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02-24-2006, 11:55 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rock-throwing country
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|  sneak peek part 2
This project has had more facelifts than Joan Rivers. Got back to work on the little wally crawler. Of course I cracked out on it. On to the specs: Chassis: tube frame Suspension:4-link, monster gt shocks with nylint springs Axles:Nylint with 2.5 to 1 portals,various strength mods (ball bearings, rc18 stub axles,brass sleeved drive block, glue, teflon washers,and white lithum grease) Motors: Trinity monsters Steering:Tie rod set up with drag link,traxxas steering links, Hi-tech HS-645MG hi torque (set up for individual 4 wheel steer, locked out at current time) Tires:Proline Moabs 2.2 with bb's, traxxis rims Radio: Hitech 3 channel Battery: Trinity 1200 mah Photos      Hope you enjoy, Mr Glassman Last edited by Mr Glassman; 02-25-2006 at 02:39 PM. Reason: lost photos |
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02-25-2006, 08:25 AM
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WOW  That looks great....GREAT WORK!!!!! |
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02-25-2006, 09:47 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Antonio
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| that a bad azz crawler have you wheeled it yet... |
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02-25-2006, 02:25 PM
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Thanks for the positive feedback. Got a chance to wheel today on the backyard course. Here's some photos:       |
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02-25-2006, 04:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2004
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awsome truck, you need better pics so we can get a better look at the detail!
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02-25-2006, 04:21 PM
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Nice work Glass, did you use rc18 bearings with the stubs? Those portals are the chit, I would like more info if you get a chance. Also, how do the monsters mount up? RC18 motor mounts maybe? That tube work looks awesome. That's really a mean machine, I love it! You got skills but need a better camera. |
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02-25-2006, 05:56 PM
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Lt. Dan, I used a tapered bearing that I machined into the knuckle that spins the stub shaft, then I chucked up the axle shafts in the lathe and removed 2.5mm off the shafts and appr. .5mm off the ball that was just some of the work to get these portals to work. If you want something a little easier on a earlier nylint axle project I had a stub shaft from a Tamiya Boomerang fit perfectly in the knuckle it even fit the nylint ball on the end of the axle shaft.I don't believe boomerang is made any more, but I think they use these stub shafts in a lot of their new retro cars. Yeah I wish I had a better camera than my sidekick I'll try to get better picks.
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02-25-2006, 06:03 PM
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Oh yeah the monster fit into the nylint planetaries with a little twisting back and forth. You put them in without the white spacer ring and you also have to grind some of the trinitys shaft down to the top of the nylint pinion gear. Hope that made sense.
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02-25-2006, 06:56 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: outside reading, pa
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The motor swap sounds very interesting. Is it a higher RPM motor or just more torque? I stall out the stock motors constantly, so this sounds like a good upgrade for me.
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02-25-2006, 09:16 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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This thing is cooler in person than in the pics. Thats for sure. Those portals looked awesome the other day. Whats lame is hobby town didn't give me my money back, despite a receipt showing I paid cash  I plan to order some imex tires through them, that way if I don't like them/use them I can return them again  |
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02-26-2006, 12:36 AM
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Thanks PWT, yeah Hobbytowns return policy is bogus sucks they have monopoly here in Fort Collins. You need to bring your crawler up to the tooth and check out the course in my backyard. Let me know.
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02-26-2006, 06:26 AM
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 and I don't. I am using Tamiya Blackfoot stubs with MIP wheel adapters and no bearings. It works well but not nearly as refined as yours. | |
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02-26-2006, 06:33 AM
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Makes perfect sense, and sounds awesome. Are those monsters 280 sized? I would like to try a pair of AE stock 280's. Thanks | |
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02-26-2006, 07:24 AM
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02-26-2006, 10:45 AM
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Awesome build!
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02-26-2006, 11:31 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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I don't have a working crawler now. However, I'm building a new shafty. I'll let you know ;)
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02-26-2006, 05:30 PM
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02-27-2006, 04:46 PM
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02-27-2006, 04:51 PM
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maybe its just my comp, but the pics are tiny.
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02-27-2006, 05:11 PM
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They are tiny...you need to click on them to get a bigger picture.
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