IMCO SCX Upgrade
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Nice upgrade, Rob. Hey, don't be such a stranger. Give us a shout out if you are around town.
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Only the IMCO SC upper uses the B1 gimbal. The SCX needs a different gimbal from what I have read. My SC Upper bolted right up to my B1 gimbal.
**Edit... I was not up to date on this thread. Looks like the B1 gimbal can be modded to fit the SCX. Cool to know. The guy I bought it from had the IMCO gimbals.
**Edit... I was not up to date on this thread. Looks like the B1 gimbal can be modded to fit the SCX. Cool to know. The guy I bought it from had the IMCO gimbals.
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I heard that. I am always thinking the the back of my head since I have a single and still run the XR upper gear train in my IMCO SC upper I may have to get a tow. AND I don't have good cell coverage on a lot of the lake we have a house on. I have a handheld baofeng VHF radio though fortunately that I can get a tow from a couple of the marinas on the lake. If I had the money, I would be running an SCX upper with the -3 SC lower I have now and also be making about 150 more HP. I would love to wake my boat up like that sometime.
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Only the IMCO SC upper uses the B1 gimbal. The SCX needs a different gimbal from what I have read. My SC Upper bolted right up to my B1 gimbal.
**Edit... I was not up to date on this thread. Looks like the B1 gimbal can be modded to fit the SCX. Cool to know. The guy I bought it from had the IMCO gimbals.
**Edit... I was not up to date on this thread. Looks like the B1 gimbal can be modded to fit the SCX. Cool to know. The guy I bought it from had the IMCO gimbals.
I've attached a few pics to try to explain it better.
The first pic is the threaded bolt used to retain the helmet in the standard and Magnum transom assemblies.
The second pic is the SS pin used to retain the helmet in the HP transom assembly
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This shows the holes that we drilled and tapped in the gimbal ring to accept the SS pins. You can also see the original 2 holes that were used to attach the trim sender. The HP gimbal doesn't have a provision to use the electric trim sender (at least not a direct bolt on), since most guys running an HP gimbal have a mechanical indicator.
Last edited by Young Performance; 12-03-2015 at 11:45 AM.
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We have swapped out the upper pin for IMCO's pin on a few. We always check the gimble ring for play. In all the ones that I've seen that have some play, it's the ring itself that is worn out, not the pin. I've never seen a pin break before the ring. That's not to say it can't happen. Anything can and does happen.
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