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10-30-2011, 07:24 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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|  Harvo's (Special Ops Side Project) formerly Rockshow  For last season, I had really good results with my XR-10. Both with the stock chassis and then the Rockshow, it performed predictably and was very stable. During the off season, since I had the spare axles, I decided to build a berg comp rig again. I got a Rockshow SS from Mike, some CCD axletubes from Clover Customs, and scraped up all the spare stuff I could find laying around for the rebuild. When I was done, the truck worked great. That got me wondering how it would do with some updated and new parts. I won dual BRXL's at Nat's so I pulled the cases and heat sinks and used them. Great ESCs! VP 8* Knucles and hubs and some Big Ron's below the knuckle weights  The washer is my hi-tech way of spacing the wheels  Some Brood 40T Motors  I had the motor guard which is thick and indestructable.  I finally got the feel for the Pro-Line Big Bore shocks Mini-T short Orange springs with no preload (front) Mini-T Green springs with the adjuster at full preload (rear) The one area that this truck still needs improvent in is the servo.  I Love how quiet the berg runs and after a few weeks of goofing around with it, I was feeling more comfortable with it than the XR. After a flip of a coin it got the nod for the ETRC Season Opener... My first ETRC win in 3 years of competing with them. It really does handle exactly like the XR Rockshow. There are a couple of things the XR does better, but the biggest advantage I see in the berg is that it has more forward weight bias and less total weight than my XR. That allows it to pull breakovers much better. Anyway... more random pics and I'll update this thread as the truck changes. Just felt like the Berg board has been pretty quiet lately     Last edited by Harvo; 08-27-2012 at 03:18 PM. |
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10-30-2011, 07:38 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sumter
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Lookin good Harvo...glad you're enjoying the bergs...I know I definitely like mine more than my XR.
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10-30-2011, 07:46 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Road Trippin
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Looks really good, I'm just starting my first berg build using the rockshow chassis. I've got a little while before mine is even a roller.
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10-30-2011, 07:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Saint Charles
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Looks Great I look forward to crawling with you next month |
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10-30-2011, 08:00 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ward, SC
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Looks great Harvo! |
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10-30-2011, 08:09 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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Thanks everyone for the comments. Now the number one "pain in the butt" issue with the Berg axles has come back up ... where do you get your wheel nuts and what kind do you use that wont back off ? All the ones I have tried last about 3 wheel changes and then the nylon is gone. I have 300's and RC Axlemasters axles and VP wheels, so they can't be flanged nuts. Suggestions?? Thanks! |
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10-30-2011, 08:15 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sumter
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I saw someone use some Traxxas flanged nuts...they just had to grind down the OD size a little. They're nylon and serrated  Here they are   |
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10-30-2011, 08:17 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: QC-AZ
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Blue Loctite |
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10-30-2011, 10:09 PM
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| Wanna get? Gotta want.   Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SLC, UT
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Looks good Harvo! I like your threads. I will be following... Yep, I used the Traxxas nuts. Never had one back off yet. I drilled out my SLW hubs for them to work though, left the O.D. Edit,.. I really like your motor skids... you may see some just like them in my build thread. LOL |
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10-31-2011, 07:19 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Martinique
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Hello Harvo ! Nice build, it's always refreshing to see a nice rig come to life and that thread needed it... All for the XR !!!! when you know some bergs can really shine... I love the stance and the light green of yours. Your electronics give me the will to go with BRXL, just one with a punk dig... In my country, parts are difficult to have and I wish I could also go with clover axles but I'll keep my axles stock for the moment. I may try Erik's delrin tubes later if my building skills get better. Now we need some action vids !!!! Have fun dude ! |
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10-31-2011, 08:13 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highlands Ranch, Co.
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Don't change wheels as much! Welcome back to the "Darkside", did you get your cookie yet? | |
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10-31-2011, 09:02 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deep in Swing Town
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| 5mm flanged alum nylock nut (4) silver I have been using these with blue locktite with no problem.... they fit the SLW's fine, but you will need a thin wall nut driver .. truck is lookin good..... |
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10-31-2011, 11:49 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lenoir, nc
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Truck looks good as always Harvo!
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10-31-2011, 01:43 PM
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| no talent hack Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Redwood City
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You can get a bag of 100 flanged 5mm nuts from mcmaster for about $5. I just threw them in my nut driver and took down the od a tad on a belt sander using the nut driver as a guide
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10-31-2011, 01:55 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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Thanks for the suggestions guys. No cookie yet.  But when you get around to sending it... I like those really big chocolate chip ones |
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10-31-2011, 03:41 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: VOLS!
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Truck was really working for you this weekend Nice and quite also I like it |
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11-03-2011, 09:55 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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The Proline shocks are a little bit of a hassle because they work bst with the shock body at the top. That makes it tough to find a way to mount the cap to the chassis without binding. I had a decent set up, but I didn't like how far out I had to space the shocks and they stilll occasionally bound. If you get the axial balls from the XR10 kit that have the large flange on one side, they work perfectly. The large flange ensures the shock won't slide over te screw, and there is enough space on each side of the ball to give plenty of bind free movement. I added an o-ring to keep everything from moving too freely, and stood them off with a Jeepin Doug's standoff. Now there is 100% bind free travel all the way through the shock cycle  |
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11-04-2011, 12:53 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Newcastle, Australia
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Looks good for a rig built from parts, ive been using those traxxas nuts for the last 2 years on most of my rigs and never a problem with loosening nuts |
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11-04-2011, 06:16 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dallas
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Another truck on these shocks is to cut off the loop end of the cap and tap it for a three mill hole much like we were doing with the losi comp shocks. I did that with mine and it allowed me to flip the shocks.
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11-04-2011, 12:14 PM
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| "HOLLYWOOD"  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Miami
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Looking good my brother
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