Harley's #AxialYeti

[BigSki]

Originally Posted by axial 4x4 crawler

250 lb line!? Woah that is strong, I'll get some for my level 3racing winch soon How is that line holding up? Has it ever snapped before?

Check out the video for the TZI World winch, they had no problem snapping 300lb. line with this winch. It's a serious little component!

[axial 4x4 crawler]

Originally Posted by BigSki

Check out the video for the TZI World winch, they had no problem snapping 300lb. line with this winch. It's a serious little component!

Hmm I'll do that, snapping 300LB winch line!? Holy crap that's a lot of strain. Even if I get that 120lb winch line for my 3racing winch I'm sure it won't snap just by pulling my scx10 lol. Thanks

[jpf]

hey Josh, did you locked up your front diff with a Blue Monkey spool? saw it on Facebook.


... JP Out

[Harley]

Sooooo..... locked and MIP equipped. I'll get to the details a little later.

[the DMG]

you have the means to do this @ home !
helps greatly with shock - spring clearance

[Wilson]

This is going to be fun to watch!

[tacocat]

That trick with the tape for transferring the screw holes to metal was GENIUS!!!!! i would have never came up with that in my life. Thank you for making my life wayyyyyy easier haha

[AWraith build]

Originally Posted by Harley

Next thing I did was look at some rolling stock changes.

I have a set of the Crawler Innovations Double Deuce 6 Bolt wheels. I wanted to check the clearances with a non-beadlock wheel. These wheels easily cleared a Vanquish 225. It reduced the overall width by over 1/2". This is just a mock up set until the actual set of tires/wheels/foams shows up later this week.

I love that tire/wheel setup! Do u think those would hold up to the stress on a u4 or know of an aluminum wheels with that offset and width? Thanks

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Info on new shafts please......... Im guessing you used the blue monkey locker?

[the DMG]

another link ?

are the yeti rear upper links - the same as the wraith upper links ?
length wise !

[jason]

Yeti rear uppers are longer than Wraith rear uppers.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by the DMG

you have the means to do this @ home !
helps greatly with shock - spring clearance

I'll look at knocking that out next time I have the front apart.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by tacocat

That trick with the tape for transferring the screw holes to metal was GENIUS!!!!! i would have never came up with that in my life. Thank you for making my life wayyyyyy easier haha

Yeah I find that super handy a lot of times. Especially when I'm just winging the design like this.

Originally Posted by AWraith build

I love that tire/wheel setup! Do u think those would hold up to the stress on a u4 or know of an aluminum wheels with that offset and width? Thanks

Szerzerbazerba has tested them in U4 situations before, and I know they held up for him. I haven't ran them before so I can't personally say yet.

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Info on new shafts please......... Im guessing you used the blue monkey locker?

I'll get the info up on them soon.

[jdawg53]

Go get that thing scratched up!!
No custom wrap yet? Slacking.

J

[Harley]

Originally Posted by jdawg53

Go get that thing scratched up!!
No custom wrap yet? Slacking.

J

All of my "bashing" spots are muddy, and I'm not getting it muddy! So I was mainly driving on pavement and grass. The rear suspension was too soft for me out of the box. So I moved the rear shocks be k a hole. Much better!

I don't want to get it all beat up before the G6 this weekend though! That's where everyone will get to see it! I'm excited to run 2 of them side by side.

I did drop to the smallest pinion I could find to minimize cogging. That big motor is a horse but will still have to go for real crawling.

Yes a wrap... Of course I will. Who would expect less?!

[kmas]

Will the front VP exo hubs work on the yeti? Sorry if the asked already

[Harley]

Originally Posted by kmas

Will the front VP exo hubs work on the yeti? Sorry if the asked already

The hubs are the same as the Exo, the knuckles are different. However I think the VP knuckles may still work but I haven't confirmed that yet.

[the DMG]

No
i don't think the EXO knuckles (any kind) will work on the yeti wheel - i believe !

that was the main problem when using the exo's front end on a wraith.
steering arm was in the way on a 2.2 wheel - thats why the exo uses the 2.2/3.0 wheel

i run Vp/EXO knuckles,
& found just a few 2.2 wheels - that will work with the EXO knuckle,
without a "huge" offset.

& this was why they made the change to the knuckle - wheel clearance with out a huge offset !

Yeti knuckle - different steering arm - caster block the same


EXO knuckle - caster block & arm

[STANG KILLA SS]

Josh, by chance do you have one of the Slash baja bug bodies laying around? id love a pic of it thrown on top of the yeti
Pro-Line Volkswagen Baja Bug Body 3238 for Short Course

[Big Daddy]

I wonder if a coat of that Never Wet would help with the mud not sticking in the tub.
Last time I took the exo down I dumped out a few ounces of gravel that had wedged itself in there, the Yeti looks like it will suffer the same fate.