X-Factor X–60 Assembly Instructions Manual - Gearing and Slipper
X – 60 Instructions Version 1.0
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GEARING AND SLIPPER
The Team mainly uses the 78 spur gear. The T4 spur simply won’t fit, and this means
you will want to go down about two teeth on your pinion. The 81 will fit, but to use it you
should grind a bit off the ends of the dogbone pins so the pins no longer protrude from
the outdrives. Under certain circumstances, we think often when the truck is up-side-
down, we’ve experienced contact between the pins and the 81 spur. It doesn’t seem to
bother the pins much…
We suggested slipper adjustment slightly looser than on the T4. Slipper and diff
adjustment is critical on the X – 60. Under all circumstances, the slipper must slip
before the diff, so after adjusting the slipper as you need, re-adjust the diff to suit.
Running a looser slipper allows you to get on the power harder and quicker coming out
of corners and through rough sections, taking advantage of the X – 60’s higher speeds
in these sections. On higher bite surfaces, tighten the slipper back up to accelerate
harder and blow away those “normal” trucks.
There is one advantage to a rear motor car: in the first five feet after a corner weight
pivots back on acceleration reducing the car’s tendency to “fishtail.” On most tracks the
X – 60 has no problem here (see Weight Distribution above), but on slippery surfaces
(That’s different from “loose.”) power application is more difficult and trigger skill is
required. A looser slipper helps now. It’s not a real disadvantage – remember that you
came through the corner faster – but many drivers will want to readjust the slipper and
learn better throttle control for the occasional slippery track
That’s really more than you wanted, but we can’t stop talking with the Family.
We’ve worked very hard to improve quality on every part
of the X – 60 over our previous Kits.
These improvements have been very costly, but we
think they are important and you will like this new truck.
Please, please, call or E-mail with
comments and suggestions.
Complaints go to the top of our list because
that’s how we improve our products.
Suggestions from the Family are the fastest way
to new ideas for improvement and new products.
We solicit your input.
The X – 60 is the most dialed thing we’ve made yet, so
Let’s go crush the competition!!!