Few ?'s before I buy a WK

[lowblueranger]

I have wanted a solid axle trail/basher for some time. I was going for the F-350 but the high cost steered me away. Now I see the new 4x4 Wheely King coming out for a little more than 200 and that seems to be the perfect base for my needs. Something to mess with in small rock piles, and a little mud/dirt.

I plan on using the stock chassis, and trans, so what all will I need to do to stretch the WB? What are you guys doing for relocating the battery? Are there any weak points that I should know about now, so I can upgrade once I get it?

[JIA's Dad]

DO a little reading and searching and the light will shine on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RivBlueNoma]

How do the WK axle parts hold up compared to TLT axle parts? Constant TLT repairs are getting expensive and annoying. WK is being considered.....

[JIA's Dad]

WK is bigger, stronger as far as I can tell. I've only broke the bell crank on my steering. And I have two rigs both Wheely Kings

[clarkrw3]

diffs are much stronger. actually everything is stronger than the tlt but I think the weak link will end up being the dog bones but CVD's will be out sometime soon I am sure.

[Kranberry]

the bell crank is the only weak spot as i know of other then the motors pretty weak(27T)

[lowblueranger]

I've done tons of searching and reading, trust me I know how to use the search feature. I have the 4x4 version ordered from tower, cant wait to get started.

I've read alot about people breaking bell cranks and that seems to be the weak link.

[themerc64]

Here is a fix for the bellcrank...

[Crawln Coles]

I still use the stock chassis. It's stretched , has some metal links and a maxx arm 4 the rear 3-link. I also made a servo mount out of carbon fiber.

I haven't broke anything, except for breaking the stock steering arm taking it off. But I haven't ran it much either!

[patatron]

My only regret is the weakness of the axle dogbones. I broke one on my first run, and I wasn't even driving it that harsh at all. Plus HPI does not have these parts currently available for sale, so once you break, you are dead in the water! I contacted HPI on the matter, and they have no interest in helping me get my truck fixed. HPI would rather make sure that they have parts to make new trucks to sell you, rather than offer any support for their kits. It really sucks too, because the truck seems to be really well designed other than the un-available axle shafts. I would have never bought this truck if I knew it was gonna be like this, I just remember the availability of parts that were available for my RS4 pro that I had many years ago, and assumed it would be the same. You live, you learn.

[JIA's Dad]

MY guess on that is they are pushing to put all axles into the new 4x4 at this time. And I feel your pain I have four empty axles waiting on parts setting in front of me on my shelf. Thats 2 more builds on hold. And hey I'm in the Wheely King article for RC Driver May issue and I'm waiting on parts also. SO I understand what your saying. But at least you haven't bought 4 Wheely Kings to build 2 rigs. With 4 empty axles laying waiting on parts, You just waiting on one. I got 4 sets on order. And no discounts

[lowblueranger]

I'm just waiting on my 4x4 WK to come in. I couldnt see myself buying 2 trucks to build 1 at 180 each. I have issue of RCdriver and I really like the 2 crawlers you and your son made.

I plan on using the stock chassis, with longer links, different shocks, and some moabs. I just hope somebody comes out with a crawler chassis made for the WK.

Tower says early april and I ordered it last week, so it should ship out in a week or two unless they are way backed up on backorders.

[patatron]

Originally Posted by JIA's Dad

MY guess on that is they are pushing to put all axles into the new 4x4 at this time. And I feel your pain I have four empty axles waiting on parts setting in front of me on my shelf. Thats 2 more builds on hold. And hey I'm in the Wheely King article for RC Driver May issue and I'm waiting on parts also. SO I understand what your saying. But at least you haven't bought 4 Wheely Kings to build 2 rigs. With 4 empty axles laying waiting on parts, You just waiting on one. I got 4 sets on order. And no discounts

I bought 2 WK's to make mine 4wd, and then ended up with a 3WD. I ordered all the 4wd convesion parts (X2) to put the second truck back together as a 4WD for my brother, and then found out that HPI is more concerned with making money then helping out its customers. Big mistake, I thought they were better than that.

[JIA's Dad]

LBR, you will be happy. The WK is catching on fast. There are pics of my latest WK crawler attempt in the Boyer tuber thread last page and the photo thread check it out.

[lowblueranger]

I can tell it will be a matter of time before the aftermarket parts start popping up everywhere once the trucks become more available.

I'll be sure to check out your Boyer build.

[slobin3d]

Originally Posted by lowblueranger

I can tell it will be a matter of time before the aftermarket parts start popping up everywhere once the trucks become more available.

I'll be sure to check out your Boyer build.

depends on how well the truck sells with the general public, as it is right now there are some good upgrades that work on the WK because there hold over parts from the rs4mt which is what the drivetrain is derived from, like the hardened ring and pinion

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by themerc64

Here is a fix for the bellcrank...

I was thinking about the HPI Svage aluminum throttle bellcrank as a replacement...here's Integy's version but there is a couple other companies that make the same piece before Integy...such as GPM:

http://integy.automated-shops.com/cg...27107047466.7a

[patatron]

One of the aftermarket companies needs to make some axles that look like this:



Then people could buy these for their conversion (Or to fix broken axles like me), and swap the rear axles to the front since most of the stress is on the back, and most aren't running 4WS, the non-narrowed area (No narrowing needed on a non-steering axle) at the end of the dogbone would be much stronger, and would probably eliminate breakage!

[swhenrik]

Originally Posted by patatron

One of the aftermarket companies needs to make some axles that look like this:

How about like this?

[ksully]

lowblueranger where did you buy your wheely king, Tower hobbies cause i thought there price was around 209 dollars. not 180 just wondering cause i have been looking around to see who has them the cheapest.