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Hello, first post here, and first Vanquish Kit, Overall the kit went together well minus some fitment issues of certain parts not lining up properly like the skid to the motor mount plate etc.
That aside I finally got all my electronics mounted up, for the motor I am just using a basic Holmes 16 turn. Did my gear mesh and bolted the motor on. When I first fired it up I noticed it sounded like the spur gear was grinding, so I took the trans back out checked the pinion and spur to see if anything came loose. It looked fine so I decided to run it while it was off the chassis and it ran smooth. At this point I was confused. I did not know where the grinding spur sound was coming from. So I bolted it back in.
Long story short I figured out the problem. If the two screws at the top of the spur cover and motor plate are tightened all the was down to the chassis mounts (hand tightened) the sound comes back, if I back them off the sound goes away and everything is running smoothly. It seems like the transmission is bending out of alignment when it’s tightened all the way down causing some grinding. I can live with the screws backed off but it’s just killing my OCD that the trans is not fully secure on the chassis.
Just wondering if I am doing something wrong, from what I can tell the transmission is sitting properly on the skid so I have no clue. Has anyone else had this issue?
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