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06-01-2004, 07:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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|  Meet 2DS Hey guys, someone asked to see how I used a RC10 tranny so I figgured I'd post the pics here too. I call it 2DS (2 dollar steak) as in tough as a two dollar steak  This is the first crawler I built. I machined the axles and welded the frame. It's amazingly capable considering it's only sporting 4" tires. I was going for a scale look, with the wheels under the wheel wells. Heres a pic on the trail:  pic showing the front driveshaft and frame (frame design inspired by Grizzly4x4) The drive shafts are universal joint dogbones from an RC10, I cut the originals in half, silversoldered a tube of drillrod (toolsteel), to them to make them the length I needed :  Closeup of the front axle knuckle. Stub axle is a RC10T rear axle:  Pic of the rearend disassembled. The original ring and pinion was a spider and side gear out of a midnight pumpkin. This was a major weak point because the pinion kept stripping off the input shaft. I finally scrapped the MP gears and bought brass miter gears from Small Parts which solved the breakage:  Top down construction pic:  Top down shot of the front axle:  |
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06-01-2004, 08:31 PM
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| Colt Python/SR9c   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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| Re: Meet 2DS nice  wish i could just whip up some axles like that anytime i wanted   |
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06-01-2004, 08:39 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004 Location: portland OR
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| Re: Meet 2DS o that thing is sick! nice work! |
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06-02-2004, 12:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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| Re: Meet 2DS Thanks guys. I think the smaller crawlers in many ways are funner than the big ones. The big ones have more sex appeal, but the small ones really require driving skill. It's a lot easier to find a challenging spot to crawl too. Hopefully when competitions become more common they'll have tire classes. |
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06-02-2004, 01:13 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: [HILLBILIGAN]
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| Re: Meet 2DS Couldnt agree more! Big tires and small tires are both fun, they are just different kinds of fun I think. 2DS is a RIG!  |
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06-09-2004, 01:56 PM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisville Kentucky
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| Re: Meet 2DS Hah, nice rig you have there! Looks like a fun truck |
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06-12-2004, 06:24 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2004 Location: east coast
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| Re: Meet 2DS what was the orginal truck it was cause that would be sweet to own how much did that thing cost u to makematt |
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06-12-2004, 07:07 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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| Re: Meet 2DS It didn't come off a truck, those axles were machined by him and the chassis also fabbed by himself. |
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06-12-2004, 07:19 PM
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| Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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| Re: Meet 2DS yeah it must be nice just to be able to machine axles out when you feel the need |
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06-21-2004, 04:02 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Down South Hidding From Everyone
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| Re: Meet 2DS that thing is cool, man |
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07-18-2009, 12:31 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: sloughhouse
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| nice ceep up the good work |
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07-18-2009, 12:55 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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seriously? you dig up a thread that is 5 ****ing years old to bestow upon the world "nice ceep up the good work"?????? i am in a state of complete awe and wonder.  | |
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07-18-2009, 10:38 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: in my house
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07-18-2009, 12:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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| im sure thats exactly what it is... they should ban him. |
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07-19-2009, 10:50 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zachary
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| yeah like nice mods thumbs up or nicccceeeee just to look at for sale adds |
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07-19-2009, 11:04 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Atlanta
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| If i recall, post like "nice!" "good job" "sweet man" do not add on your post count |
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