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01-10-2007, 01:15 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC
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|  tech: tranny link mounts
well guys i started rebuilding my scale tlt lastnight after painting it up and figured why not share with you an idea that i used on link setup. now i no many of you use pede trannies in your crawlers, and almost all of you cut off as much as possible because they are huge. well in my rig i used a unmolested pede tranny to my advantage. when i built my scale framed rig i had a hard time deciding on where to mount my upper links to the chassis and then it hit me. what about the stampede rear a-arm mounts. with a little threaded rod and carbon tube it worked perfectly. sorry if im just using an old idea. its just the way mine is setup and i have never seen it done b4. thanks.      |
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01-10-2007, 01:27 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: pleasant ridge
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i see bent bolts in your future.
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01-10-2007, 02:04 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC
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maybe but its ben bashed and slamed pretty hard and i haven't had any problems.
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01-10-2007, 02:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The Great White North
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The only problem I see with that, is I am pretty sure those ears are toed in on one side to give the rear wheels of the pede a slight toe in, so when you mount the tranny sideways, your links will be a little shorter on one side...
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01-10-2007, 02:22 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC
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it doesn't cause any problems the links are all the same length. i just beveled the carbon tube a bit to compensate for it.
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01-10-2007, 03:41 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: minocqua
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if the bolts start to bend, run another link in between the two mounts, that would hold it in place, and keep them from bending.
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01-10-2007, 03:46 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Knoxville
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I ran a tlt that had the lower links running off the pede, I had no problems with it. I think it works out fairly well!  |
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01-10-2007, 04:45 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Goat's Nanotube, Grover's Float ST (I think), and AZVader's rig used links mounted to a Pede.
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