Tamiya Grasshopper - Beginner Build Series - Part 2 - Assembling the Gearbox 

Appreciate it! Thank you. Glad these videos are helping! It’s a great kit and the gearbox is pretty bullet proof so it can take some abuse.

Awesome! You’ll love it. Thanks for reaching out and letting me know.

You're definitely welcome! lol

You’re very welcome!!

Thanks Addam! Exactly!

Thanks Haydad! :)

Great...thank you Kevin! It's definitely a fun one!

@@FastFreddyRC 👋 hey, On this particular part. I’m not sure as I’m a newbie to this, but I think you added too many bearings. It only says on the quantity’s use 5. I think you’ve actually put in six. Maybe that’s why you had trouble putting the two large sections together? Lastly, have you run the grasshopper or is it a shelf queen. Many thanks 🙏

@@kevindawson7702 Hey Kevin! It is actually 6. There are 2 bearings each side for the axle, that's 4, then the 2 bearings on the gear inside. The kit comes with a small metal bushing that they call BM1 which i replaced with a small bearing. And yes! i have run the grasshopper and will be coming out with some running videos of it.

@@FastFreddyRC apologies! I meant 6 large ones and 1 small 1. ( so in total 7) I’m only asking as I’m in the middle of building the gear box. An I certainly don’t want to re do it. If you watch your video back. Thank you 🙏

@@kevindawson7702 Hmmmm...i just watched the video back and I only see me putting in 6 bearings. I put 2 in one axle, then I put 2 in one of the gears (including the tiny bearing), then when i start working on the other side i put 2 bearings in the axle before i put the two sides together. So you should be putting in 6 bearings in total. In the instructions it says 5xBM2 plastic bushings and 1xBM1 for a total of 6. 5 plastic bushings and 1 metal bushing. All of which I replaced with full ball bearings. If you have a total of 6 bearings you should be good to go!

@@kanenstuff very cool! That’s definitely the best way to get the most out of the grasshopper. I’ll be curious to see how the Hornet EVO performs. Seems like a great addition to the vintage (now modernized) car.

Thank you! Appreciate it! So when you took the gearbox apart the first time, what did you find that was causing the issue? This gearbox is known for being almost bulletproof and should last you a long time without having to upgrade or change it out. Are you using just the stock setup or have you upgraded other components at this point?

Hi there...you're welcome! As you can see, I was having the same trouble as I couldn't totally see what was going on with the camera in the way. However, few things to check...are each of the little gears sitting properly before putting the two halves together? Or is the other gear not fitting into the whole in the plastic properly? One other option is feel free to send me a photo of both sides at info@fastfreddyrc.com and I'll see if I can see anything that looks a miss.

@@FastFreddyRC at around 14:30, you put a bearing on the small shaft. Is that correct? The white gear already has 2 bearings already

@@dnbpianist thank you for the photos and I’m glad we were able to sort that out. You should be good to go now. Often the instruction manual has to be interpreted a bit to make sense of the placement when they don’t show you what actually sitting on the other side of the gear. You’re doing great!

It’s not used. In a number of kits you’ll find extra gears because the parts bag is used for a different kit as well. So for the grasshopper it’s just an extra gear in the bag.