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12-21-2010, 04:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scumrise, Flooriduh
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The axles look incredible! I'm curious to see the xr t1e on a berg  Last edited by DickyT; 12-21-2010 at 04:39 PM. |
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12-21-2010, 05:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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I'm going to make a battery tray, and mount it to the rear of the front axle. The thing here is I like to use bent lower links on the front, the new T1E chassis come with a higher clearance lower front link. With the higher clearance of the front of the T1E chassis will ensure I won't have any clearance/binding issues with my upper front links! I know others are running traditional moonbuggy chassis's with this set up but I like to be different LOL... If we all did the same thing we'd all still be driving ax10's! Last edited by WarTrader; 12-21-2010 at 05:23 PM. | |
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12-21-2010, 07:26 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: clover, sc
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I am glad you like the axle tubes. I have some other goodies coming very soon. I have the same chassis and it works great and looks awesome. If I can help you in anyway please feel free to let me know. Thanks, Bryan |
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12-22-2010, 04:02 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lady Lake, Fl
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Amazing axle's My son has a BJv4/berg we are building. Its a great chassis.
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12-22-2010, 01:11 PM
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I know you do damn you LOL.... Just PM the cost for a gear Jig, a pair of upper links and two "Paper Weights" when you get the prices nailed down! I'll try and work a little extra OT to get my PayPal all filled up LOL. Now you know me and my questions, soo sorry in advance. Gimmie the particularson the gearboxes err umm "paperweights".. Will the motor be lower? Will the come drilled to allow for clocking? Yeah I know me and my fanaticism with clocking. Reason why I'm intrested is if they are drilled front and rear say 20* that would flatten out the mounting of the links and shocks front and rear. On the front with the axial C's that would allow you to be clocked and then play with caster while keeping the mounting for the links/shocks relitively flat! Last question is the upper link mounts, got any better pics yet ?? Quote:
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12-26-2010, 12:47 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Well with my front axle back I got working a little today. I disassembled both axles drilled the gears in the front axle. I've got some more work to do on the front gear case anyway. I have a pair of Vanquish DH ProComp II's that came in on Friday. Those will probably end up on My V2 Berg. Besides I want a set of black .7 V4 SLW's for the rear soo I'm going to shelve those for a short while. Besides the BAD wheels I have on there now I'm in love with and are going to look and Work sick with the next thing I'm waiting for! I'm hoping that next weekend I can get a lot done and get this thing up and running again but I have a boat load of work to do before I get there! |
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12-26-2010, 02:32 PM
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12-26-2010, 02:57 PM
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Nope... Did them without.. they aren't as perfect as I'd like, but as my wife puts it, what I'm unhappy with 95%, of people feel is flawless LOL.. They are identical to these as I used the first set of gears I did as a template! Before.  After  I have a extra set sitting here incase something doesn't work out but I doubt that will be the case! I would still like to get a jig to do this so I could ensure that the balance is better! |
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12-31-2010, 07:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Finally work is calming down for a couple weeks and I can get some work done! After Bryan at Clover Custom Designs got my front axle back to me I decided to get them set up the way I wanted! (Well till he gets his next round of Clover Custom Design goodness ready) I was really tired of looking at the half anno'd gear cases and upper link mounts. I broke down both axles and used some easy off to strip them down. I did a little more rounding off nothing to extreme. Once that was all done I decided to give them a quick hit with a polishing wheel nothing too indepth here either I'm not sure how long these boxes are going to be around. considering I've already drilled gears I decided to turn my attention to the upper link mounts! I didn't go quite as nuts with the front since Bryan removed a nice chunck for servo clearance when he set up the axle. Well now I'll get to the fun part the pics enjoy. I started this morning looking like this!  I forgot to take pics of my work before I assembled the axles soo sorry if the angles aren't the best. Gear boxes minus the ugly gray!  Here is what I did with the upper link mounts. Front:  Rear:   Tomorrow I'm moving on to doing some mod work on my new T1E Chassis, getting my shocks ready, and hopefully getting the links set up. Happy New Year!! |
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12-31-2010, 07:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Arat Alabama
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It'll never work....way to organized  j/k I like the housing work. Just got doing some that looks similar. SHINY |
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01-01-2011, 08:06 PM
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I got my shocks done today. I'm switching to BigBores, using mini springs and Dr. Frank spring cups. I also started making a new skidplate for the chassis. I'm not using the stock skidplate/battery mount. I'm going to make a front axle mounted battery tray. I'm trying to move the crawlers exhisting weight as smart as possible. I've used the T1E's battery tray in the past and love it. It is a fantastic design but, I'm trying to minimize weight soo and using the exhisting weight as smart as possible. Moving the battery up on the front axle while keeping it down low is a bonus in my eyes. I'm really hoping to minimize the wheel weights to help increase reliability. I'm probably going to get a lot of greif at times in this build as I'm going to experiment. I know a lot of what I have planned has been tried by others with mixed results. Time is going to tell. Last edited by WarTrader; 01-01-2011 at 08:22 PM. | |
