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Old 03-21-2007, 05:56 PM   #1
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Well, I'm new to rc trucks. I've been building scale rc boats. After seeing a few vids a friend sent me this looks like fun. I did a little research and the goliath looked like a good start.(the TLT's had just been disc.) So I bought

PTI goliath rockcrawler
55T lathe motor
gd-600

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So I've started my build.
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Old 03-21-2007, 06:04 PM   #2
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Looks great, you've made me decide to getting one
I might pick up one of these to turn into a scale little rig. Off to clean my three wheeler to sell for one of these, Already got a TLT!
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You may need to cut or dremel out the inside of the axles so the crosspins in the dogbones don't rub. I also had to dremel the slots in the spools out to increase steering throw, so the dogbones didn't bind at full lock.

I had the original MMT and these things may have been fixed on the new version.

Also...shim the diffs for no slop and replace the screws with 3mm machine screw on the axle where the bottom links go in. Get long enought screws to go all the way through and put a lock nut on the other side. Just keep turning the screw and it will pop out on the other side. This will strengthen the case and prevent the axle from splitting and the diffs slipping.

Another also...get some zipties or hose clamps and put them around the axles next to the lock nut you glued in place. This will keep the axle from splitting at that spot.

Also #3...put some shrink wrap around the CVD to cever the crosspin. Mine always fell out in my T-Maxx. Never had a problem in the Goliath, but it doesn't hurt to be careful. Losing that stupid little pin ruins a good day quickly.

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as a suggetion, ditch the cant setup and run the shocks straight to the axels.... With teh cant it has way too much articulation and on mine and a few otehr peoples it has caused some problems. You realy only need about 70 degrees vs the 100 or so the kit gives you
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Old 03-22-2007, 11:29 AM   #5
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You can easily limit travel by putting rubber stoppers or fuel tube on the shock shafts.
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Old 03-22-2007, 07:00 PM   #6
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Or get revo canti's and streatch the springs...
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I would just ditch the canti....i belive it will give you torque twist witch is a not fun to have.
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Old 03-23-2007, 09:28 AM   #8
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Almost all shafties have torque twist.

Actually, mine has very little torque twist. I solved it by putting one preload spacer on the left shocks. You can see mine here: My PTI Goliath Ver 8.0

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Old 03-25-2007, 05:12 PM   #9
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any updates....I want to see how you fit the GD600 so I know what to do on mine
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Old 04-01-2007, 03:23 PM   #10
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ya.. some more pics would be nice.. i wanna see the gd-600 in action too
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I would just ditch the canti....i belive it will give you torque twist witch is a not fun to have.

I used revo canti's (the long ones) on mine with great results
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