Grease transmission? Good or bad idea

[Franger99]

I have good knowledge about cars (regular cars) I'm new to this hobby, but i think the transmission gears need a little grease on them for smoother shifting.

I say this because somehow all the gears on the the old tranny i had on my savage stripped all gears. All but the metal ones.

Metal on metal is not good in regular cars and i don't think is good on rc cars either. I will keep adding grease to the trans. Gears in every maIntance.

I would like to know what are your thoughts on this subject.

 

[Combuster]

no grease because it is meant to be run dry

 

[SwampDawg]

NO GREASE! bad idea

 

[Shaun]

ya you would think that wouldnt you? and your post makes perfect sense but believe it or not the members above are correct its supposed to be run dry i would imagine you would run into slippage problems which would be hard on it as well but I'm no expert on this.......

 

[SwampDawg]

just buy Delrin gears for the Transmission buddie. I have a set in Savy #2, they are a "slippier" plastic then stock.

 

[maximusraylius]

yeah greeese uhhhh not good ... but i use the powder graphite in mine ..just so it coates the gears ,,, works .. but i cant tell it does it any good or bad ..lol

 

[Bankrupter]

yeah greeese uhhhh not good ... but i use the powder graphite in mine ..just so it coates the gears ,,, works .. but i cant tell it does it any good or bad ..lol

but i use the powder graphite in mine <------ good stuff I use it also!

Good post Max

Grease gets in the shifter pawl and hangs it up hard core. I have never heard of it hurting the OWB but I imagine it will slip too going off they do in motors that run too fat (extra oil) ...

 

[f1n3sse]

as long as you shim most of the side to side play out and keep your bearings serviced you shouldn't need to run grease. I also use the graphite powder lube.

 

[SwampDawg]

not that ill be using graphite powder but just for others to see this stuff, maybe post a link to it?

 

[maximusraylius]

heres some,,, not what i use ..i got mine at walmart ... but same stuff dif packaging ..


http://www.google.com/products/cata...=X&ei=5G96TejrIITprAGwyaGPBg&ved=0CEMQ8wIwAw#

 

[ikesavage]

The only thing I do is a lil WD-40 to keep it dry from snow and mud puddles ect. But Grease BIG NO NO!!!!