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01-02-2011, 01:58 AM
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Are you planning to mount a battery tray onto the gearbox? If you are what battery are you running? Looked at doing something like this, but the 1300mah batteries are too big in my view. know a few are running 850s or something like that Cheers Darren |
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01-02-2011, 01:21 PM
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01-02-2011, 01:21 PM
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I had some more free time today. I started by making a new skidplate for the the T1E chassis. I then got my electronics mounted up and ready for install My goal is I want to be able to take out two screws and drop the electronics out without having to pull body panels or linkage.  I got the shocks all set up yesterday using shock cups from Dr. Frank. I'm using associate mini springs at the moment. I have to tune the shocks I thought they felt too stiff but once they were mounted up the fell just about right time will tell.  The rear axle slid right in with not problems. I'm really loving this chassis. It seems very adjustable. I'm going to stick with the T1E lower links and and the upper links I made. I'm pretty sure the front links will all be replaced.    The front went in equally smooth but it is just mocked up. I'm looking at what kinda space I'm going to have for a gearbox mounted battery tray.    Quote:
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Now I also opened a box I've been waiting for hehe.. Check this out...   I had been checking Vanquish's site morning noon and night and pulled the trigger soon as I saw them available. I'm really really blown away by these. Now I just have to figure out what shoes they are going to get! I'm thinking I may just wrap them in a set of boss claws or haters .. Last edited by WarTrader; 01-02-2011 at 02:09 PM. | ||
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01-02-2011, 01:40 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa, the antirecreation state!
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Holy crap man. Have you even scratched the other bling? They look NICE |
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01-02-2011, 01:47 PM
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Well I guess I should mention this.... I err seem to have a addiction to shiny, annodized aluminum, especially where wheels are concerned. I've been fighiting this addiction for some time and as you can see LOOSING.... In all honesty I'm really blown away by how much adjustability are built into these! I also like how they drilled airholes in the wheel that are plugged with set screws soo you can adjust how much air is moving without unmounting the tire! But the BAD wheels are just soo soo freaking sexy! LOL Last edited by WarTrader; 01-02-2011 at 01:50 PM. | |
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01-09-2011, 04:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Well after a few days of hairpulling I finally got things mostly the way I want. I went back to running the Y-Town V4 Chassis, because the geometry worked out slightly better for me. It has a lot to do with the width of the chassis.  I really struggled with the front links. I just couldn't seem to figure out why I couldn't gain enough clearance to mount my battery on the back of the gearbox. I would like to thank Mad Dawg and Bart Bender for some insight that allowed me to see the problem. Running the Clover Custom Design Tubes clocked it pushed up my link mounts. Well I made a set of lower links to solve that little problem. Then I moved on to the upper links. I spent at least two hours getting these things where I wanted them for the battery mount.   The battery mount is temporary. I've ordered some thinner delrin to make another tray that will flex just a little. Right now the only time this is an issue is under full compression. I think that will be solved once I get the shock mounted where they work best for me?? The rear lower links I made previously bent at the lower portion of the S bend. I think I know how to make another set that will hold up. I have to say it will be a little while for that I'm pretty tired of making links. I have a pile of links on my bench right now that I made trying to get the front of this thing the way I wanted. I'm gonna run the good ole stand by for a little bit T1E's. I did find one great way of picking up some gorund clearance. I had Novas Ark make me some 6" Sedona's. Sedona's have been my favorite tire since I mounted my first set. I would really like to thank Nova's Ark for his work. I really wish I could master that skill all I seem to be able to make regularly is expensive rubber bits..    The V4 being narrow really helps with steering! Even with 6" tires.  Last edited by WarTrader; 01-09-2011 at 04:23 PM. |
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01-09-2011, 04:37 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Council Bluffs
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that rig looks terrible! send it to me. lol jk looks great man. hope to see you and it in action soon.
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01-09-2011, 08:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In the Dark Edges of your Mind
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Did you have to turn down your steering to keep those 6"ers from grabbing your links and shocks? It looks good! |
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01-09-2011, 09:28 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Iowa
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It will NEVER work!! I think you should send it to me and I will send you stock V1 axles and a brand new V4 chassis so you can start over.  just kidding...It is great inspiration for me to build mine. Now if I could just find my motivation......I know it's around here somewhere. |
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