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[Jonathan Lim]

Hey guys.
A little too late to be talking about Stampedes, but I am trying to install a 9kg spring and I need help from experienced people. If my Stampede runs on a 9kg spring, do I need to reinforce the gears without replacing them? If I need to reinforce, which part? Can I use epoxy/superglue/epoxy putty to reinforce it?
Thanks a lot

[The2ndBluesBro]

I'm pretty sure reinforcing the stock gears is impossible. You have to replace them with gears made from a stronger material because you can't reinforce the teeth which is what strips/breaks. However I have not worked with stampedes before so I wouldn't put much stock into this.

[Kilquat]

If you are only adding a 9kg spring to your stampede, there shouldn't much of a problem. My stampede is running an almost 9kg spring and it is holding up just fine so a 9kg is probably safe.

[Jonathan Lim]

If you are only adding a 9kg spring to your stampede, there shouldn't much of a problem. My stampede is running an almost 9kg spring and it is holding up just fine so a 9kg is probably safe.

Did you do anything with the gears? At this point if my Stampede gears get stripped I'm gonna roll on the floor and cry

[jwasko]

On some (if not all) stampedes, one of the gears has two parts. These parts can easily strip, so it is recommended that you glue them together.

Here is a blog post explaining that.
And another
Other than that, there's not much that you can do to reinforce gears. There are several people that have been talking about making/selling replacements, though.

If you want to be a bit "safer" with your gears, maybe you should try this 6kg spring.

Edited by jwasko, 01 September 2015 - 09:23 AM.

[Cartaya]

I've ran 12 Kg's, but it beat the Stampede to shit. The OMW 6Kg is the best I have seen for performance/power ratio.

[Jonathan Lim]

On some (if not all) stampedes, one of the gears has two parts. These parts can easily strip, so it is recommended that you glue them together.

Here is a blog post explaining that.
And another
Other than that, there's not much that you can do to reinforce gears. There are several people that have been talking about making/selling replacements, though.

If you want to be a bit "safer" with your gears, maybe you should try this 6kg spring.

Thank you for the links