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Old 04-01-2017, 12:54 PM   #1
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Hello crawlers!
Have been enjoying the forum for the past year and it's finally time for my first post here. Thanks for the wealth of information!

Got a Yeti XL and a Wraith PS a year ago... decided the crawling scene is much more fun. I've upgraded almost everything on the wraith and just recently understood what a difference the extra weights in the wheels make, when I switched wheels with a mate that had 300 grams extra in each front on his comp crawler! I have always avoided putting the weight in the wheels for the obvious: to reduce broken parts!

And here is the question... I want to add as much weight as possible, but NOT in the wheels. Could you please advise as to what would match my setup? I'm running:
SSD Dhole 2.2 with Proline sswampers XL
Vanquish axles, knuckles, lockouts, c-hubs

What knuckle weights would fit? Or could I get more weight by adding a wheel hub extender and brass rings?

Living on an island in Europe it's a b!tch to get parts delivered here and the last this you would want is the parts not to fit so I would immensely appreciate feedback!!!
Next step will be to build a wroncho, maybe on the scx10 II platform

Thanks for the invaluable information everybody is sharing!

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Old 04-01-2017, 01:18 PM   #2
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Vanquish makes knuckle weights specifically for their knuckles AR60 Knuckle Weights - Vanquish Products as does RCbros Knuckle Weights

Edit: I'm not sure if it applies to VP aluminum axle housings, but with stock plastic AR60's you can add brass "beef tubes" inside of your front axle tubes.

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Old 04-01-2017, 01:34 PM   #3
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RC Bros have a series of discs and add how much you can squeeze on


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Old 04-01-2017, 01:59 PM   #4
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Thanks for the replies!!!
So for examples if I add 12mm wheel wideners (Mini 12mm Wheel Widener 4 by RC4WD fits Axial SCX10 Wraith AX10 and other RC's - rc Bitz)
would I be able to add quite a few of these: RcBros Full Brass Weight ???

Or would this be something I could fit? https://www.rpphobby.com/ProductDeta...04002&CartID=2

Is there a chance they wont be compatible with the SSD wheels? https://www.rpphobby.com/product_p/ssd00152.htm

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Old 04-02-2017, 02:51 PM   #5
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Well it seems the maximum I can add as non rotating weight would be 100grams per corner... should I go ahead and add another 200 to each wheel or is that asking for it, even though everything has benn upgraded?
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Old 04-02-2017, 04:15 PM   #6
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These knuckles are a more "thinking outside the box" approach, but you can add some serious weight: Dlux Fab
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Old 04-02-2017, 04:52 PM   #7
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These knuckles are a more "thinking outside the box" approach, but you can add some serious weight: Dlux Fab


These work very well, I have an all brass set for my bully


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Old 04-02-2017, 10:18 PM   #8
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I'll be going with those Dlux knuckle weights! Amazing!

Thanks a lot!
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Old 04-06-2017, 12:45 AM   #9
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Do beef tubes fit Vanquish axles?
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Old 04-06-2017, 06:02 AM   #10
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No , no need to. Vanquish housings are strong and heavy.


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