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11-29-2009, 10:16 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Stevensville
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|  To lock or not lock...
Ok I just got some TLT axles and a XL5 stampede trans (ebay  ). Which I'm planning on building a tail/rock rig. with just FWS, So what all sould I lock up?
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11-29-2009, 10:23 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ...the burning end of the rope.
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axles and trans
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11-29-2009, 12:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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if your gonna do any crawling, you'll want everything locked
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11-29-2009, 01:51 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Stevensville
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Ok then, wont that locking up the front axle take away streering? What happnes when you lock up the pede trans?
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11-29-2009, 01:55 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Earth?
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Yes you will lose steering radius with locked axles. The alternative with unlocked axles is not being able to crawl anything.
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11-29-2009, 04:51 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Stevensville
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Thanks..
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12-02-2009, 11:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Peoples Republic of Kalifornia
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By locking the trans, your crawler will not like speeding down the road - which is not going to happen , cause you will be crawlin!
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12-03-2009, 07:54 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: four o six
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I unlocked the front and it turned pretty good (use TLT and pede tranny for mine)...for a trail rig (as long as its trails and not really crawling) you can get a way with not locking the front diff...lock your tranny and lock the rear...now this is just trails and NO crawling at all..not even mud...but if your going to do any typs of running over tree limbs, up hills. You need the front locked. Just make sure that your front wheels can turn left and right to the max with out hitting anything. for your tranny, if you can lay it down so the spur gear is on one side and motor on the other...don't mount it vertical, so spur gear is down and motor is up..way to heavy that way got pics of your rig?? |
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12-03-2009, 07:57 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Westland, MI
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Umm wait let me think............ Yea good idea, you going to go the pin route or extra gear for the axles ?  Last edited by hitman46mod; 12-03-2009 at 08:01 PM. |
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12-03-2009, 09:05 PM
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| dnf   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Under a big fkn rock.
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locked all the way around!!!
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12-04-2009, 02:44 AM
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I have seen a ton of rigs with the pede mounted vertical, whats the problem with that? Thats the only way i can mount it. Well yes I was planning on going over some things!! so I will be locking everything. I will get some pics soon. Well it's a chopped txt chassis and narrowed by one in.  |
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12-04-2009, 03:03 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Stevensville
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|  VERY ROUGH FORM  btw it will be about 3 1/2 to 4in tall in the middle.
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