Octane eating clutch gear

[F-Type]

Hi

My octane is eating the clutchbell gears, the new one I got lasted about one tank.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Gravel getting in, or something else?

 

[Jam Racing 1]

more than likely is a bad mesh causing the bell gear to fail.....

 

[F-Type]

What is a "bad mesh"?

 

[F-Type]

I always use a piece of paper to adjust the gap between the gears.

 

[Jam Racing 1]

Bad mesh = too loose or too tight, either way can cause excess wear in the gears resulting in spur or bell damage...

I set mesh by feel and have never had any of my gears be torn up at all......so I have to think it is either luck or experience......

 

[F-Type]

Bad mesh = too loose or too tight, either way can cause excess wear in the gears resulting in spur or bell damage...

I set mesh by feel and have never had any of my gears be torn up at all......so I have to think it is either luck or experience......

OK. What did was to use a paper, like the one ones included between the gears and then pressed the clutch gear against the spur and then tightened the engine.

But I guess I should be able to see on what is left of the clutch gear if it was to loose our to tight.

 

[Jam Racing 1]

I have tried the paper method, it always seems to make the mesh too tight for my taste..... I set mine so there is just the slightest tick of play in between the gears. make sure to check around the gear in a few places especially if using a plastic gear because they are rarely completely true around the gear....

 

[F-Type]

Yeah, I guess it's been too tight, I'll have a look at it and next time not just go by the paper and instead check the play, around the gears.

 

[F-Type]

Made a manual adjustment today with the new bell, worked fine. I will skip the paper method from now on.
Today also the car made a wheelie all of a sudden, almost flipped over, big surprise, it is coming alive, a few more tanks and perhaps it is finally broken in