Shawn's YETI

[STIshawn]

Front End:
Axial HD Gears
Blue Monkey Long Spool Locker
Dlux modified Diff housing
Traxxas CVD’s
RPM A-arms (clearance for Traxxas CVD’s)
STRC Carriers
VP Knuckles
VP Steering rack
VP Steering posts
Traxxas Turnbuckles w/Revo Ends
EXO Front Bumper
Modified STRC EXO Shock tower
Pro-Line Powerstroke shocks (Slash 4x4 rears)

Rear:
Axial HD Underdrive Gears
Axial stock shocks w/Dual Spring added
Blue Monkey Trailing Arms
Blue Monkey Upper links
DMG rear skid plate
Traxxas turnbuckles for lower swaybar
VP Linkmounts
Dlux Modified axle housing

Electronics:
Tekin Pro4HD 3000kv
Castle MMP
Castle BEC
Hitec 7954SH Servo w/ Axial Servo Arm
Spectrum 301 Receiver
HeyOK Winch Controller
KMS K3 Servo Winch

Transmission:
12/64 Gears
Axial machined motor mount
Axial machined slipper plate

Body:
EXO Hood and Roof (some modification needed to fit)
Custom cut lexan side panels (thanks CarterFab for the idea)
VP Method 105 Wheels (350 SLW front / 600 SLW Rear)
Custom built 1” wheel cans (thanks again CarterFab for the idea)
Axial 2.2 Maxxis Trepadors R35
Crawler Innovations Deuces Wild Foams
Custom built Servo saver delete


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The journey to completion was long... but well enjoyed.




Made my own 1" cans for the VP's since nobody had any in stock...



Stock foams and VP's (Left) CI Deuces Wild on the wider cans (Right)



Blue monkey locker with traxxas CVD's (Defiantly not a bolt on)



Had to make some custom spacers to take the slop out of the hub since the hub pin on the Traxxas CVD's wasn't in the same spot as the stock Axial pin (2.5mm I think).




Dual rate springs I had laying around...




Blue Monkey trailing arms installed






Winch... why not?





Still not sure how I broke this...


I think she is nearly done... for now atleast

[MaxxPain]

Wow great job.

[bill c]

looking sweet..

[lawhorn_derrick]

Looks great. I have the same setup as you in the front end. wondering if you machined your stubs back .032" as suggested by blue monkey? I ended up taking nearly .052" off as it would push the outter bearing out of the seat. As for the pin location all mine needed was the fiber/Teflon washers like Traxxas uses on their RTR cars to take any slop out.

[STIshawn]

Originally Posted by lawhorn_derrick

Looks great. I have the same setup as you in the front end. wondering if you machined your stubs back .032" as suggested by blue monkey? I ended up taking nearly .052" off as it would push the outter bearing out of the seat. As for the pin location all mine needed was the fiber/Teflon washers like Traxxas uses on their RTR cars to take any slop out.

Instead of machining the stubs I made the washer/shim and put it between the inner bearing and the knuckle. (have a pic above of one installed) After putting it in, everything was nice and snug. (previously my wheels were slopping back and forth)

[k9popo]

I used the mip shafts with mine and let me tell ya they didn't even need milling even though I still did then kicked myself in the ass...


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[Powerman]

I am surprised to see you blew apart one of the TRX CVD's I have been using them on an slash 4x4 jacked up on roids and havent broke one yet. Must have really had the truck in a tough spot to manage that. Other than that. Good looking rig you got there. I think it looks awesome with the color scheme you have going on.

[STIshawn]

Originally Posted by Powerman

I am surprised to see you blew apart one of the TRX CVD's I have been using them on an slash 4x4 jacked up on roids and havent broke one yet. Must have really had the truck in a tough spot to manage that. Other than that. Good looking rig you got there. I think it looks awesome with the color scheme you have going on.

Ya, I was surprised to break one myself... I was driving it in my driveway when I noticed it, not sure if that's when it broke though. Luckily they do sell replacement output shafts ($9)

[STIshawn]

So after running the Yeti through a few packs last weekend I bent both traxxas front CV's so I went ahead and installed the MIP's.




Used a reamer to clearance out the knuckles some, also went ahead and did a little bit of dremel work to the carriers to get a tiny bit more steering travel.

Overall I'm feeling pretty good about the outcome.

[dasco]

Very clean work

[Zukiiholic]

Nice looking Bling on the yeti.
Nice wheel Cans..
But Black lettering on the postings?

[jeepnvinny]

Question... Are the Yeti and Exo front bumpers exchangeable? Is the bottom mount for the bumper the same? Thanks

[STIshawn]

Originally Posted by jeepnvinny

Question... Are the Yeti and Exo front bumpers exchangeable? Is the bottom mount for the bumper the same? Thanks

The bumper wasn't a direct fit... I had to trim a tiny bit of plastic to get the lower to bolt up. Pretty straight forward and easy to do though.

[jeepnvinny]

Originally Posted by STIshawn

The bumper wasn't a direct fit... I had to trim a tiny bit of plastic to get the lower to bolt up. Pretty straight forward and easy to do though.

Thanks!

[zombieghost]

On your strc carries did you have any problems with it being tight on the knuckles cause mine are tight so it makes the steering hard and ive have no ideal why its like that ive asked a couple other guys if they had the problem they said no?

[dasco]

Originally Posted by zombieghost

On your strc carries did you have any problems with it being tight on the knuckles cause mine are tight so it makes the steering hard and ive have no ideal why its like that ive asked a couple other guys if they had the problem they said no?

Same problem here..had to file the strc carriers.. didn't want to file the vp knuckles

[zombieghost]

Ok thank you for the info about how much did you have to file

[mtdriver]

Same problem on my rig. I used a sanding drum in the Dremel on the back of my VP knuckles. Easier to access. Basically I removed the anodizing and gave it a once over with a sanding stick to remove and burrs. Fits perfect. Were only talking a few thousandths worth of interference.

[Big Cat 21k]

i had the same issue with the traxxas CVD's blew it up within 7 min of running it. looks like the MIP's are the way to go.

[STIshawn]

So I spent some time with the Yeti locked front and rear... So matter what I installed, modified, or purchased, the Yeti just doesn't crawl like my solid axle rigs.

So I made some changes:

I pulled the winch off and Installed the original bumper
Remade my body panels and cut the hood off the stock body.


Unlocked the front and took the MIP's off
Installed the Axial universals and a GCM diff cup w/HPI gears and 500K fluid


Pulled the prolines and put on traxxas big bores with an old spring from my road car up top.



Got a little crazy and put Yeti XL shocks on the rear (used the two softest short springs from the kit)


Pulled the VP wheels and CI DW foams
Made some custom two-stage foams and mounted them on CI wheels.

Installed a VP centered currie axle (makes the car launch so much better)




Overall:
The Yeti just isn't that great at crawling... BUT it is great for high speed bashing/racing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpxcu1cllCI