Forced Wraith

[Szczerba]

Got a couple boxes of parts from Eddie at Crawler Innovations here is the result.

Wraith chassis
Aluminum front mad force axle, centered
HPI CVDs
Egressor Knuckles
Underdrive/over drive gears with AL spools (not sure of maker). 10 tooth axle pinion gear up front and 13 tooth axle pinion gear out back. Both have 43tooth ring gears.
Fully built axial transmission with Crawler Innovations outputs, metal gears and BWD motor plate.
Etc, etc

First up setup the rear plastic axle for steering. Couple Supershafty parts for the axle mount. Homemade servo plate.




One modded universal on left, CVDs on right.

Rear axle tore down and rebuilt. Rear panel will need trimmed.

[Szczerba]

Front axle servo/4link mounting fab. Cast front axle with Egressor knuckles and Supershafty link mounts.

[Szczerba]

Cleaned up and painted front axle and new servo/4 link mount.

Picture of the rear axle housing showing that the correct shims are a must on the axle pinion .
Ready for the chassis.

[doublej]

Always liked the look of these axles - Reminds me of the big boy unimog axles.

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by doublej

Always liked the look of these axles - Reminds me of the big boy unimog axles.

The front axle is a big boy. 1lbs 6oz as shown with shocks. I can't remember who made this cast axle hosing but it's solid. The rear axle is the stock plastic housing. They both have their pros and cons.

[Szczerba]

Bulletproof trans



More work.





4" shocks up front 5" shocks out back. Will need a little more longer shocks.

[Beest]

Thats badass. Keep up the good work.

[Szczerba]

Thanks. The pictures don't show it but I have quite a bit of work done on this rig. A lot of little custom stuff to make everything work.
This rig will be a fun bashing trail rig. I am pretty much done with it and there are some minor things left to do.
Possible wheels.

Possible wheels and tires.

[v84x4]

I wish Eddie would start producing and selling those tires


Truck looks great
I have one myself and love it
It fly's and bashes like crazy cuz that chassis is so light

Can wait to see some video

Regards Rick

[MAVERICKJK]

Originally Posted by Szczerba

Cleaned up and painted front axle and new servo/4 link mount.

Picture of the rear axle housing showing that the correct shims are a must on the axle pinion .
Ready for the chassis.

Damn! Those pinion bearings. Dlux would be proud.

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by v84x4

I wish Eddie would start producing and selling those tires





Truck looks great

I have one myself and love it

It fly's and bashes like crazy cuz that chassis is so light



Can wait to see some video



Regards Rick

I bought these wheels/tires from someone else but Eddie now owns them. Lol.
He'll be bashing on it for sure. That front axle housing just may be Eddie-Bashing-proof. Im sure 4s will be used.

Originally Posted by MAVERICKJK

Damn! Those pinion bearings. Dlux would be proud.

These axles are solid. rear gears are underdrive and fronts are over drive. The ring gears are both 43t but the front pinion is 9t and the rear is 10 (i think), i cant remember the tooth count.

[Bart bender]

The housings look like old rc4wd. New Era is the only other company I no of that built housings. Rig looks good.

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by Bart bender

The housings look like old rc4wd. New Era is the only other company I no of that built housings. Rig looks good.

Now that you say that, I think Eddie said it was a New Era.

[Bart bender]

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/kyosh...num-axles.html
These are the New Era axles.

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by Bart bender

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/kyosh...num-axles.html
These are the New Era axles.

RC4WD it is then.

[mjderstine]

pretty awesome dude.

the front axle is awesome. always wish i would have jumped on them before they sold the last sets.

this will be fun man.

where did you find a 9t pinion?

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by mjderstine

pretty awesome dude.

the front axle is awesome. always wish i would have jumped on them before they sold the last sets.

this will be fun man.

where did you find a 9t pinion?

Eddie sent me a ton of HPI parts that work for these axles. Gears, CVDs, Universals, etc.

I have another planned build with some force axles. One of a kind old school German torsion chassis.

[mjderstine]

can't wait to see what that is!

i dont have a stock twin force anywhere. closest is the BYB, but even that is heavily modded. to me a twin force axle does its best in custom builds. i love all the sets i have.

[Nova's Ark]

Awesome work as usual Shane! None of these projects would be coming to fruition with out. Thank you. You are gaining a wealth of axle knowledge from several different manufactures, both large & small, as well as time periods. You are building an extensive and impressive list of rigs built by you on your resume

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by mjderstine

can't wait to see what that is!

i dont have a stock twin force anywhere. closest is the BYB, but even that is heavily modded. to me a twin force axle does its best in custom builds. i love all the sets i have.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/kyosh...n-chassis.html

Originally Posted by Nova's Ark

Awesome work as usual Shane! None of these projects would be coming to fruition with out. Thank you. You are gaining a wealth of axle knowledge from several different manufactures, both large & small, as well as time periods. You are building an extensive and impressive list of rigs built by you on your resume

It may not look like it from the pictures but this was definitley a challenging build. Can't wait to see it flying across your yard on 4S power.