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70duncan · 01-28-2010, 08:25 PM

Ok Gary, this is just for you

.

I have been working on the Super the last couple of days, instead of my scaler

. Even though the scaler needs to be ready for Saturdays comp (only 2 days away).

I have been racking my brain to figure out a slick steering set up on this rig, and this is what I came up with. Kinda a BTA / OTA steering. I am going to give this a try, and see how I like it. I have one more option to try that brings the steering rod over the motor and gear housing. But, not liking the geometry of the links and the servo movement. So, on to the pictures. Let me know what you guys think.

Here are a couple pictures of the quick and easy servo mount. I will be making new ones once the testing is done.

And here is a picture of my steering link.

70duncan · 01-28-2010, 08:29 PM

Here are a couple of pictures of the final set up for testing. All I have to do now is finish the other side, and install electronics.

And then I can finaly go drive this thing

. I so excited

.

But I will still need to mount some new shocks, make new upper and lower links, a ton of other adjustments. But, hay, why bother with the details

dezmoon · 01-28-2010, 08:30 PM

[I]the streering link looks cool,,how do you have the "mount" fastened to it?,

70duncan · 01-28-2010, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dezmoon

[I]the streering link looks cool,,how do you have the "mount" fastened to it?,

Thanks for noticing

If you are refering to the tab on the steering link, it is welded on with my MIG.

By the way, was just looking at your new Super. That is sweet. It sure helps having someone like TURBOFEST to help you with it. He sure comes up with some sweet ideas.

dezmoon · 01-28-2010, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 70duncan

Thanks for noticing

If you are refering to the tab on the steering link, it is welded on with my MIG.

By the way, was just looking at your new Super. That is sweet. It sure helps having someone like TURBOFEST to help you with it. He sure comes up with some sweet ideas.

yeah thats what i was wondering,,i was responding to the first batch of pics when you added new ones,,was wondering about the steering arm tab,,just a couple of tack welds ?? looks like you have a ton of steering,,

and yes,turbo designs awesome chassis,,hes a wizard,,lol

70duncan · 01-28-2010, 08:46 PM

Yea, the steering is insane

. I can't take credit for it though. I learned by watching TURBOFEST

.

He posted up how to do it in Jason's super thread a few months ago.

The tab is tack welded on top with two welds, and the bottom is welded all the way across. Still learning how to weld small stuff. I am used to 1/2" plate.

dezmoon · 01-28-2010, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 70duncan

Yea, the steering is insane

. I can't take credit for it though. I learned by watching TURBOFEST

.

He posted up how to do it in Jason's super thread a few months ago.

The tab is tack welded on top with two welds, and the bottom is welded all the way across. Still learning how to weld small stuff. I am used to 1/2" plate.

welding is an art form all by itself,,once you learn it its like riding a bike,,TURBOS a mad man,,,i love having him in our club,,hes fun to learn off of...

Agama · 01-28-2010, 09:30 PM

Your steering looks great. I love how much angle you are getting out of those bully's. I need to do that mod to mine. I've been so slammed at work, I haven't even worked on mine for a week or more.

DeaDShorT · 01-28-2010, 09:41 PM

Holy ****, that steering is insane.

Even with the links inboard you still rub!! Us clod boys are going to get it handed to us in the comps.

Mr Glassman · 01-28-2010, 09:43 PM

Nice link

This rig is coming along nicely!

Wrecker · 01-29-2010, 07:51 AM

I like the link, but your servo sticks out like an anchor. Trust me, with it like that you are going to get hung up on everything. I ran my berg for a while similar to that and it sucked big time.

70duncan · 01-29-2010, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agama

Your steering looks great. I love how much angle you are getting out of those bully's. I need to do that mod to mine. I've been so slammed at work, I haven't even worked on mine for a week or more.

That sucks, but at least you are working. I still hava a ton of stuff to do on it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeaDShorT

Holy ****, that steering is insane.

Even with the links inboard you still rub!! Us clod boys are going to get it handed to us in the comps.

This is part of the reason I sold all my Clod stuff and bought the Bullys. Now I will just have to see if I can remember how to drive a Super :?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Glassman

Nice link

This rig is coming along nicely!

Thanks Mica, I hope it will work as good as yours.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrecker

I like the link, but your servo sticks out like an anchor. Trust me, with it like that you are going to get hung up on everything. I ran my berg for a while similar to that and it sucked big time.

I was thinking of that last night. I will keep this for the rear and make something a little different for the front. Even though the servo is above everything else on the axle.

70duncan · 01-29-2010, 09:21 PM

Ok, with Wreckers sugestion, I did some thing a little different for the front steering. I have been trying to keep everything as low as possable, but I just couldn't get the room for the servo arm movement. ( I need tons of room to get all this steering

). So, I stood up the servo and worked on figuring out what I needed. I just have some temp. mounts done for the servo, and I will change after testing. I hope I don't need to make too many changes.

For those that are wondering why I made my steering the way I did. I am trying to keep the steering out of the way of the shock mounts that are on the axles. I am going to be using them as soon as my new shocks show up. Enough of the Bla-bla-bla. Here are the pictures.

As you can see, My helper was with me today. He loves working on the Rock Crawlers, or our 70 Charger.

Agama · 01-29-2010, 09:53 PM

Damn, this keeps getting better and better.

70duncan · 01-29-2010, 09:55 PM

Here is my 4yr old showing off how much steering this thing is going to have

. I think he likes it.

