Saved the pinions......
It may come in handy as I just found out. Last weekend I decided to look into some issues with my Precious I recently purchased. My previous post read:
Precious WRX : I expected this to run as good as my son’s, it
really “sucked”. Fit was decent, finish not so good but I didn’t expect it to be. Gears binded, turning right was excellent, turning left was very wide, it strayed in straight line acceleration. Acceleration was decent, range was
excellent (20’-25’), tires were mediocre.
Looking into the gear issue first, noticed that the pinion & idler gear barely meshed then the teeth would meet and lock it up. The motor wasn't close enough to the idler or the pinion gear was too small. I replaced it with a pinion I saved from the KIT's I bought a while ago and "Voila". Gears meshed as good as in my 350Z ! And boy it ran so smooth and fast! Now I can't explain what I'm about to tell you next but the left turning /straying issue dissappeared. It turns left & right very tight and tracks straight now. Go figure? Anybody got any theories besides the "X-Files" ? Welcome to the "DarkSide"
DarkTari
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