Krawl's minijuice

[4xFord]

Ya those are the ones I have been running for a while. They are super strong and give a ton of link/shock clearance.

What motor/esc setup are you running now that you gave the violator his setup back?

[The Violator]

Originally Posted by shelljeep

Thanks for coming out with such a high quality chassis.
No binding at all, it would just flop around... until I put on my crappy shocks. Was cool to put something together that didn't require filing here, sanding there, this link inside the chassis, this link outside the chassis, just to get it to flex w/o binding.

Krawlfreak has lost half his hair designing products that fit and work very well out of the package. Holes line up, spacers and hardware are included and pre tapped, just a complete quality kit.

[krawlfreak]

well i have been getting some work done to the mini finally

i ended up getting a set of egrressors knucles with the bigger bearing for the LCC mod. while i was playing with the shafts(no pun intended) it looked as if the mrc inner shaft was very similiar in size to the LCC shaft, as far as the ball end where the barrel goes through.

this image is of the mrc inner with the LCC stub


surprising enough!

i used the inner mrc shaft with the Lcc barrel, pin and stub axle. they seem to be working as well as the turned down and cut LCC inners and offer as much, and can be modded slightly more to offer even more, steering.

full LCC shaft


mrc inner with LCC outer, barrel and pin


now i will be testing them so the verdict is still out but if this works well then it will be an easy way to do this mod

[krawlfreak]

next thing on the list was to move the chassis forward on the links.

i made up some new lowers. i also wanted to get some caster back in the front to keep it from pushing and jacking so bad on the rocks.

here you can see the amount of caster i was able to achieve with some minor grinding and re-drilling where the c's mount.

before

after


all wrapped up

[EGRESSor]

i used the mrc inners and lcc v1 stubs for a half year without problems

[krawlfreak]

Originally Posted by EGRESSor

i used the mrc inners and lcc v1 stubs for a half year without problems

thats good to know

like i said it was just a whim cause they looked and measured so damn close to each other.

by the way the knuckles are top notch

[JeremyH]

Nice work! Good to know on the CVDs....now I've got a spare!

[EGRESSor]

Originally Posted by krawlfreak

by the way the knuckles are top notch

thank you Jeremy

you should try the double arm if you find the time to finish it , it works not bad , just like the xr10 steering

[rock hard]

Originally Posted by krawlfreak

next thing on the list was to move the chassis forward on the links.

i made up some new lowers. i also wanted to get some caster back in the front to keep it from pushing and jacking so bad on the rocks.

here you can see the amount of caster i was able to achieve with some minor grinding and re-drilling where the c's mount.

before

after


all wrapped up

This mod actually gives you adjustable caster.
The collars are offset,you can flip them around and reduce your caster if you wish.

Here is mine,I'm also making a knuckle weight system for this truck.
I'm heading to the scrap yard next week in search of materials
I'm thinking brass

Its a really simple mod for anyone interested.

[winkscrawler]

Originally Posted by krawlfreak

here you can see the amount of caster i was able to achieve with some minor grinding and re-drilling where the c's mount.

Mod done, took about 30 minutes. It is real easy to put it back if I dont get the results I am after.
Thanks

[rock hard]

Originally Posted by krawlfreak

well i have been getting some work done to the mini finally

i ended up getting a set of egrressors knucles with the bigger bearing for the LCC mod. while i was playing with the shafts(no pun intended) it looked as if the mrc inner shaft was very similiar in size to the LCC shaft, as far as the ball end where the barrel goes through.

this image is of the mrc inner with the LCC stub


surprising enough!

i used the inner mrc shaft with the Lcc barrel, pin and stub axle. they seem to be working as well as the turned down and cut LCC inners and offer as much, and can be modded slightly more to offer even more, steering.

full LCC shaft


mrc inner with LCC outer, barrel and pin


now i will be testing them so the verdict is still out but if this works well then it will be an easy way to do this mod

Thats kick ass
I bet it will work fine,
The issue for me wasnt the axle,it was the stubs.

So now if this works(I'm placing money it does)
Guys can easily get stronger cvd's without a machine shop

This is some good thinking Hoss

[rockslyder]

I ran this for awile but there is play between the axle and the stub through the pin and would bind some times, a buddy did this also and broke a traxas yoke. I put manual limiters on the knuckles to stop this, till I got my LCC axles turned down. just food for thought.

Originally Posted by rock hard

Thats kick ass
I bet it will work fine,
The issue for me wasnt the axle,it was the stubs.

So now if this works(I'm placing money it does)
Guys can easily get stronger cvd's without a machine shop

This is some good thinking Hoss

[fordwheeler]

this here thread has some great info & I'm digin these mini juices

my experience with the mrc cvd's was about 50/50...I'd broke just as many inners as outers

I think Ive been runnin the LCC's since about March/April with no worries

and why dont losi just make a LCC cvd to fit the mrc in the first place

[EvilTwin v2]

After installing the latest Losi CVD's, I have yet to break another MRC CVD.

[53 willys]

did you have to clearence the skid on the motor side for that brushless motor?
I'm putting together my mini BJ and I have a mongoose brushless....I could not get it to sit flat without grinding on the skid some...

[krawlfreak]

Originally Posted by 53 willys

did you have to clearence the skid on the motor side for that brushless motor?
I'm putting together my mini BJ and I have a mongoose brushless....I could not get it to sit flat without grinding on the skid some...

No...
the losi motor is smaller in diameter and longer. The mongoose is bigger so it will be really tight, you might have to clearance it slightly.

[yukon635]

Looks good man, so those are losi's alum axle c's right? Did you just have to grind on the axle case and redrill the mounting holes?

[krawlfreak]

Originally Posted by yukon635

Looks good man, so those are losi's alum axle c's right? Did you just have to grind on the axle case and redrill the mounting holes?

Yep...that's it. You might have to rework your steering linkages to accommodate it.

Nice and easy and a huge improvement in steering performance

[Scottmisfits]

That's quite substantial. Do you happen to know how much it's clocked? How many degree's allowing the top and bottom are flat.

[shelljeep]

How much did you move your chassis forward? I do this on my 2.2's, and like it, but I have just barely enough room for my lipo on the front links as it is in the minijuice.
How big is the lipo you run on your rear links? I'm running a 430mAh 3s. I need to move it back to my rears and reweigh to see what difference it makes.