And here is my work bench after woring on Four different projects:
Welding up some rock sliders and rear bumper for my scaler,
Welding and repairing a Berg steering link for my friend,
Working on my Super,
And staring to work on my 70 charger again (working on the front seats right now)

What a mess. I think my son is camera shy, what do you think?

I guess it is time for some cleaning. This might take me a little while.

70duncan · 01-29-2010, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agama

Damn, this keeps getting better and better.

Thanks

. I can't wait to see some progress on yours. Hopefully you will find some time. But, at least you are working

.

gdhknives · 01-29-2010, 10:12 PM

Well your bench messy still looks better than mine partly clean.

Wicked pisser job on the steering, it helps to give me a goal to shoot for.

rtousley · 01-29-2010, 11:01 PM

i like the new steering set up. very forward thinking

oh and thanks for welding my berg steering links

dezmoon · 01-30-2010, 01:35 AM

holy steering..............

Wrecker · 01-30-2010, 09:13 AM

That steering looks much better.

The small increase in cg of te servo will be well worth the gained clearance.

01-29-2010, 09:55 PM	#75
70duncan I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah. Posts: 2,024	Here is my 4yr old showing off how much steering this thing is going to have . I think he likes it. And here is my work bench after woring on Four different projects: Welding up some rock sliders and rear bumper for my scaler, Welding and repairing a Berg steering link for my friend, Working on my Super, And staring to work on my 70 charger again (working on the front seats right now) What a mess. I think my son is camera shy, what do you think? I guess it is time for some cleaning. This might take me a little while. Last edited by 70duncan; 01-29-2010 at 09:59 PM.

01-28-2010, 08:25 PM	#61
70duncan I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah. Posts: 2,024	Ok Gary, this is just for you . I have been working on the Super the last couple of days, instead of my scaler . Even though the scaler needs to be ready for Saturdays comp (only 2 days away). I have been racking my brain to figure out a slick steering set up on this rig, and this is what I came up with. Kinda a BTA / OTA steering. I am going to give this a try, and see how I like it. I have one more option to try that brings the steering rod over the motor and gear housing. But, not liking the geometry of the links and the servo movement. So, on to the pictures. Let me know what you guys think. Here are a couple pictures of the quick and easy servo mount. I will be making new ones once the testing is done. And here is a picture of my steering link.

01-28-2010, 08:29 PM	#62
70duncan I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah. Posts: 2,024	Here are a couple of pictures of the final set up for testing. All I have to do now is finish the other side, and install electronics. And then I can finaly go drive this thing . I so excited . But I will still need to mount some new shocks, make new upper and lower links, a ton of other adjustments. But, hay, why bother with the details

01-28-2010, 08:30 PM	#63
dezmoon I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Within The Machine,,, Posts: 2,031	[I]the streering link looks cool,,how do you have the "mount" fastened to it?,

01-28-2010, 08:46 PM	#66
70duncan I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah. Posts: 2,024	Yea, the steering is insane . I can't take credit for it though. I learned by watching TURBOFEST . He posted up how to do it in Jason's super thread a few months ago. The tab is tack welded on top with two welds, and the bottom is welded all the way across. Still learning how to weld small stuff. I am used to 1/2" plate.

01-28-2010, 09:30 PM	#68
Agama Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 954	Your steering looks great. I love how much angle you are getting out of those bully's. I need to do that mod to mine. I've been so slammed at work, I haven't even worked on mine for a week or more.

01-28-2010, 09:41 PM	#69
DeaDShorT RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brighton Posts: 1,015	Holy ****, that steering is insane. Even with the links inboard you still rub!! Us clod boys are going to get it handed to us in the comps.

01-28-2010, 09:43 PM	#70
Mr Glassman Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rock-throwing country Posts: 847	Nice link This rig is coming along nicely!

01-29-2010, 07:51 AM	#71
Wrecker [HOONIGAN] Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Grand Junction Posts: 4,269	I like the link, but your servo sticks out like an anchor. Trust me, with it like that you are going to get hung up on everything. I ran my berg for a while similar to that and it sucked big time.

01-29-2010, 09:21 PM	#73
70duncan I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah. Posts: 2,024	Ok, with Wreckers sugestion, I did some thing a little different for the front steering. I have been trying to keep everything as low as possable, but I just couldn't get the room for the servo arm movement. ( I need tons of room to get all this steering ). So, I stood up the servo and worked on figuring out what I needed. I just have some temp. mounts done for the servo, and I will change after testing. I hope I don't need to make too many changes. For those that are wondering why I made my steering the way I did. I am trying to keep the steering out of the way of the shock mounts that are on the axles. I am going to be using them as soon as my new shocks show up. Enough of the Bla-bla-bla. Here are the pictures. As you can see, My helper was with me today. He loves working on the Rock Crawlers, or our 70 Charger.

01-29-2010, 09:53 PM	#74
Agama Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 954	Damn, this keeps getting better and better.

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01-29-2010, 10:12 PM	#77
gdhknives Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Grand Jct. Posts: 581	Well your bench messy still looks better than mine partly clean. Wicked pisser job on the steering, it helps to give me a goal to shoot for.

01-29-2010, 11:01 PM	#78
rtousley Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Grand Jct. Posts: 445	i like the new steering set up. very forward thinking oh and thanks for welding my berg steering links

01-30-2010, 01:35 AM	#79
dezmoon I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Within The Machine,,, Posts: 2,031	holy steering..............

01-30-2010, 09:13 AM	#80
Wrecker [HOONIGAN] Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Grand Junction Posts: 4,269	That steering looks much better. The small increase in cg of te servo will be well worth the gained clearance.

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