KMS,,GI joe willy's
 

After seeing one of these a few years ago on You Tube ,,I been wanting one so,Here's my build , Going kinda slow as,, money allows,, Makin my own parts isnt to hard ,From checking out the pics how some of you guys before me have built one ,they have been lots of help ,,thank you ,, all here's what i have so far ,,Kms

Looks like you're off to a good start. Are you going to run an axial trans with a transfer case?

Yes on the Axial trans ,For the transfer case The RC4WD Disruptor,But haven't got that far yet,Here's a couple more pics ,,KMS

You're off to a good start. You made a good choice w/ the Disruptor T-case, my Willys hasn't broken the one that I'm using, it seems to be a good H.D. design.

6-4-11 new links
 

Got more done today ,I have made new 4-link plates,new links, paint on the roll cage ,KMS

Had some time to work on my Willy's this afternoon,Got the servo ,reciever & speedcontrol installed, plus bolted down the cage ,Should have my wheel wideners tomarrow,,,KMS

sweet.....nice cage

I really like where this is going ..the gi Joe bodies are a really good choice

sent VIA evo4g a very shitty phone

The shop is getting busy again so wont have much time to work on the Willy for awhile,I did get to drive it today in the shop [ it rained most of the day here ] ,Did install the wheel wideners, hooked up the lipo and attacked the wood pile over in the corner,,Yep it crawlers good ,Still thinking about what colors to paint it,,KMS

Made a front bumper for my winch today,

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Thank you,,Finished out the bumper not perfect but a pass,,Winch mounted not hooked up,Got my generic Gi Joes not bad 7.00 ebay .I see there will be to be some c-hubs & knuckles needed , What color am I going to paint this ,,,,,

hey Robert to get the width needed
try the Gmade 2.2" Wheel widener
adds an inch to the overall width

Ok ,,,Thank you for all the help so far ,,,Robert

David I did a search for them ,and those are the ones that I bought,, that you suggested a few weeks ago ,You cant see them in the pics cause I painted them black,,,Thanks again,,,,,Robert

Cant say I am done,, probably never will be,, But got my steering wheel done and installed ,still need to install servo to wheel ,,Making a round wheel is hard to do ,,tubing bends just not the way you want it,, I even tach welded it to a piece of 2" tubing on one end then tryed roll it around ,yea easier said than done ,but its done gives the driver something to hold on too,Thank for all the kind replys and good help ,pics from other post's,,,Robert

looking good!

thank you ZoSo ,I have been think about making my own drive shafts for it ,doing some thing like the punishers,aluim body with the stock axial ends ,But my thought would be to do it the easiest way ,making the u joint end no problem but what do I want to do for the slider part ,like maybe a square slider or triangle slider or blade would be easy to,this is the part where the shafts slide over each other ,I have seen some on EBAY with a grove on the female end and the male end has a pin ,Are those any good ,,Thanks Robert

I feel you pain! My steering wheel kicked my azz pretty good. I ended up clamping a socket into the vise along with one edge of the small diameter round stock then bent it around the socket, hammering it along the way to give it a bit of memory so it wouldn't completely unravel when I took it out of the vise.

Rich has run the same traxxas driveshafts (plastic) for over 300 hours
with no failures
I've run MIP metal driveshafts ... drilled-out at the axles (for WK 6mm)
mine have worn and have some movement but are still working!

I think I will replace mine with the traxxas ...you can put different size ends on the driveshaft (they make 5mm & 6mm)
just drill-out the Axial output shaft, the WK are drilled-out already, use the long set screw
it passes thru the whole assembly. Bullet proof "thumbsup"