zee Retour Rapide Deux

[Crawling Calvin]

Holy moly you just upped the awesomeness on this rig man! Can't wait to see what it ends up looking like when finished

Heck for fun can you post a pic of it rockin my screwup brown rims

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by Crawling Calvin

Heck for fun can you post a pic of it rockin my screwup brown rims

I can do that. I've got a pair with Sedonas mounted on them. Flip them around backwards, bolt them on, and the spacing is perfect, so I've been using them as a guide.

[Crawling Calvin]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

I can do that. I've got a pair with Sedonas mounted on them. Flip them around backwards, bolt them on, and the spacing is perfect, so I've been using them as a guide.

Cool I am still waiting on shipping confirmation from the plastics place, hunh, helps tomorrow is Saturday I did make a SLIGHT change to the rims, I left more room for the screws to thread into the plastic... and I gota order the hardware

[Duuuuuuuude]

Git ta crackin', son. This rig ain't movin' without proper offset wheels on it.

[DioptricStraw]

Junfac shafts are the bomb.


I run them in both my rigs and the price is really nice too boot

[Manning]

You and KC are on to something with that steering setup. Great thinking, both of you.

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

I'll be watching you on this one, nice job so far.

[PipeDreams]

After re loking at your pics... why didn't you just do a straight tie rod? The room seems to be there with the servo tilted back. I can see mabe the drag link being a bit tough but would be a lot lighter then your 3 pc design.

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by PipeDreams

... why didn't you just do a straight tie rod?

Boooooooooorrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnngggg.

[PipeDreams]

LOL STROOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGGG lol

[C*H*U*D]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Look closely and you'll see where its going to go.

lol....when I first saw this, I thought you mounted it to the driveshaft.

[irok22s]

Originally Posted by PipeDreams

LOL STROOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGGG lol

duuuuuuuude I have nothing against innovation, and the ax axles need lots of it when it comes to steering. That said Im with PipeDreams on this one. straight rod should be stronger. Isn't that why everyone is getting rid of the 3 piece design on the xr and going to a straight link?

[Crawling Calvin]

Originally Posted by irok22s

duuuuuuuude I have nothing against innovation, and the ax axles need lots of it when it comes to steering. That said Im with PipeDreams on this one. straight rod should be stronger. Isn't that why everyone is getting rid of the 3 piece design on the xr and going to a straight link?

OOh heck its his rig, im just making the rims for it . I see both sides of the argument, I would almost run an OTA/BTA system like what Gatekeeper has, it seems to work good and it is 1 piece.

[durrty]

Thats a killer idea IMO. That type of set up looks like it will get rid of some slop.

Stronger or weaker I dont know. dont care either, that looks to be able to get beat up all day long and NOT beat the actual tie rod at all.

what is going to break that wont with a solid tie rod? the rod ends??

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by C*H*U*D

lol....when I first saw this, I thought you mounted it to the driveshaft.

Oh come on, you can give me a little bit more credit than that.

Originally Posted by irok22s

duuuuuuuude I have nothing against innovation, and the ax axles need lots of it when it comes to steering. That said Im with PipeDreams on this one. straight rod should be stronger. Isn't that why everyone is getting rid of the 3 piece design on the xr and going to a straight link?

This is plenty strong, not sure why you guys think it won't be.

You'd have to ask an XR guy why they're moving away from the stock configuration, because I have no idea. There could be many reasons.

As far as innovation goes, you don't know how good or bad a road is until you walk it. This is me walking.

[C*H*U*D]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Oh come on, you can give me a little bit more credit than that.

As innovative as you are, I expect almost anything.

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

As far as innovation goes, you don't know how good or bad a road is until you walk it. This is me walking.

This is me watching...go get em!

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[durrty]

it is the "arm chair fabricators"

[Crawling Calvin]

Hey its his rig, he can put his ideas where he wants

I never noticed the advantage of that setup with the draglink being covered by the Delrin, that maybe handy when going up stuff since it won't rub on the rocks like a normal one would.

I forget, how big is the battery on the rig

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by Crawling Calvin

I forget, how big is the battery on the rig

Battery is a HH 1300 35c 3s. 65x30x30

[PipeDreams]

Originally Posted by durrty

it is the "arm chair fabricators"

HA HA HA yup that's all of us just some arm chair fabricators lol ... Right Irok?

They are shying away from it because of all the slop generated in all the rod ends, and all the angles from tierods to tierods to more tierods. Its simple Take to rods joined together with a bolt. Put a slight bend in them at the joint and hold one side... push the free side towards the fixed end... obviously its easy to make the distance between the to points smaller and the rod just bends at the joint. Now straight them out and try it's harder but still bends at the joint now put a one pc rod in with no joint and it can't bend very easily. Just putting a small bend even in a solid rod makes it flex way more then it would if it was straight. Not saying you gotta do it any way just saying a 3pc design is sloppy and flexy. But if it floats your boat and you get it to work for you all the more power to ya. You still come up with some outside thinking and I love watching your builds. Keep up the good work.