Re: sportsman twin force
 

The bottom three screws are not needed
so you can put the pumpkin on a bench grinder and smooth out the bottom ;-)

if you haven't already sir ;-)

Re: sportsman twin force
 

thanks

thanks bud

i almost went with steel reserve. :mrgreen:



thanks guys. will probably do a combination of both ideas.

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hey look at us all helping out. carefule or one of us might take credit for the whole thing.

Re: sportsman twin force
 

yay bud. good work bro. very nice job man"thumbsup":ror:

Re: sportsman twin force
 

Can we ask for a total weight on this truck please :twisted:


Regards Rick

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the more opinions the better. :ror:

thanks man.


will have to get a scale to do that's. "thumbsup"

Re: sportsman twin force
 

made the shafts today. for the fronts, mark where the shafts will pivot. then cut them down to that length. I sleeve them with stainless tube when I weld them back together.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps4356187d.jpg

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa401bf11.jpg


you can get the right length dog bones for the rear. but the pin is to small for my liking. to much slop in the drive cups.

so I just cut and sleeve some with bigger pins.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps83e395b1.jpg




finally on its own feet.


http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...pse8e70e6b.jpg

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps384d5040.jpg

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps455b1159.jpg

Looks great man.

If you want to get of more slop out of the rear you could always put universals there too.

Re: sportsman twin force
 

thanks, i may end up doing that. will find out for sure once i start running it.





so here is the weight of it right know. this is going to go up with the SLW's and battery.


http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps537bea0c.jpg


http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps13f98e17.jpg



got some VooDoo's. four silvers and two blues.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...psbfdfab27.jpg


got these from Diablo666 in the for sale section. just waiting for another pair to pop up so i can mount the tires.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...pse1089d64.jpg

Re: sportsman twin force
 

that's pretty lightweight man. should make a killer shafty!

Re: sportsman twin force
 

shaved the knuckles and C's to get all the steering i can get out of the shafts.

before

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps873c5226.jpg

after

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...psbcf887c0.jpg




i like using the axial bend rod ends. they give me just enough clearance that i dont have to make bends in the tie rod.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...psff7c59be.jpg



this steering setup may end up changing. i just dont like how low it is.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps15d8762f.jpg

Re: sportsman twin force
 

just a tip. when allowing the knuckles to turn more make sure that the CVD is not now hitting the inside of the knuckle on full steering. i have found that they usually hit before you bottom out on the C-hub after you do the grinding.

know what i mean? i can take a picture tonight.

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Flip the servo horn and put the tie rod on top of the knuckles. Could even use the closer hole on the horn and trim it down.

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yeah man. what bart said. i put my tierods as close in as i can get. that way i dont need that long arm on the servo.

you might be able to tell what i did in these pics with the tie rods. the drag link id on the end hole, but the control arm from the servo is very close in. that makes the servo hve to move very small amounts, and also speeds up the action a bunch.

the bottom picture you can see what i was doing.


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ps6c5e1ce6.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ps4b84610a.jpg

Re: sportsman twin force
 

thanks bud. i did run into that problem, so i shaved some material out, inside the knuckles.


http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps4f0bc40c.jpg

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps8a38cc62.jpg

Re: sportsman twin force
 

thanks for the help guys.




this is what i ended up with.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps60e11784.jpg




to make it work i put some spacers in the servo to move it back. so the tie rod wouldnt hit the servo horn at full turn.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...psf319c9b6.jpg

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps4518f3bd.jpg

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this is full lock. the shafts can still go more but the steering is hitting the axle.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps3870792b.jpg


http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps93be2a0f.jpg

Re: sportsman twin force
 

yup, you know what you're doing! nice and clean on that linkage setup now.

Re: sportsman twin force
 

I got another pair of SLW's from the FS section. so I was able to order foams and mount the VooDoo's. for the foams I went with C.I. 6 inch double deuce's. the front's are medium comp cut's, rears are soft comp cuts.

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...psee17bbb8.jpg


http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/z...psc021fda7.jpg

Re: sportsman twin force
 

Its so Sick

If I send you all the parts will you build me one? ;-)


Regards Rick