~53 willys builds a DLux style Bully/Berg~

[53 willys]

never drove a Berg before...I got burned out on 1.9 class so I sold it and built a 2nd 2.2 so me and my son can drive together.

after seeing what Dlux has been doing to Berg axles I knew I had to build a berg and not a 2nd XR10.....

specs break down like this......

Chassis
DLux 2.2 CF truck chassis with full Alum hardware...I believe this is the lightest chassis built at this time.
DLux super thin panels

Front axle
DLux Alum long side tube
DLux Delrin short side tube
DLux Delrin shock/link mounts
DLux Adjustable upper link mount
DLux Servo mount
DLux Berg motor mount case shave
DLux Clear gear cover with lipo mount
DLux Milled and drilled gears
DLux Larger drive pin mod on all gears
DLux Ti drag and tie rod with alum revo ends
DLux Modded Super bully axle shafts
DLux Bully knuckle weights
DLux Steel knuckle weight rings
Home hacked dremel locker
RC4WD alum bully knuckles with 3m X 8m king pin bearing mod
Axial AX10 alum Chubs
14T pinion
Built with alum and Ti hardware

Rear axle
DLux Delrin rear tubes
DLux Delrin lock outs
DLux Shock/link mounts
DLux Adjustable Upper link mount
DLux Berg motor mount case shave
DLux Clear gear cover
DLux Milled and drilled gears
DLux Larger drive pin mod on all gears
Home hacked dremel locker
CKRC rear axle shafts(until I can get DLux shafts)
Berg hexs drilled out to 6mm
14T pinion
Built with alum and Ti hardware

Links
DLux Ti 1/8" uppers
DLux Ti 3/16" lowers
DLux Delrin link sliders
Alum revo ends


Shocks
2660 Big Bore shocks front/rear
Lathed down shock bodies
Cap mod with long 3mm revo ends on the front
3mm short revo rod end on the shaft side front
Cap mod with short 3mm revo ends on the rear
RC4wd angle rod ends on the shaft side rear's
CrAwLeR13 "G-cup" mini-T spring cups
Pink Mini-t springs F/R
Alum revo ends


Electronics
4PK
Smashed CC Sidewinder Micros with 20g wire
CC BEC smashed with a Futaba R604FS(until I get a micro Futaba RX)
Brood 35T big wire
Lathed AND cut cans
alum motor screws
delrin timing ring
removed circuit boards
20G wire
hitec 7955 at 7.0v with robotronic arm
micro deans


Wheels
DLux .7 or .5 wheels
alum hardware
CF D cut faces
VP SLW hubs 600 rear and 350 front


Tires
Sedona
BC's
Rovers
what ever works at the location I'm crawling at.

the whole rig and axles are assembled with alum or Ti hardware.
i'm going to gather my pics up and try add get some pics posted soon...

[GEARSCIENCE]

Wow quite the parts list should be an awesome build

[EverettY]

Oh ya this will be awesome! Can't wait to see it Subscribing....

[CrAwLeR13]

you deffinately picked all the right parts to build this berg with. I love all my DLUX parts. waiting for the pics.

[dude26]

woww lot of Dlux here !!!

but I see 20G wire ??? isn't too small ??

[Farmer]

All I have to say is "BITCHIN" Diggin the bully front shaft mod

Later,
Farmer

[53 willys]

Originally Posted by GEARSCIENCE

Wow quite the parts list should be an awesome build

Originally Posted by EverettY

Oh ya this will be awesome! Can't wait to see it Subscribing....

thanks guys

Originally Posted by CrAwLeR13

you deffinately picked all the right parts to build this berg with. I love all my DLUX parts. waiting for the pics.

thanks George
you cant go wrong with a Dluxed Berg.....and G-cups

Originally Posted by dude26

woww lot of Dlux here !!!

but I see 20G wire ??? isn't too small ??

