Over the weekend a new TLR product came, and I got a chance to put in the new 3-gear transmission kit for the TLR 22 2.0 series of vehicles. This fits the 2.0 buggy, truck, and short course.
The installation went pretty smoothly, the only hard part is getting some of the bearings out of the old transmission. I was concerned that it might not fit the Exotek chassis, but there was only one small thing to watch out for. The spacer between the transmission and the motor plate has a 0.5mm gap.
I used a small blue washer to space it out.
The hole for the rubber slipper cover grommet is also smaller and more oval for some reason. A bit tight to put in, but I didn’t have to ream it out or anything.
Plastics are a little grainier looking also. I would assume they are the same material, so not sure if this is due to wear or if they actually changed it. Old one on top, new one on the bottom.
Weight might be 1 gram heavier, my scale is not super accurate. Old and new weights:
The last thing is that there is a little bit less room to tuck the
motor up against the transmission. On the 4-gear, I used a 21/76
gearing combination, but that won’t fit with the 3-gear. 22/76 is the
smallest combo you can use, it just barely fits.
I didn’t get a chance to
run the car today, the next post will give my first impressions using
the new transmission.
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