1st crawler 1st tuber

[mudboger07]

ok prob not a good idea to start off with a tube frame but here it goes lol. Wheel base 17 1/2" frame 15" GC 4"

[Eritex Inc.]

Good clean design. For a first or even tenth tuber it looks great.


keep up the good work

[jagg]

Looks great, mine sits at 17.5 and 3.5. Did you use 3/16 or 1/4 for your tubing. Looking forward to more .

[mudboger07]

1/4, the 3/16 looked kinda small when I tried a peice, it's just going to be a back yard basher...lol. Looks like I'll have to cut the stock rims down to be able to get the links mounted correctly.

[AZOREAN]

Looks great.

[2kwk4u]

I like it so far

[mudboger07]

I'm going to try to get the link brackets fabed tonight nad hopefully make the links over the weekend.

[redrustbucket]

Looks good, and clean.

[mudboger07]

Got the links fabbed up last night, Just trying to see were I'm going to have tomount the shocks. As it sits 18" wheel base 4 1/2 GC

[jagg]

Looks good, maybe a bit high at 4.5 though. What upper link mounts are those, they look really tall.

[mudboger07]

I fabbed them myself, I think i put them at 3/4" above the top of the axle. Is that too far? I'm hopping after the shocks are on the GC wil go down to about 4" or so?

[JeremyH]

Looking good man!

[mudboger07]

Thanks, Just trying to figure these things out......lol trial and error i guess.......lol

[jagg]

I would lower them about 1/2". This is the only pic I have right now, but you can see that my links are closer to the diff.

[mudboger07]

Ok, i'll give it a try, i picked up my shocks at lunch to id like to get them on this weekend.

[mudboger07]

Ok, got the links figured out, mounted the shocks, servo and steering linkage. Waiting on radio, ESC, battery, motors.

[some_guy]

have you thought of moving your lower links to the top of the knuckles

it will give better clearance on your links

[mudboger07]

Ya, it just looked like a good place to mount them.....lol, I'll prob change to the upper knuckle before long, I just replaced the lower links from 1/4" to 3/8" for strength. thanks for the idea.

[redrustbucket]

I'd lower it. Set it up so your upper links are parallel to the ground or close to it. It will be way more stable.

Drilling the links for your shock mounts may not be a good idea. It will weaken them. I'd use cable clamps or something similar instead.

My 2c.

[mudboger07]

That was my first choice redrustbucket, I looked all over town and couldnt find any.....or anything that would work also I thought if I mounted them at the top of the knuckle they would hit the axle brace when flexing. I made the first lower links from 1/4" but changed them to 3/8 for strength. does it make that much of a defferance of the lower links to be that way?