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Drey · 03-11-2009, 09:18 PM

Hi Everyone, Im Drey.

I found RCCrawler.com in a post on ColoradoK5.com where Obijuan posted up a like to a sweet scale K10 build. 51WillysJeep you have some awesome skills.

Anyway a little back story on me, before I got my license I was heavy into RC first cheap walmart specials. Then I bought a Rustler and was instantly hooked!

After I got my license I bought a 83 K10 pickup and got into it rebuilding, so on and so forth. In college I started running the Rustler again and loved it although after college I was immediatly wanting to get back to making the big truck bigger and it got tore down and ate funds big time. Fast forward a couple years and the big truck is getting close to finished and I bought a fourwheeler. You can only go "fast" on a honda foreman for so long before you get bored with it. My friends and I started trying to do more technical stuff and then I realized thats why I got bored with RC.

It didnt seem much later Obijuan started a thread on ColoradoK5.com about his Crewcab and I knew I needed to build one. Funds were limited until recently I decided the heck with it and am gonna gather the stuff up I need and that will be that.

Im going to go for a 1.9 K5 Blazer similar to what Im sure my K5 will end up looking like down the road. Because Ill just never be able to hack up the body on my K10.

I orded a TCS chassis the other day, and plan on running Proline Flat Irons. Going to go with a Axial AX10 ARTR so I get the hi clearance rear links and I was told it has a couple better parts right off the bat from the Kit. I might add a slipper clutch right off the bat to but im not sure. The body is going to be Pro-Lines K5 Blazer I am going to try to get a decal made to match a 91 Blazer grill the body lines wont be 100% but they will be close enough till I get a Clod body all made up. Radio wise I have a spare TQ and receiver laying around. ESC will probably be a Novak Rooster Crawler. Obijuan recommended an Integy 55turn motor for now. So I think Im pretty much all set for plan wise now...till I change my mind in a week.

Also I plan on supporting the site with a subscription but Im one off the suspicious tinfoil hat wearing anti-paypal guys. So Ill have to get a payment sent in the mail.

Glad to be on board here.

WarMachine · 03-11-2009, 09:23 PM

Woo hoo, welcome to the sickness! I'm glad to see the Iowa numbers growing.

DeweyCJ5 · 03-11-2009, 09:25 PM

welcome to the Iowa board . Early's not to far from us so if ya ever get board and want to play of if ya found something up that way let us know . i have had a few blazers in my day a 73 with a 454 4 speed and 40" hawgs and a 83 with only 33's.... i miss em both . a few of us guys want to do a top truck challenge with that scale frame and a body to match. talk to ya soon

Drey · 03-11-2009, 09:39 PM

Sounds awesome I cant wait to get my crawler built! If ya need any rocks let me know...weve got a big pile of em from our fields!

Heres some teaser pics of my big toys.

Only pic I have of my K5 right now...new 32/11.5 MTRs are going on this weekend and the running boards of coming off...should be some good ones coming haha

DeweyCJ5 · 03-11-2009, 09:53 PM

well this is the only pic i have of my dodge i started building. it was a 83 ramcharger frame with 73 power wagon axles with a 87 cab , clip and a very small flat bed

Drey · 03-11-2009, 10:04 PM

Sweet what did the powerwagons have for axles? Dana 60s?

DeweyCJ5 · 03-11-2009, 10:15 PM

60 rear, 44hd front, 4.10 s, 4 to 1 low range. guess i should say i did get it all built and blew the trans out of it and sold it

Bubba73 · 03-12-2009, 04:47 PM

Hey welcome to the insanity.

Focus07 · 03-12-2009, 06:14 PM

Welcome aboard!

Bart bender · 03-12-2009, 06:54 PM

Cool, Chevy's and a Foreman. I don't have my '67 C10 any more but I still have my '94 K1500 I bought new.

And my mud machine,'00 450S, 27" Vampires, White Bros pipe, HP kit, K&N, Works Steelers Coilovers, 4000lb winch, Moose bar, the stock bars don't last long

OH yah, welcome

Drey · 03-13-2009, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bart bender

And my mud machine,'00 450S, 27" Vampires, White Bros pipe, HP kit, K&N, Works Steelers Coilovers, 4000lb winch, Moose bar, the stock bars don't last long

Mine is an 03 450S, I cant remember if Im running 26s or 27 ITPs Mud Lites, HMF pipe and Carb Jet Kit, K&N too. I have a feeling mine is gonna be up for new front shafts this summer.

Bart bender · 03-13-2009, 10:48 AM

Oh yah. Wheel bearing and seals and ball joints. Especially if you have any kind of lift on it like mine. Your has selectable 2/4 dosn't it? That would be nice for trail running.

Drey · 03-14-2009, 05:38 PM

Yeah mine is. I replaced those three items last summer. Acutally kinda funny. You can buy a pre-assembled knucke with bearings, seals, and a ball joint cheaper then you can fix your own knuckles.

I think my splines are wearing down on my input cv shafts though.

Bart bender · 03-14-2009, 09:32 PM

That's how I fix mine too, knuckle and all. www.servichonda.com is where I get all my parts. I've only had an issue with CV boots on front shafts. Just got done rebuilding the rear gear. Splines on the axle and ring gear stripped.

