Body mounting

[Alexg89]

So iv got the amazon special magnet mounts and they are kinda crappy.. gonna get better magnets and make it work i believe

But the problem i ran into is i used them in the shock mount locations i think on the chassis..


How are you guys mounting these bodies with out pins coming through?

You can kinda see the mount in the rear wheel well

[Crawler Cads]

Tried magnets and didn't get it working well so have moved to velcro which in my opinion is much better.

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[Levi]

I havent used magnets yet. But I have a friend that does use them and use earth magnets and they seem to work great.

[Alexg89]

Levi i just bought some earth magnets so ill see if it helps

Crawler cads do you have any pictures of how you used the velcro?

On my other truck i have i actually used some for the battery because i was tired of them straps but im not really seeing a good way to use it for the body

[Greatscott]

Originally Posted by Crawler Cads

Tried magnets and didn't get it working well so have moved to velcro which in my opinion is much better.

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Had the same experience, they just do not hold well when the truck takes a good hit or rolls over. The only way I was able to have any success at all with magnets was to have the front end of the body hook into the frame, and the back end held on with magnets. Industrial Velcro works pretty good, but can make getting the body off a bear at times.

[Jim85IROC]

Magnets hold a lot better if there's something either on the body or surrounding the magnets to prevent sheer. Magnets have very good clamping strength, but not the best sheer strength. Keep in mind that this requires the neodymium magnets (rare earth) and not the normal ceramic crap from Walmart. Neo magnets have ridiculously strong clamping force, especially if you can get them in n50 or stronger.

I built a magnet mount for my Clone Hammers that encased the magnets in a cylinder. This prevented them from sheering and provides excellent strength. What I've seen other guys do is buy the ring style magnets that can slide right over the stock body posts. You glue the lower magnets to the body post, then put the upper magnets on & trim the body posts so that it's a little recessed from the upper magnet. Pull off the upper magnets, set some saran wrap or something else over the body post & lower magnets, reinstall the upper magnets, add glue, then set the body down on top of them. Once the glue dries the upper magnets will stay with the body, and the body posts between the magnets will prevent them from sheering. This should provide a very good clamp even during rollovers.

Here's my clone hammers mount that shows how the magnet is sunk into a cylinder. When the lid is closed, the lid magnets also sit in that cylinder:

[Ninomaniac]

3racing EX real comes with a great magnetic body mount set. The magnets are wide and flat with a countersunk screw hole in the middle. For the body you get metal cups that the magnets sit in. Unfortunately I don't think they're available as spares.

Drifters often use magnet mounting, maybe see if anything similar is available.

[Alexg89]

Thanks guys i appreciate the ideas!

[antigacho]

I try with magnets to mount the Lexan Cherokee body, I am using 4 of them but doesn't hold well body constantly fall off, I will try with velcro

[Jim85IROC]

What kind of magnets did you use? If you use good quality appropriately sized neo magnets, it'll stick tighter than velcro.

[Tossedman]

Watch this...

[nightcrawler48]

Originally Posted by antigacho

I try with magnets to mount the Lexan Cherokee body, I am using 4 of them but doesn't hold well body constantly fall off, I will try with velcro

These are the type of magnets you need to use. Thanks to Inspector86 for supplying this link.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-x-1-4-x...S!-1:rk:2:pf:0

This explains how to use them. Thanks to mikemcE for the mounting info.
Securing a lexan body with velcro?

[Jim85IROC]

Originally Posted by nightcrawler48

These are the type of magnets you need to use. Thanks to Inspector86 for supplying this link.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-x-1-4-x...S!-1:rk:2:pf:0

This explains how to use them. Thanks to mikemcE for the mounting info.
Securing a lexan body with velcro?

Yup. mikemcE's pics show exactly what I was poorly attempting to describe with the ring magnets around the body posts.