I'm not real worried about the wire....I figure if my sky 800Mah lipo power wires are 20G then there is really no reason to go bigger then the wire that supplies the rig with power.

Originally Posted by XJ Farmer

All I have to say is "BITCHIN" Diggin the bully front shaft mod

Later,
Farmer

thanks Farmer....when Erik first built his berg with super bully axle shafts and knuckles I was sold...it is a killer way to build these axles and you save a boat load on after market parts....and if you do have issues with the super bully shafts they are CHEAP to replace....I dont think I will have any problems though, when I ran my bully at 8lbs I never broke the V6 style shafts from RC4wd and this rig will be easily half the weight of the bully.

[53 willys]

I'm gonna jump right in and show some pics of the micro sidewinder smash...

I started with 2 sidewinder micros...


I pulled the 16g wire off and completely stripped the esc down...it's amazing how much wire and switches weigh...


I married the two esc's with some 20g wire...


weight with a BIG piece of clear heat shrink..


Note the bottom esc RX wires feed up through the top esc's old power wire hole.


man they get thin when they get married...unlike real married life where its the opposite effect..

[Harvo]

And then?


Looking good!

[stubs179]

You should go back to your roots and use bully cases. I think it could work?

Build is going to look great!

[53 willys]

Originally Posted by Harvo

And then?


Looking good!

Thanks harvo...

Sorry for the delay......801rcc had a comp this weekend and so I did not have time to continue the build....more pics are coming....

Originally Posted by stubs179

You should go back to your roots and use bully cases. I think it could work?

Build is going to look great!

Thanks stubs

Well I might have done that but talking dlux into bully tubes was way to much work...lol.....I had already got all my parts from him by the time you some how managed to sweet talk him into delrin bully parts...

[53 willys]

so next was the RX and BEC smash...
I'm already running low on the RC slush fund so I'm using the old school HEAVY futaba RX R604FS that I had lying around until I can get a 614 RX

still came in pretty small...but not as small as I would like...



I just used a couple O-rings to hold the RX/BEC to the two ESC's
Note this is the RTR weight..with micro deans and all motor wires


So I started with just Two esc's weighing in at 39g's......after weight lose AND adding a RX and BEC I'm only 2g's heaver then the just esc's
I think the other 2g's would be gone if I used a 614rx....

[53 willys]

time for some big bore lathe work....
I don't have great tooling for this lathe so I'm sure any REAL machinist on here might not like how I do this but hey it works great for what I have available to me

stock 10g's





lathed down 7g's

[EverettY]

Nice I was thinking of grinding my shocks down a little bit Could you tell us the weight of the full build shock?

[53 willys]

next was some gear work.....
since RCbros alum lockers are not available I had to follow rob_b's lead and mill my stock locker myself........only problem is I don't have a mill so I busted out the 90* angle grind and a rotatory file and then the dremel.

I stole this pic from dlux build...I swear I took a pic of my locker stock but I cant find it now....anyways I know the stock locker weighs the same on his scale and mine...we have verified our scales with each others..

stock locker 15g's


after I hacked it up....




Next was gear milling...since I dont have a mill I had to hire out Dlux's gear milling service....well worth the $$





While Dlux milled my gears I also asked if he would mill for bigger drive pins...

Stock 1.5mm pin on the right, new, bigger 3/32 pin on the left.


I also had him mill my motor mount on the case

[53 willys]

Originally Posted by EverettY

Nice I was thinking of grinding my shocks down a little bit Could you tell us the weight of the full build shock?

sure once I get back to my rig I will weigh the whole shock with Mini-t springs and Gcup spring cups..

[Harvo]

Where did you source your bigger pins?

[53 willys]

Originally Posted by Harvo

Where did you source your bigger pins?

I got the pins and the milling from Erik(dlux)

[Stormin2u]

Very interesting Bully/Berg, love the hot rodding.

[53 willys]

Originally Posted by Stormin2u

Very interesting Bully/Berg, love the hot rodding.

thanks bud