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04-01-2006, 02:43 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bundaberg, Australia
Posts: 45
|  New Jungle Rescue crawler Hey guys,  Thought i'd drop in a picture of my current scale build. Body is from a truck from the bay, TLT axels and a lot of fiddling and building, Still have the wheels to die, ESC and reciever to fit, a few scale bits and pieces to tack on and a few tool boxes to cover the gear box. Fairly happy with the flex so far, will work on it once it is finished. Feedback kindly appreciated. Thanks guys. |
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04-01-2006, 06:13 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bethlehem, GA
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| Hmmmmmmmmm, that looks a lot like my last build a few months ago....  http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2123689760     |
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04-01-2006, 10:20 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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| Umm...................... do the drive shafts work on that angle ?  |
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04-01-2006, 10:23 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bethlehem, GA
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04-01-2006, 10:47 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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| I think he's reffering to the orignial poster, as am I. Those DS & axle angles look atrocious. |
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04-01-2006, 11:08 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fairbanks, AK
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| Does the suspension move at those angles on its own? Hows the steering?  |
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04-01-2006, 11:48 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
Posts: 844
| Those driveline angles are definitely scary. Maybe you should ditch the tires and go with some Masher 2K's and lower it about a 1/2". I think it would look a little better. You could also drop the transmission and link mounts. |
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04-01-2006, 11:48 AM
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| 1 man, 2 sons   Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Recovering@ the hobby garage MT.
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| wow, those are some violent driveline and link angles, sterring, flex???? |
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04-01-2006, 12:18 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rochester
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04-01-2006, 04:51 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon
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| I love how everyone says the same thing only in different words.. |
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04-01-2006, 07:46 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bundaberg, Australia
Posts: 45
| Hey Guys, Thanks for the concern on the drive shaft angles, They all seem to work fine I have angled the diffs a little to help stop the binding, will try to get a flex shot when it's done. It is based on a 1:1 Australian troop carrier and support truck, similar to the merc Unimog, I need the bigger tyres to help it look the same, A little higher than the original but i like to have the center clearance. cheers |
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04-01-2006, 10:00 PM
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| Get off my lawn!  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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| Your center clearance is gone anyway; the fenders and steps hang down to the tops of the tires. If you lower the tranny you'll have a lot smoother running without losing any clearance and have a lot more functional truck. Not only will your driveshafts not bind up (and you'll be able to fix that caster angle) but you'll lower your center of gravity by a good inch, and you'll have a place to hang the links so they're not vertical. I know it sucks having to rebuild your whole truck; I've done it myself many times. This truck as it is now reminds me of a gal I used to date. Nice to look at, but I wouldn't want to spend too much time with her. Drop the tranny about an inch and a half and you'll be in much better shape. |
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04-02-2006, 11:04 AM
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| AKA TOKEN  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: "Used" Mexico
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| Man........ |
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