Bender's Honcho............Now Sporting Wraith Axles

[eemmaaxxxx]

Originally Posted by rod.d

That is a great tip. Does it work on black-oxide as well? I have been trying to figure out how to keep on top of the fastener rust on these things.

I know it works really well on nuts and bolts that sort of thing. If it's a shiney surface it will remove the rust and might dull the finish very slightly but it should polish back to a shine. It does work on black oxide, but it depends on how deep the rust is and some of the oxide coating may be removed.



Thanks Bender!

[th67ss]

Man, that's a lot of sand

Did you use a funnel to get that much in there

[discgolferlee]

bender you got a link to the lipo you are running. I want to run a 3s lipo like that in my new build so I got room on the battery tray for esc.
just looking for dimensions so I can shop around
thanks

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by eemmaaxxxx

I know it works really well on nuts and bolts that sort of thing. If it's a shiney surface it will remove the rust and might dull the finish very slightly but it should polish back to a shine. It does work on black oxide, but it depends on how deep the rust is and some of the oxide coating may be removed.

Thanks Bender!

No problem.

Originally Posted by th67ss

Man, that's a lot of sand

Did you use a funnel to get that much in there

I was stuck in a stream recently that was full of sand. The water must have carried the sand inside the housing until it hit the backside of the ring gear, where it stopped.

Originally Posted by discgolferlee

bender you got a link to the lipo you are running. I want to run a 3s lipo like that in my new build so I got room on the battery tray for esc.
just looking for dimensions so I can shop around
thanks

I am running MaxAmps 1550mah 3S lipos. They have replaced them with an 1800mah lipo now, that is virtually the same size.

Link:
http://www.maxamps.com/Lipo-1800-111-Pack.htm

[discgolferlee]

thanks a ton man

[BENDER]

Got the Honcho back together this weekend. I installed a couple project boxes from Radio Shack to house all the electronics. Next I am going to install some lights. Then, balloon all the electronics so it will be 100% waterproof again.

[JonehRC]

thanks for sharing the new arrangement ... they look neater.. if u don't mind, i wanna copy this setup

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by JonehRC

thanks for sharing the new arrangement ... they look neater.. if u don't mind, i wanna copy this setup

No problem.

[JonehRC]

from the picture ... did u really cut the whole triangle left n right ouf of the bumper??? wow

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by JonehRC

from the picture ... did u really cut the whole triangle left n right ouf of the bumper??? wow

I did. I cut the wings off a while ago just to give it a little different look.

[rbl]

no more proline tsls

[discgolferlee]

bender you spoiled my surprise.... I was planning on mounting my electronics in almost exactly the same way. HAHA! i got my honcho built just waiting on my holmes hobbies esc/motor, led's, winch and some other goodies to get here. I was looking at boxes at radio shack over the weekend. I mean why not mount em there. good low COG and tons of space under that body. I was looking at smaller type batteries and then figured why not run a tad larger battery for more capacity and move electronics down there.

NICE work!!

[miniwheeler]

I like the new rubber

[murky123]

those projectboxes what size are they ?

[th67ss]

Man, those boxes really clean it up under there!!

Did you fill your axles up with grease?

Looks good btw

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by rbl

no more proline tsls

They are on the 6x6 now.

Originally Posted by discgolferlee

bender you spoiled my surprise.... I was planning on mounting my electronics in almost exactly the same way. HAHA! i got my honcho built just waiting on my holmes hobbies esc/motor, led's, winch and some other goodies to get here. I was looking at boxes at radio shack over the weekend. I mean why not mount em there. good low COG and tons of space under that body. I was looking at smaller type batteries and then figured why not run a tad larger battery for more capacity and move electronics down there.

NICE work!!

Thanks. Brandon actually did this to his Honcho first, I'm just copying him.

Originally Posted by miniwheeler

I like the new rubber

Thanks.

Originally Posted by E30Newbie

Very cool build thread.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by murky123

those projectboxes what size are they ?

They are 4"x2"x1", here's a link.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2062280

Originally Posted by th67ss

Man, those boxes really clean it up under there!!

Did you fill your axles up with grease?

Looks good btw

Thanks.

Yeah, it does clean up the chassis a lot. No extra grease in the axles either.

[yfz350]

can you post a pic of how you mounted them please

[discgolferlee]

Originally Posted by yfz350

can you post a pic of how you mounted them please

yes I am curious as well. truck is looking good. I love to look on this forum at the different stages our vehicles go thru.

[408crawl]

Nice Rig Bender. Can't wait to finish my honcho build and start adding some of your changes.

By the way, do you still not have any weights in your front tires?

[racerrandy]

Man, I love this build Brad!


Here is my take on what to do with the ass end of the rig. I still have to lengthen the wheelbase and move the shocks back and such, but its heading in the right direction I think.