍

@Mainlythingswithwheels 4 жыл бұрын

My bugsta has had this problem about THREE times now and the fact that that the transmission is exposed to grit is an awful design- really lets this RC buggy down. I wouldn't of bought a whole new RC truck if wasn't for this problem !!! :(