03-11-2009, 09:18 PM	#1
Drey Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Early, Iowa Posts: 95	Hi Guys...Iowa Newb Hi Everyone, Im Drey. I found RCCrawler.com in a post on ColoradoK5.com where Obijuan posted up a like to a sweet scale K10 build. 51WillysJeep you have some awesome skills. Anyway a little back story on me, before I got my license I was heavy into RC first cheap walmart specials. Then I bought a Rustler and was instantly hooked! After I got my license I bought a 83 K10 pickup and got into it rebuilding, so on and so forth. In college I started running the Rustler again and loved it although after college I was immediatly wanting to get back to making the big truck bigger and it got tore down and ate funds big time. Fast forward a couple years and the big truck is getting close to finished and I bought a fourwheeler. You can only go "fast" on a honda foreman for so long before you get bored with it. My friends and I started trying to do more technical stuff and then I realized thats why I got bored with RC. It didnt seem much later Obijuan started a thread on ColoradoK5.com about his Crewcab and I knew I needed to build one. Funds were limited until recently I decided the heck with it and am gonna gather the stuff up I need and that will be that. Im going to go for a 1.9 K5 Blazer similar to what Im sure my K5 will end up looking like down the road. Because Ill just never be able to hack up the body on my K10. I orded a TCS chassis the other day, and plan on running Proline Flat Irons. Going to go with a Axial AX10 ARTR so I get the hi clearance rear links and I was told it has a couple better parts right off the bat from the Kit. I might add a slipper clutch right off the bat to but im not sure. The body is going to be Pro-Lines K5 Blazer I am going to try to get a decal made to match a 91 Blazer grill the body lines wont be 100% but they will be close enough till I get a Clod body all made up. Radio wise I have a spare TQ and receiver laying around. ESC will probably be a Novak Rooster Crawler. Obijuan recommended an Integy 55turn motor for now. So I think Im pretty much all set for plan wise now...till I change my mind in a week. Also I plan on supporting the site with a subscription but Im one off the suspicious tinfoil hat wearing anti-paypal guys. So Ill have to get a payment sent in the mail. Glad to be on board here.

03-12-2009, 06:54 PM	#10
Bart bender I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa, the antirecreation state! Posts: 2,227	Cool, Chevy's and a Foreman. I don't have my '67 C10 any more but I still have my '94 K1500 I bought new. And my mud machine,'00 450S, 27" Vampires, White Bros pipe, HP kit, K&N, Works Steelers Coilovers, 4000lb winch, Moose bar, the stock bars don't last long OH yah, welcome Last edited by Bart bender; 03-12-2009 at 07:00 PM.

03-11-2009, 09:23 PM	#2
WarMachine Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: LeMars, Iowa Posts: 158	Woo hoo, welcome to the sickness! I'm glad to see the Iowa numbers growing.

03-11-2009, 09:25 PM	#3
DeweyCJ5 Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy Posts: 901	welcome to the Iowa board . Early's not to far from us so if ya ever get board and want to play of if ya found something up that way let us know . i have had a few blazers in my day a 73 with a 454 4 speed and 40" hawgs and a 83 with only 33's.... i miss em both . a few of us guys want to do a top truck challenge with that scale frame and a body to match. talk to ya soon

03-11-2009, 09:39 PM	#4
Drey Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Early, Iowa Posts: 95	Sounds awesome I cant wait to get my crawler built! If ya need any rocks let me know...weve got a big pile of em from our fields! Heres some teaser pics of my big toys. Only pic I have of my K5 right now...new 32/11.5 MTRs are going on this weekend and the running boards of coming off...should be some good ones coming haha

03-11-2009, 09:53 PM	#5
DeweyCJ5 Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy Posts: 901	well this is the only pic i have of my dodge i started building. it was a 83 ramcharger frame with 73 power wagon axles with a 87 cab , clip and a very small flat bed

03-11-2009, 10:04 PM	#6
Drey Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Early, Iowa Posts: 95	Sweet what did the powerwagons have for axles? Dana 60s?

03-11-2009, 10:15 PM	#7
DeweyCJ5 Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy Posts: 901	60 rear, 44hd front, 4.10 s, 4 to 1 low range. guess i should say i did get it all built and blew the trans out of it and sold it

03-12-2009, 04:47 PM	#8
Bubba73 Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: ely Posts: 144	Hey welcome to the insanity.

03-12-2009, 06:14 PM	#9
Focus07 Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: marshalltown Posts: 81	Welcome aboard!

03-13-2009, 10:48 AM	#12
Bart bender I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa, the antirecreation state! Posts: 2,227	Oh yah. Wheel bearing and seals and ball joints. Especially if you have any kind of lift on it like mine. Your has selectable 2/4 dosn't it? That would be nice for trail running.

03-14-2009, 05:38 PM	#13
Drey Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Early, Iowa Posts: 95	Yeah mine is. I replaced those three items last summer. Acutally kinda funny. You can buy a pre-assembled knucke with bearings, seals, and a ball joint cheaper then you can fix your own knuckles. I think my splines are wearing down on my input cv shafts though.

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03-14-2009, 09:32 PM	#14
Bart bender I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa, the antirecreation state! Posts: 2,227	That's how I fix mine too, knuckle and all. www.servichonda.com is where I get all my parts. I've only had an issue with CV boots on front shafts. Just got done rebuilding the rear gear. Splines on the axle and ring gear stripped.

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