| From: | "Steve Tyng" <SteveT44-at-comcast.net> |
| Subject: | RE: Transmission Help [TANKS] |
| Date: | Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:56:02 -0500 |
| Reply-To: | tanks-at-rctankcombat.com |
Chris wrote:
> What I did in my tiger (t030) was mounted the sprocket tightened
> the set screw to mark the shaft, and then drilled a hole slightly
> bigger than the screw a little bit into the shaft. Then
> re-tightened it all up. that way gives the screw a very good
> "seat" to settle into.
I'm also using the "hole" method instead of flats in my current project.
One word of advice concerning set screws. Make sure you can get at them
after your tanks assembled. They WILL loosen eventually and having to rip a
transmission out to tighten a set screw is a pain in the arse!
Steve Tyng