LRP rotostart backplate help?

[paintfumes]

I just installed a LRP Z28r spec 3 and the rotostart backplate. My question is about the spacer that came with the back plate. My backplate came with no instructions so I installed the plate without the plastic spacer and it seems to work ok.

Will this cause any problems? And if so where do I put the spacer?


Thanks

 

[Grumpy1822]

It goes in the hex cutout. Between the spring and the back of the backplate. It just stops the shaft from walking. I use a 12mm plastic wheel hex in the HPI roto backplate on all my engines.

 

[Dreadnaught]

the hpi hackplate has a dogbone style starter doesnt it?

 

[Grumpy1822]

What do you mean by dogbone style? Are you talking about the wand?
The inside of the assy has a round gear with a hex shaped inside that grips the hex starting shaft of the motor. The spacer goes in the assy in the center of the gear.

 

[Grumpy1822]

This is a hpi backplate using a 12mm wheel hex as a spacer.

Some backplates (ofna) use a round spacer

 

[Dreadnaught]

This is a hpi backplate using a 12mm wheel hex as a spacer.

Some backplates (ofna) use a round spacer

OOOOOHHHHHHH i see what you were saying now. I'm just dumb. HAH!

 

[paintfumes]

Thanks alot guys! I will put it where it belongs.

If it were hex shaped I would have been able to figure it out:duh:

On a side note this motor is a monster even at 1/2 throttle running super rich!! And much easier to break in compared to my f4.6.

Thanks,
Paintfumes