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Guide to Assembling the Tamiya Double Gearbox- 38.2:1 Gear Ratio
Step 3 - Gearbox Housing

Step 5 - The Second Half

Step 4 - The Remaining Gears

Find the yellow G4 gear, it has a hex shaped protrusion on one side that will fit onto the gear hub on the hex axle.
Slip the yellow gear onto the hex shaft as shown. Be sure to align the set screw with the slot in the G4 gear. You should be able to clearly see the set screw. If not, rotate the gear until set screw can be seen.

Select another blue G3 gear.

Place the blue G3 gear onto the round steel axle as shown in the picture. The teeth of the smaller gear on the G4 should mesh with the teeth on the larger gear on the yellow G4 gear.
Find the small aluminum spacer - refer to the picture.
Slide the spacer onto the round steel axle as shown in the picture. The space slides up against the blue gear.
Find the yellow G2 gear. This gear has teeth on the face instead of the edge.
Place the yellow G2 gear onto the hex shaft as shown in the picture. The small gear on the G2 should mesh with the larger gear on the G3
Now we can slide the 2 housing parts together. Make sure the 2 axle holes in the middle housing section have the brass eyelets in place so the axles will fit into the brass eyelets and not into the plastic.
Once the 2 axles slide into place, the 2 housing parts should fit together easily. Do not try to force the parts if they don't easily slide into each other.  check the axles and make sure the gears are aligned as shown in the pictures above.  If you still can't get it fit together, pull the sections apart and reassemble the gears as shown the guide so far.
Find 3 of the 18mm coarse threaded screws like the one shown in the picture.
Place the 3 screws into the holes on the outside housing as shown in the picture. There are actually 4 holes but only 3 will accept the screws. The fourth hole is under my thumb in the picture.
 
Step 3 - Gearbox Housing

Step 5 - The Second Half