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10-08-2016, 04:30 PM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Racine
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| Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
So I picked this Wraith up locally yesterday on CL along with some other stuff. I bought it without asking any questions since the deal I got on it was too good to pass up The good: -Newer Castle Sidewinder 8th scale system with 2200KV motor -Savox SW1211SG servo -Spektrum TX/RX -Aluminum links -Aluminum front diff cover -Aluminum steering links The bad (so far): -Some horrible front bumper -Spur gear destroyed -Trans case -Trans skid -Trans gears rusty -Shocks that are way too big I can't for the life of me figure out why the axles are clocked down so far, as far as I can tell the links are right but the axles are clocked a crazy amount |
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10-08-2016, 06:03 PM | #2 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Big Island
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
ESC was mounted to the roof?!? The axles are clocked like that to keep the driveshafts from binding completely due to those obnoxiously oversized shocks. Open up the diffs to see if those are stripped also. It looks like this rig hasn't seen much off-road time, the axle housings and skid are in good condition. It was probably a concrete princess that someone put way too much power to. |
10-08-2016, 07:04 PM | #3 | |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Racine
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As for the axles I compared it to my other wraith and with the shocks detached it's still like that when the skid is at normal ride height. I at first thought something was funny with the links but I guess I'll have to dive deeper and thrown the stock shocks back on. Other than that got my list of parts to get at the lbs tomorrow New spur Skidplate Clamping wheel hexes Front bumper/ support Trans case That's at least the beginning we'll see where she goes from there. Gotta make a plan since I already have a trail/crawler wraith | |
10-08-2016, 07:34 PM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Big Island
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
Get a full set of bearings too.
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10-09-2016, 01:41 PM | #5 |
Newbie Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: sl,ut
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
The upper links look like that have rod ends that were cut off the stock plastic links. So maybe they are the wrong length
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10-09-2016, 03:50 PM | #6 |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Racine
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
I believe the problem is lying within the rod ends, I have tried everything else. Gonna add a swt of the axial rod ends to my lost and try to match the links up with my other wraith and hopefully get this resolved. I should only have to wait on the trans case i the mail everything else my lhs has Sent from my SM-N930V using Tapatalk |
10-09-2016, 06:32 PM | #7 |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Racine
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
This is how it's sitting tonight until parts come in Sent from my SM-N930V using Tapatalk |
10-11-2016, 06:04 PM | #8 |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Racine
Posts: 48
| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
Got the link issue figured out, the upper links are longer than normal so with long rod ends on all of the lower links and short rod ends on all of the uppers it straightened out the axles, 1 problem down who knows how many to go..... |
10-13-2016, 06:53 AM | #9 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
one other thing. I had one that the axle link mounts were on upside down and that threw the links off.
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10-13-2016, 11:11 AM | #10 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cluj-Napoca,Romania
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
That front bumper looks horible.And it looks like it has an ax10 trans case? Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk |
10-13-2016, 11:49 AM | #11 |
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10-13-2016, 12:15 PM | #12 | |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Racine
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case Quote:
The trans case is the right one I just installed the replacement yesterday. The trans feels a lot better now but still doesn't feel great. Gonna throw a set of bearings in and see if that smooths it out at all, if not a new set of gears will go in. Makes me wish I would have just bought a complete trans to begin with but like we all know hindsight is 20/20 | |
10-14-2016, 03:00 PM | #13 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cluj-Napoca,Romania
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
From the picture it lookslike an scx10 trans.Wraith teans is bigger as it can be upgraded to 2 speeds transmision.Anyway looks alot of work needs to be done.Good thing is that you can add directly upgraded parts Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk |
10-14-2016, 03:06 PM | #14 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Big Island
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case The Wraith tranny can be upgraded with dig as opposed to 2 speed. It's the Yeti/Bomber and new SCX10 transmissions that can upgrade to 2 speed.
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10-14-2016, 03:08 PM | #15 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cluj-Napoca,Romania
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
Oh yeah...dig...sorry,my mistake Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk |
11-23-2016, 04:37 PM | #16 |
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11-23-2016, 09:04 PM | #17 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Woodland
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| Re: Fuzzy's Spawn Basket Case
No wonder he exploded the spur gear. Ahhhh waiting for parts At least you are in Wisconsin in the winter, you got no where to go. Just got to wait, wait, wait. I don't remember my motor plate having the differing hole sizes for the screws. Now I'm curious, gonna check mine Ya going to stick with the. . . . . big wheels? |
11-25-2016, 03:19 PM | #18 | |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Racine
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The previous owner drilled out the motor plate to allow the gear ratio he was running, new motor plate is on the way. Not sure about the wheels/tires I have a couple other options. Oh and as for the weather, That would be the case any other year but this is what we're looking at currently | |
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