PV F100 trail rig rebuild

[camel_rc]

A couple weeks ago, I made this rig:
Scale F100 Trail Rig

It did pretty good, but the chassis was a little flimsy and needed some improvements all around. The most important thing that had to be addressed was the center tranny getting caught on everything, so I knew I would have to build in a tranny protector of some sort.

After dismantling the old chassis design, I went to work starting with the axles.

Here you can see the shaved-down rear axle with a newly center-drilled input shaft (notice the beefy 10mm M3 cap head screw). While I was at it, I beefed up the lock-out. Before, I was just using a stumpy link on each steering knuckle to lock it. It was working out all right until one of the links broke on impact, so I went with a beefier single link to hold one knuckle in place with a drag link to keep the other from moving.



Next, I started with the chassis rails.


Next, I ate dinner. It's very important to have a good tasting meal when you want a good rig:



Back to work! It is of most importance that everything is level and even if you want any kind of decent performance:


Hey, it's starting to look like a chassis:



To help pass the time and have a good taste in my mouth, I cracked open a bag of Jim Beam jalepeño seeds. Who would have thought Beam and jalepeños would taste good together?



A couple hours and a half bag of sunflower seeds later:



There's still work to be done, like steering and center tranny, so stay tuned for updates!

[trickedoutTLT06]

Awesome! great work on that chassis...Keep them pics comin'

[T_Boy]

Dang that looks good, o so does the truck lol. I really like the way it sits and those ribs look really yummy right now.

[rockschooler]

looks good so far! cant wait to see it complete

[camel_rc]

Thanks for the encouragement guys!

Update time!

It was a little too quiet in my garage so I hooked up my sister's nano to my Line 6 112 amp and I was sharing the harmonious stylings of Metallica with the rest the of neighborhood at level 3. It may not sound like much, but on a Spider II 112, level 4 is loud enough to cover over the sound of a vacuum, lawn mower, and the space shuttle breaking through the atmosphere all at the same time.


First order of business was to install the stealth tranny:


Next, I popped open another bag of the good stuff:


Then, it was on to the mounting of the servo:




More updates to come!

[T_Boy]

lookin good lookin good. keep us posted.

[trickedoutTLT06]

AWESOME!!! MORE MORE MORE MORE!!!lol

[Racefan1115]

Metallica and one sweet build, it don't get much better than that!

[cvecmaxx]

your new chassis looks MUCH more straight, and more though out, but the servo looke crooked.

but i love the build, can t wait to see it finished!

[camel_rc]

cvecmaxx:
It's funny you should mention the servo being crooked, it was actually crooked in the last setup and is now straight, but thanks anyway.

Update!

Chassis is done:





Here, you can see the lexan skid-plate:



Bumpers haven't been mounted yet, but I think it looks better without them:




And my favorite pic, just to complete the truck's redneck image:

[supercrawlerfreak]

the onyl crawler ive seen here that isnt a red neck is HIRO

[Plays_with_Toys]

Truck looks good, but just to let you know, you didn't beef up your rear lock out, you just weakened it. Those plastic posts are very fragile. I broke one at a comp. It snapped like a butter stick. I'm still using one of the posts, since I can't find a better alternative, but I thought I'd warn you.

[skidooguymxz550]

how many trucks do you have on blocks in your yard. didyad fine dat one wells yah was mowwin?

[Brainstain]

Sweet looking truck.