another 2.2 twin force axle rig

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if you look at the last pic you can see that the axle c on the passenger side has gussets made in the inner part of the c where the drivers side dont. i will be redoing that soon. all in all the axles are beefy, especially after i get my universals cut to length, sleeved and pinned, they should hold up to what ever i can throw at them.

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these are the universals i will be running, compared to a stock wk shaft.

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any thoughts or criticism from the twin force pros would be greatly appreciated.

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Looks like some Yotachump parts on those axles. Rig looks pretty sweet with the axles and those tires, how's the diff clearance?

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im showing about 1 3/4 inch at the bottom of the pumpkin. as far as the axles, the spools and all the axle stuff did come from yotachump. i did ask if him if he could round up a couple of those upper link/servo mounts and he said he didn't have any more. so i ended up showing the pics to a friend of mine and two cases of beer later i had parts in hand. all props go to yotachump for the design, i wasn't trying to play it off as my idea, i just thought it was a damn good one.

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I was just saying the other day, wonder if Buggy will do a build thread in the TF board. Guess I need to stop into this board more often. Looks good. What is the deal with the gussets. Kyosho make some with or without now? Could you post a part # for those super short dog bones? If you no it. I used to have it but can't find it anymore. This was Anthony's rig wasn't it. Or is this Rob_b's. Steve has one too but I think he built it. I can't remember it's been too long.

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Originally Posted by Bart bender

I was just saying the other day, wonder if Buggy will do a build thread in the TF board. Guess I need to stop into this board more often. Looks good. What is the deal with the gussets. Kyosho make some with or without now? Could you post a part # for those super short dog bones? If you no it. I used to have it but can't find it anymore. This was Anthony's rig wasn't it. Or is this Rob_b's. Steve has one too but I think he built it. I can't remember it's been too long.

when i got the axles from anthony they were new, they had never been cut down. he sent me 6 axle tubes ( the ones that have the c's on them ) two of them had gussets on them the other four did not. i did not realise this until i was cutting them down. to fix the problem im just gonna cut the servo/link mount down on the drivers side until i can get a knuckle with gussets on there.

i never had a set of the super short dog bones, so what i decided to do was buy a set of these

and cut the inner shaft part down to the length i need then sleeve and pin it.

steve still has his rig the last i heard and i think anthony's switched hands a few times.

i dont think there is a way to have a tougher 2.2 type shaft driven axle than to use a narrowed twin force axle after what i have seen so far.

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also, anthony sent me two of the universals, part number ifw163, and i had a time trying to find that part number on them, but it was like the farmer that lost his horse, when he found it he found it all at once. so now i have 6 individual shafts in case i have any problems. with that said i have seen a lot of people cut down shafts, is sleeving them then pinning them the strongest way?

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i know you know what im talking about because this is where i got the idea

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One more thing bartbender, you said kyosho makes the c's with or without the gussets. Are there different part numbers for them? Or do all the newer c's have gussets?

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Originally Posted by buggy

One more thing bartbender, you said kyosho makes the c's with or without the gussets. Are there different part numbers for them? Or do all the newer c's have gussets?

Well I was hoping you could tell me. I haven't bought any in quite a while. There is a fella that keeps up with these pretty good. Maybe he can chime in on Kyosho updates. With the brushless version out I would hope they would have beefed them up.

Originally Posted by buggy

also, anthony sent me two of the universals, part number ifw163, and i had a time trying to find that part number on them, but it was like the farmer that lost his horse, when he found it he found it all at once. so now i have 6 individual shafts in case i have any problems. with that said i have seen a lot of people cut down shafts, is sleeving them then pinning them the strongest way?

I would say yes. I am also ashamed to say I have never ran those cut down axles. The Super seen around here is pretty stagnant and there is only one other guy here running one so I haven't been focusing on that particular rig.

Originally Posted by buggy

when i got the axles from anthony they were new, they had never been cut down. he sent me 6 axle tubes ( the ones that have the c's on them ) two of them had gussets on them the other four did not. i did not realise this until i was cutting them down. to fix the problem im just gonna cut the servo/link mount down on the drivers side until i can get a knuckle with gussets on there.

i never had a set of the super short dog bones, so what i decided to do was buy a set of these


and cut the inner shaft part down to the length i need then sleeve and pin it.

steve still has his rig the last i heard and i think anthony's switched hands a few times.

i dont think there is a way to have a tougher 2.2 type shaft driven axle than to use a narrowed twin force axle after what i have seen so far.

Steve has been focusing on life more lately. He will be back in full force though. He loves this too much to quit all together.

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i know you know what im talking about because this is where i got the idea

Like I said I'm ashamed to say I haven't ran these yet. From what I understand locktite and sleeve works too. That's what the big man say anyway

Anthony said a while back he wanted to get back into the TF seen and tried to buy some stuff back off me. I really did't have anything that wasn't spoken for on some project or another. Thank goodness A-Main carries everything you need to build these atomic bomb proof axles

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you know I never thought about green loctite

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Some custom shafts and tubes I built for Jason's scaler......

Rear straights from 1/4" stainless pinned with buggy pins.
Fronts are cut down buggy universals pinned.

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are the stainless caps and the buggy pins just pressed on, loctited or welded? just wondering how you keep the pin in place?

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The caps and pins are all a very tight press fit. No need for loc tight.

I'm certain a tight slip fit with some red loc tight would be suffice though.

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here is the pins i got to use

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Just regular diff pins is all I used.

Steve did Jason ever do a build thread on that rig or is he still building it? Cause I remember him wanting some odd ball ring and pinion ratio. Sorry for the Hyjack Buggy.

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Buggy, those should work great Like Eric, I just used buggy diff pins

Originally Posted by Bart bender

Just regular diff pins is all I used.

Steve did Jason ever do a build thread on that rig or is he still building it? Cause I remember him wanting some odd ball ring and pinion ratio. Sorry for the Hyjack Buggy.

Not sure he ever finished them. The stuff pictured was actually for two different builds.

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has anyone ever "ran" any of the shafts that have been sleeved and pined and did a update on how well they hold up? i have seen a few, but its always the same story, they get them made and life happens or the rc crawling scene in there area goes in a different direction or something lol.