MIP cable kit RC10
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MIP cable kit RC10
Hi all
Need help on building the cable car, what I'm asking is what is the pitch of the gears in the front gearbox and how many teeth on them too please, I'm slow collecting parts to to build the car.
Cheers
Need help on building the cable car, what I'm asking is what is the pitch of the gears in the front gearbox and how many teeth on them too please, I'm slow collecting parts to to build the car.
Cheers
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Re: MIP cable kit RC10
Wow... crickets for such a cool project...
What all parts have you collected so far? Are you wanting to build the four-wheel drive system from scratch?
48 pitch, BTW. ...I'd use the top shaft/diff/case from a stealth as a starting point for the front (Stealth rear too, obviously), or nab an RC104WD front end off eBay and modify that... would be easier.
...or buy an RC104WD and adapt a cable drive to it... that'd be the easiest way.
What all parts have you collected so far? Are you wanting to build the four-wheel drive system from scratch?
48 pitch, BTW. ...I'd use the top shaft/diff/case from a stealth as a starting point for the front (Stealth rear too, obviously), or nab an RC104WD front end off eBay and modify that... would be easier.
...or buy an RC104WD and adapt a cable drive to it... that'd be the easiest way.
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Re: MIP cable kit RC10
Hi mate
I have two shapeways mip gear box casing, a cable, cable tube , c hub carriers , hubs , just need to know how many teeth are on the top shaft in the front gearbox , I have worked on how to do the front drive shafts.
I have two shapeways mip gear box casing, a cable, cable tube , c hub carriers , hubs , just need to know how many teeth are on the top shaft in the front gearbox , I have worked on how to do the front drive shafts.
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Re: MIP cable kit RC10
I'm not familiar with the cable system but it feeds off of the top shaft in the main transmission right? If you can give us the tooth count of the gears in that transmission and the front diff the proper front top shaft tooth count can be worked out.
Consistency is the key I keep misplacing.
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Wow, that's a good stack of parts. Maybe GoMachV, scr8p, or someone will chime in on the exact tooth count you need but... does a standard 45 tooth rear diff assembly fit in the 3D printed front housing? If so, and you have a 2.25 trans, then you'd need a 20-tooth top shaft up front to match the 45-tooth diff gear. Alternatively if it's not a standard rear diff gear but you have the gear for the front diff, divide the number of teeth on it by 2.25 and that's your answer. Numbers work the same for a 2.6 trans just divided by 2.6. Or, like RogueIV said, count and divide the rear diff gear by the top gear to get the trans ratio and use that to determine the tooth count for your front top shaft.
...at least, that's my 2.6 cents worth.
...at least, that's my 2.6 cents worth.

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Re: MIP cable kit RC10
It's not a MIP main transmission? Looking at this it isn't a standard RC10 trans.Dangeruss wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:08 pm Wow, that's a good stack of parts. Maybe GoMachV, scr8p, or someone will chime in on the exact tooth count you need but... does a standard 45 tooth rear diff assembly fit in the 3D printed front housing? If so, and you have a 2.25 trans, then you'd need a 20-tooth top shaft up front to match the 45-tooth diff gear. Alternatively if it's not a standard rear diff gear but you have the gear for the front diff, divide the number of teeth on it by 2.25 and that's your answer. Numbers work the same for a 2.6 trans just divided by 2.6. Or, like RogueIV said, count and divide the rear diff gear by the top gear to get the trans ratio and use that to determine the tooth count for your front top shaft.
...at least, that's my 2.6 cents worth.![]()
Consistency is the key I keep misplacing.
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Re: MIP cable kit RC10
Never said it was a standard RC10 trans, just making assumptions on the gearing for mathematics' sake since eddy hasn't said what the main trans gearing is, if he knows, if he has gears for either, etc.
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I just wasn't certain on the gearing thats in the MIP transmission he has. I thought those were a different ratio than stealth's 2.25:1 ratio
Consistency is the key I keep misplacing.
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Re: MIP cable kit RC10
I would like to upload a photo of what I have but I can't, so I'm going to put it on the Facebook rc10talk.com page
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Re: MIP cable kit RC10
Me either. Probably is a different ratio, likely steeper if I had to venture a guess...
...and based on the pic he posted while I was typing... if I count right it's 40/16... so 2.5 ratio. If the front and rear diff gears are the same he should need a 16-tooth top shaft... if the front diff gear is different, then front diff gear divided by 2.5 it appears.
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I have counted the bottom gear and it was a 29t and after looking at photos and trying to work it out for the top gear it could be a 16 or 18
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Re: MIP cable kit RC10
40 tooth diff... 16 tooth top...
A clearer photo of the gears would be more definitive but... is this a pic of your parts or a pic you found online?
A clearer photo of the gears would be more definitive but... is this a pic of your parts or a pic you found online?
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