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I designed and cut these plates out of Delrin, 1 rear plate and 1 front plate with servo/battery mount.

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The link plates worked out perfectly. I will be using them on my sporty class rig. I used 1/8" Delrin, cut with a laser.

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Thats a smooth front drive shaft.....

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you dont notice any flex with that third screw not being in there?

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No, it's pretty solid, it's 1/8" delrin.

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It's not the delrin "I" would worry about flexing..

My rear plate will twist the 2 posts and the brace, with the 3rd screw in it..
I replaced the axle brace with an aluminum one and had to run longer screws in the 2 axle housing posts..

I still get flex in harder binds..



just watch it.. It will rip the 2 screws out, over time, from the flexing..

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Like said above, your going to need that 3rd screw in there.

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I'm actually going to throw in the 3rd hole on monday.

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I did a mockup today on my chassis today with some links I had laying around, getting Ti ones soon, but I am adding the 3rd hole, really didn't think it needed the 3rd hole till I did the mockup.

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For a guy thats been crawling for a year with all self made chassis and bits - Your looking great Scott.
*Man they grow up so fast**

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I ended up adding the 3rd hole in the the rear plate for more rigidness.

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So I redesigned the servo/link plate, works out much better. I was able to mount the esc on the underside with the battery on top, the servo is now vertical sitting on top of the axle giving it more LCG.

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Ooohhhhhh, your going to love it!

When I designed that plate and started running it about a year ago, I switched from a 7980 with bad geo to a 7950(cause the 7980 wouldn't fit originally) with good geo.
I haven't missed the 7980 yet!

Can't wait to hear what you think about it, after you get it on the rocks!

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Barrys Carbon plates are really nice. I run a hose clamp around the input bearing but there's other options for more mounting points. I get zero flex out of this.

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I like the setup, it works alot better than having the servo sit flat on top of the plate.

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It's not a bolt on part but the final outcome is worth every minute used to make shit work. I'll never go back to a traditional setup unless I plan on selling the rig.

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I would like to use the same set up on scale, but with rules and regs that's a no go, lol

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100% legal

It's still axle mounted. There's no other points of mounting outside of that.

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I'm not taking any credit for this, I saw something like this, tweaked it to work for my setup, so it's a 1 off.

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