eric113's wraith rebuild

[eric113]

I got this wraith in trade. The drive train looked good... But the rest of it is trashed.

OD front
Ud rear
HD lockers
Axial c' and knuckles
Chaotic steering links
Mip drive shafts
Metal geared trans
Mamba max pro(no fan)
Bec
Airtronics 433oz servo water proofed
Epic 10.5 t sensored motor w 12t pinion

Here What it looked when I got it.

[eric113]

Since I had it for little while now. I didn't even get to drive it yet! Found out the servo had a dead short somewhere, still need to send it off to get fixed.


I orderd Dinky's Wraith mounts, Blue Monkey Ti links, Chaotic steering links, Tamiya Ti king pins from RPP hobby. I found someone selling VP knuckles and 4ws kit in the classifieds for cheap.

[eric113]

Here where here I'm at now. Installed hitec 7950's. Been cleaning piece by piece. Installing Harley's hardware. Looks like I'm order a full bearing kit, servo horns, new body and pieces of the frame.

I sanded the beadlock rings down. Started to pull the stickers.













I really don't know what to do here.... I'm going to have to order almost new frame to fix the front bumper, so I can put on my sway bar kit and to fix the rear broken part.





Also any suggestions on bec ? Weather to go with small bec or pro ?

[wildmanMG]

CC 10amp BEC. you'll need it with the 7950's.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by wildmanMG

CC 10amp BEC. you'll need it with the 7950's.

Agreed. The 10A BEC works well on my F/R steer wraith.

The truck is looking good Eric! Nice work.

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

holy hell....

that thing is wrecked...


I scored a full wraith chassis off ebay for $50 last week...
lumidave35 is seller name
Axial Wraith Crawler Roll Cage AX90018 Body Panel Mount Mounts Bar | eBay

he's got another one up..

[eric113]

Originally Posted by wildmanMG

CC 10amp BEC. you'll need it with the 7950's.

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Agreed. The 10A BEC works well on my F/R steer wraith.

The truck is looking good Eric! Nice work.

It already has 10A BEC. What voltage do you have BEC set at ? I have 4pk.

Originally Posted by ROLANDROCKSHOP

holy hell....

that thing is wrecked...


I scored a full wraith chassis off ebay for $50 last week...
lumidave35 is seller name
Axial Wraith Crawler Roll Cage AX90018 Body Panel Mount Mounts Bar | eBay

he's got another one up..

Josh, Thank you sir! I bought a chassis.

I been cleaning it piece by piece.

[05Fronty4x]

Dual 7950's... is the lil blue wonder even enough for that? I guess you'd have to stall both front and rear to really push it.

[dittohead]

I wanted to avoid any possible issues with my 4ws wraith so i hard wired a bec to each hitec 7955 servo

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by eric113

It already has 10A BEC. What voltage do you have BEC set at ? I have 4pk.

If it's hard wired into the servos, then 7.4V. If you run it to the Rx, then I would stay with 6.0V (or whatever the max input voltage of the Rx happens to be).

Originally Posted by 05Fronty4x

Dual 7950's... is the lil blue wonder even enough for that? I guess you'd have to stall both front and rear to really push it.

It should be plenty....watch the video here:
http://holmeshobbies.com/Castle-BEC.html

[eric113]

Originally Posted by 05Fronty4x

Dual 7950's... is the lil blue wonder even enough for that? I guess you'd have to stall both front and rear to really push it.

The reason I was asking, I heard some people with rear steer that 10A BEC was still browning out, had to get BEC pro.

Originally Posted by dittohead

I wanted to avoid any possible issues with my 4ws wraith so i hard wired a bec to each hitec 7955 servo

If it comes down to it. I will go this route, The bec is wired into the MMP

Originally Posted by JeremyH

If it's hard wired into the servos, then 7.4V. If you run it to the Rx, then I would stay with 6.0V (or whatever the max input voltage of the Rx happens to be).



It should be plenty....watch the video here:
Holmes Hobbies LLC

It wired into MMP. The futaba RX's can handle 7.4v But I feel that pushing it. How is your wired in and what voltage ?

I was looking at my truck and got to looking at links like we talked about... The rod ends don't look to be rubbing on the skid plate. I'm think rod ends are rubbing at axle mount.

Also another thing I noticed is... I have HR knuckles with VP arms, they seem to have more throw than the VP wraith knuckles on the front. I'm think about throwing the other set HR knuckles on the front with the VP arms.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by eric113

It wired into MMP. The futaba RX's can handle 7.4v But I feel that pushing it. How is your wired in and what voltage ?

Into the receiver....but I am running Futaba servos on that truck that can only handle 6.0V.

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Originally Posted by eric113

I was looking at my truck and got to looking at links like we talked about... The rod ends don't look to be rubbing on the skid plate. I'm think rod ends are rubbing at axle mount.

Interesting....I did not think of that.

Originally Posted by eric113

Also another thing I noticed is... I have HR knuckles with VP arms, they seem to have more throw than the VP wraith knuckles on the front. I'm think about throwing the other set HR knuckles on the front with the VP arms.

Really? Wow. Let's see a pic!

[eric113]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Into the receiver....but I am running Futaba servos on that truck that can only handle 6.0V.

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Interesting....I did not think of that.


Really? Wow. Let's see a pic!

Sorry to get back to you late. When I started this thread I was middle of moving.

[JeremyH]

Looks like more throw to me. But it could also be caster settings playing tricks on the eyes. Are you running zero caster in the back?

[eric113]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Looks like more throw to me. But it could also be caster settings playing tricks on the eyes. Are you running zero caster in the back?

Correct, zero caster. I have another set of hr knuckles and vp arms.