Reversed Wheely King

[lonewolf039]

Hey, all, just thought I would share how I set up my new Wheely King so the battery was in the front, for better weight distribution. After playing around for a while, and trying to figure out how to get the servo output on the opposite side, I decided to simply flip the servo mount upside down and rotate the servo saver 180 degrees. Then I moved the steering bellcrank to the other side and swapped the front axle for the rear. I had planned on flipping the difs to get the oposite rotation, but then the upper link mount on the diff doesn't fit, so to get the proper rotation, I was forced to reverse the rotation of the motor. Not the best solution, but it works. Even with the battery up front, it will still wheely on carpet. Now I just need the parts to make it 4 wheel drive."thumbsup"
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[davcom]

i saw that truck yest in the new rc mag i got . and am thinking of going with that for my first crawler. as it has everything allready . dremelit helped make my mind up thank you dremelit. lol ...

i read that you can get a granny gear for the truck also . how is it stock on gearing? the article says you can get the front diff gears for the fourwheel drive . would it be the same gears as the rear diff? thanks for the show..

[lockeddiff]

yeats the same as the rear diff
front and rear wheely king axels are the
exact same they both also can steer
for4 wheel steering

[lonewolf039]

Well, I pulled the tranny today to see what the internal gearing was. It has a 15t upper gear, driven by the spur. This gear drives a 22t gear, and is connected to another 22t gear with what looks like a mini slipper. There is a coil spring between the two gears, but I could not get it to slip by hand. The second 22t turns a 28t gear, for an internal gear ratio of a dismal 1.866. Add in the 21/90 pinion/spur and you get an even 8:1. The axles are 13/38, which add up to a total gear ratio of 23.4:1, pretty high geared for a crawler. I am planning on using an outrunner, so hopefully this will work out. I also removed the stock battery box and taped the battery to the front upper link. Now it crawls pretty good, but fast, even in 2wd.

[lonewolf039]

OK, looking at the numbers, if I went to a 96/19 spur/pinion, the total ratio would be 27.5:1. I'm not sure if these will fit the stock chassis though.

[RCminded]

looks good

[lesannatrevor]

Using the stock chassis, you can run 96/15.

[rocresq]

I run a 12pinion 96spur dremeled just a tad on the tranny and motor mount totally worth it