Project Slow Snake

[eisman]

Had the maiden voyage of my XR today! Rob and Michelle from Krawler Konceptz came over for a BBQ and some wrenching on my XR and their Wraith. I'm pretty new to Crawlers, I'm getting back into the RC Game after being away for many years. Rob was kind enough to lend a much needed hand with the wiring. We got it up and running in no time! Unfortunately, there was some minor carnage... the front link mount post wasn't tightened down enough (I guess I forgot to lock-tight those screws) Anyways, in the 10 minutes of run time on my small garage course, the XR performed really well. Tomorrow I'm gonna tear down the front axle and fix that link mount.

Thanks again Krawler Konceptz for all the help today. Rob, I can't wait until that Berg is in one piece.

Build details to follow.

On to some pics for now.

[eisman]

OK, Here we go.
This is what makes my XR Different from your's.

Chassis: Underground Crawler's Viper with V2 side panels. Thanks Juan

Axles: XR10 front and rear with all the VP goodies, including top axle halfs. Axial Ti Gear shafts with RC4WD gears front and rear, and Acer bearings to replace all the stockers that weren't covered with the ones that came with the Vanquish parts. Knuckle weights and a Rowdy Racing 'front lip mount' up front.











Wheels/Tires: DH2s on both ends for now. Sedonas, and proline single stage memory foam. Might switch things up as time goes on.

Shocks: Big Bores with Revo ends on the caps. JeepinDoug mini-t spring cups, with losi mini springs for now.

Links: Chaotic Crawler lowers for the BJV4. Lunsford 3/16" straight uppers. Revo ends on all links except for two Jatos on the rear uppers. DLux link slider on the lowers.





Steering: Chaotic Ti straight link, Hitec 7950 flipped with lunsford Ti turnbuckle and Revo draglink. Golden Horizon HD servo horn and servo mount for the 'non VP' side of the servo.



Electronics: Dual Mamba Micro Pros, CCBEC, Br00d 35 Turn big wire 2 magnet monsters, 3s Lipos from maxamps, and a 4PL to control everything.
(A big thanks to Harley for the setup vids. I had this thing dialed in in just minutes)

And of course, Skinz by Krawler Konceptz. They are simply the best in the biz.











Wheel Base is bang on at just a hair under 12.5" when compressed, but she's a heavy pig. RTR weight is 6lb 4oz. I think once the DH2s go away the weight will be a bit more reasonable.

Thanks for looking.

[eisman]

Added video to page three.

[Jeepkid]

Nice Viper man
I'm diggin the color combo.

[losiking1]

Truck looks great, man.

[JeremyH]

Nice! That shirt is funny!

[eisman]

Thanks guys I'm gonna get some better pics up tomorrow. I'm also hoping to get through an entire battery pack without any troubles.

[Krawler Konceptz]

Just got in the door....Today was alot of fun..thanks for the chicken and the black sausage
I am sure Rob will post up a reply later

[eisman]

Originally Posted by Krawler Konceptz

Just got in the door....Today was alot of fun..thanks for the chicken and the black sausage
I am sure Rob will post up a reply later

Glad you guys made it home safe. Today was a blast! Sandy and I are thrilled that you liked the hot black sausage

[Krawler Konceptz]

Had a blast now your junk is built not in pieces Thanx again for the gear for the wraith

Rob

[eisman]

Yeah, thanks Rob. It's such a nice feeling to not be looking a a pile of parts and actually getting this thing ready to run. That being said... It's going to be torn down very shortly for the front link mount fix. Stupid rookie mistake, I'm still kicking myself for that one. I'm quickly becoming an expert on repairing XR10 axles though. At least no major damage was done. No problem about those Wraith bits. I'm just glad they fit without any problems.

[eisman]

Link mount is fixed.

[Rig Rocker]

Rig looks great! What was wrong with the link mount?

Originally Posted by eisman

Link mount is fixed.

[eisman]

Originally Posted by Rig Rocker

Rig looks great! What was wrong with the link mount?

Thanks

The two screws inside the link mount that hold the 'link mount post' came loose. It was making the whole front end shake around a bit. That problem is all fixed up now, but one more has shown up... a bit more serious... The rig might be down for a while.

[Krawler Konceptz]

What's the issue now?

Rob

[eisman]

Originally Posted by Krawler Konceptz

What's the issue now?

Rob

I'm going to wait until I've had the chance to speak with the vendor before I make anything public on these forums. The vendor in question is well known for his excellent customer service, so I'm sure we'll be able to figure out a good solution. For all I know, it was totally my fault. I don't want to inadvertantly harm anyone's reputation. That's not what I'm trying to do.

Rob, you know all the details in PM.

I'm sure it'll all work out.

[CRAIGB]

Nice setup and little crawl area

[michael]

rig is looking sweet bro,let us know if you get any gear popping with that setup!

[rockn]

Nice rig

[eisman]

Thanks guys

So, after many PMs with the expert, I feel safe talking about the latest issue that I had with my XR. I was running through my second ever battery pack when I heard some gear noise. It was definitely clicking and popping like crazy from the front end. I'm running RC4WD gears and a fully VP'd axle btw. I was a little concerned. I stopped the rig right away and picked it up to inspect. The culprit was my front Br00d 35 turn HHK Apocalypse!!! The end bell had come loose! One of the end bell screws was gone and the other was just hanging on by a thread. The gear noise was coming from the pinion dancing around inside the transmission. I pulled the motor to take a better look. Since I'm not an expert, I contacted Eddie and got his advise. He was willing to talk me through the re-assembly, but I decided to pack up the motor and send it to him for his inspection and professional re-assembly.

He has assured me that he'll get everything running 100%. Team Br00d has been a fantastic company to deal with, and Eddie definitely stands behind his product.

I'm sure that the cause of this latest carnage stemmed from the loose link mount... Stupid rookie mistake.

Oh well, lessons learned for me... My advise for everyone else though is don't forget to check your end bell screws. When they come loose, it sucks balls.

More to follow, it should be a couple weeks before I get the motor back. Sorry, no pics of all this.

Hopefully when I get this thing back together, there aren't any more problems.

Oh, and for Michael, who asked about gear popping... apart from my motor issue, this thing is a beast! The gears are super smooth.