Harley's $50 SCX10 Deadbolt Budget Build

[DrDiff952]

I am not as conceerned about scale apperance. Wouln't a traditional 4 link setup give me as good of performance for trails and a some climbing as the Panhard setup?

[Harley]

Originally Posted by DrDiff952

I am not as conceerned about scale apperance. Wouln't a traditional 4 link setup give me as good of performance for trails and a some climbing as the Panhard setup?

Yes, a typical 4 link will perform as good or better in almost all situations. The 3 link with panhard has limitations that the 4 link does not.

[tain4x4]

Waiting on that plate!

[im4est]

I bought some 3/16" steel rod but couldn't find any stainless here locally. Im considering buying some 6061 aluminum rod in 3/16" for links. Are there any disadvantages to this?

[Harley]

Originally Posted by im4est

I bought some 3/16" steel rod but couldn't find any stainless here locally. Im considering buying some 6061 aluminum rod in 3/16" for links. Are there any disadvantages to this?

The only downside is that you can bend it easier. But it will do for most situations. And if not, you already know how to make new ones!

[novarider]

1/4 steel break line with 8/32 all thread works great

[Harley]

Originally Posted by novarider

1/4 steel break line with 8/32 all thread works great

If using the sleeved method I only use stainless tube. Brake line is too loose and bends too easy for me. If going that route, there are much stronger options. The downside to sleeved links after that is breaking the all-thread off at the end of the link.

[ScGRaceR]

great youtube channel / awesome build! ... im going to try to follow this build with my falken jeep when it finally comes in Tuesday!

[defsaturn6501]

Great youtube channel!! my deadbolt is coming today, and after being out of the Rc Crawler game for a while, im way excited to get to tearing this puppy down and playing!

[Harley]

I haven't done the part 2 video for last week's update yet, I ended up getting sick last week for a few days. But I hope to get that knocked out ASAP! The parts for this week arrived on Saturday and I want to finish that up before soon as well!

[Harley]

Last night after playing around in the shop I decided to do a little experiment.

I want to 3D print a new grill area for this car. Now the grill shell is super simple and I could easily make a template and just draw something up. BUT I wanted to play around with a different method that may come in helpful for other projects down the road.

First thing I did was wrap the front of the body in blue painters tape (for the satin finish). I also made a bunch of marks on it to help things stitch together.




Then I took 20-30 pictures and ran it through 123D Catch, the free app from Autodesk. It spit out this downloadable 3D model. Again, only the front area is what I'm interested in.




I imported that model into CAD and trimmed off the excess garbage. Next I could do some smoothing and such, but I'm not all that concerned at the moment. This was all just an experiment anyway. I'll work on a grill shell later this week maybe. If I print one, I'll add it into the budget and allow people to buy it for whatever that value is




Down the road I'm thinking that some Vanquish Q-series lights would make some pretty awesome headlights for this truck.

[The DC]

I hope you fell better,my friend

[Boogie]

I call first dibs on a grill when they're available.
Being sick is all kinds of fun, I have some crud that I suspect my kid brought home from school.

[monstermark]

Could you oat some measurements of that battery/electronics tray up! I think it could be very handy and looks really easy to build

[Harley]

Originally Posted by monstermark

Could you oat some measurements of that battery/electronics tray up! I think it could be very handy and looks really easy to build

I normally post up dimensions and such but I won't on that one. The design was not mine originally. He is having them cut and I'll have them for sale when they are done.

[monstermark]

Okay, thanks for the reply

[FortCrawler]

Harley, I have a question. Just put a new set of STRC rear lockouts on my Deadbolt and there is a lot of play with the axles now compared to the stock lockouts. Any idea why or what I might have done wrong?

[Di_Spencer]

Hey, Harley could you post up link lengths for the whole car and what individual Vanquish links I would have to use to piece together a set of links. Thanks

[Harley]

Originally Posted by FortCrawler

Harley, I have a question. Just put a new set of STRC rear lockouts on my Deadbolt and there is a lot of play with the axles now compared to the stock lockouts. Any idea why or what I might have done wrong?

Not much you can screw up with installing lockouts. As long as you have the proper bearings installed I can't think of anything that could cause extra slop. Could just be poor dimensions with their parts or a particular run of them. Not all that much you can do other than shim the axle shafts to try and bandaid the issue.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by Di_Spencer

Hey, Harley could you post up link lengths for the whole car and what individual Vanquish links I would have to use to piece together a set of links. Thanks

I didn't measure all of the links, here is what I did. I'll talk with VP again and see what the status on getting the 3-link kit done is.

Originally Posted by Harley

All I did was measure the stock links for the rear uppers, rear lowers, front lowers, and steering tie rod. Then I subtract 16mm from the eye to eye distance. That is the length of the stainless link I used, then threaded on my Revo rod ends.

For links that were different I used the following eye to eye measurements:
Drag Link: 92mm
Panhard: 92mm
Front upper link (only 1): 118mm