Max wheelbase

[kurt]

What is the max wheelbase you can have and still use a stock revo driveshaft? Has anyone sleeved a driveshaft to allow for alonger wheelbase.

thanks.

i get my wk in friday and i am starting to plan out a build. I'm new to crawlers but not to rc.

[Kranberry]

if you can get enough drive shafts so you can extend it you could make it 100+' long of you want,but its realy not nesesery for it to be 100'.j/k. if you want to make a comp rig you can have up to 12.5" of wband if ya want a super you can have any legnth you want

[kurt]

i'm not gonna be in any comps with it so wheelbase length is basically going to be determined by how far i can go before its too far. I am looking at around a 14" wheelbase. (What i am guestimating will be somewhere in the vicinity of what i want)

I will know more once i get it here. Now on to driveshafts. I am sure i can sleeve it to make it as long as i need but i want to maintain driveshaft integrity. ( I snapped tmaxx shafts like they were made of wax when i was running the OS .18tm)

I plan on using either revo pushrods or savage tie rods for my links. (lunsford with LST2 shock ends)

[dittohead]

You will probably end up shortening the revo shafts if you want a 14" WB.

[hairba11]

I have a 14.5 inch WB right now, I am using regular long maxx shafts the rear only has about 1/2" of overlap at full extension, but the WK slipper lets go before the shaft does.

[eric113]

if you use revo shafts, you will be shorting them. But pretty bullet proof. Check out my sig.

[kurt]

awesome. looks like i am going with revo pushrods as lowers and savage turnbuckles as uppers to i can tweak my pinion angle.

thanks

i'll let you know the final config tommorow

[kurt]

ok so this is what i need.

uppers
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDDY3&P=ML

lowers
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXHFW0&P=7

what revo shafts do i need? And are these the only parts i need to extend the wheelbase?

[kurt]

I am gonna wait until i decide what kind of chassis to use. I don't want to buy links and whatnot to extend the stock chassis and then have to redo it when i go with a new chassis.

any suggestions?

[Tanis]

Bender SW2 or 3

[kurt]

so those will work even though they say its for a tlt? I saw where a guy used mugen shock towers and it looked great. I have some nova shock towers from a savage but if a bender will work then i'll scoop that up instead.

[Harley]

I wouldn't worry about what how long you can get with those shafts untill you decide 2.2 or max size. If you go 2.2 I wouldn't go longer the 12.5 range, unless you use All-T's then maybe 14 would be ok.

Just cut the shafts and run something in that range.

[kurt]

thats what i was thinking.

i placed a few orders today.
picked up the following to get me started.
Traxxas driveshafts
12 feet of dubro 4-40 all thread
4 allthread couplers
dubro HD rod ends
96t spur
pushrod spacers
robinson racing pinion 6 pack (15t-25t)
integy 45t lathe motor
gonna try to use an rc18b shock as a steering link/servo saver

I have some nova shock towers for a savage that i am going to use as a possible chassis. As well as a few other parts from the savage. i have a 200oz metal geared airtronics steering servo and some other stuff