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Got some new treats on the doorstep when i got home from work. Tamiya Cliff Crawler tires. Visual comparison to the Vise Crawlers http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2215.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2222.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2228.jpg They feel pretty soft/gummy compared to the Vise Crawlers. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2235.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2240.jpg I'll get a good test in this weekend |
New tires rock tested http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2345.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2341.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2339.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2354.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2347.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2351.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2321.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2324.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2327.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2328.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2334.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_2337.jpg Grip is improved all around, going up, down, sidehills, etc. Dirt is flung right out of the hollow lugs almost as soon as its packed in keeping the grip consistent. |
Man! I wish I had large rocks like this near me! I am looking forward to getting my CR-01 (got for less than $275 RTR off ebay). Been watchin this build! I only have river rock to crawl on, witch is not nearly as sticky. Life in the big city... |
Looks like you have alot of nice wheelin areas near you. I really like the pic where your front tire starts picking up, "thumbsup" I like the change in tires & wheels also |
Those are some good pics looks like fun "thumbsup" |
Awesome spot you found there. Nice pictures as well, a real treat to watch. :) |
Thanks! This latest crawling spot on the University campus is just one area there. Just driving around the campus I could see at least 3-4 areas that would be good rock crawling. Its like the whole place was built upon a big rock outcrop sticking up from the ocean. The seawall there looks as if its made from rock they blasted out to build the campus on. The spot in the pictures is an area of the parking lot that they decided not to blast away I guess. Its paved all the way around it so it like an island |
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That's not as fun as it looks. The dread torque twist will just get more and more annoying as you tune your rig up. |
UCONN has the best hoops team and now the best crawling spot.... c'mon share with us up in NH! |
Unfortunately, its not the main UCONN campus, that's got the hoops and Gampel Pavilion. Thats like 45 minutes away from this campus. There's still a good amount of college girl eye candy there though 8) :mrgreen: |
I was inspired by mrklaw's thread with the spare wheel mount so i made a cheesy version of my own. Just plain sheet stock cut to about an inch wide, bent and screwed to the frame crossmember. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3197.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3199.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3200.jpg since its so thin, I figured it may vibrate or move around when driving so some of my spare scale bungee cords were untilized to keep the tire movement to a minimum http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3204.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3202.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3208.jpg |
This is the aftermath of one of our scale comps last weekend. It was near some falls that are a popular fishing spot so there were scale booby traps everywhere yes, this is like 4 feet of fishing line http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3188.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3189.jpg with the hex off http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3192.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3194.jpg This was on both rear axles |
Well, I finally twisted a driveshaft to the point of failure. Lots of people on various forums complained that this is one of the first parts to fail, often within a few hours of use. Well, I can say it is the first part to fail on my rig, but its taken just over a year to happen. I use my truck like crazy too, all the time and in comps so its gets its fair share of abuse. I'd say it turned out to be a pretty reliable part compared to what I've heard and read. front driveshaft, on the transmission. Good shot to see the twisted splines. Doesn't look all that bad actually compared to some I've seen. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3209.jpg Rear driveshaft, just ever so slightly tweaked. Its been this way for a long time now, I think its just settled into this form and would be fine for a long time to come. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3212.jpg Here's the strange part. In addition to twisting up along it length, the shaft also bent! I didn't really notice until I fit the two halves together when messing around and spinning them only to notice the shaft go around in a circle instead of spinning on itself. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3214.jpg |
wow, everytime mine look like its going to twist the ball joint just pops off haha |
nice rig and pictures, sucks about the drive shaft. The fishing line thing really irks me. Is it so hard to take your spent line and put it in your pocket to throw away. I love fishing and go all the time, just cant stand how some people are just that lazy. sry bout the rant lol its really a nice rig though"thumbsup" |
Thanks! I've gotten fishing line caught up in my rig a couple times, its a pain in the ass. It hasn't really broken anything though, its the weak stuff |
I never worry about breaking propshafts as they are cheap and easy to replace and i would rather they broke than something in the gearbox or axles. Only ever broke one myself and that was in a comp a week after i brought my CR-01 just after they were released. |
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My solution with the stock shafts - which I photographed and never posted - was to cut off the tube sections of the spare outer shafts, cut them down to size, and put those loose onto the shafts being used. It always seemed to work for me, because the twist only tends to happen on the exposed section of inner shaft, so will less of it exposed and free to twist, the less it happens. EDIT: Also good to see a die-hard canti fan. I'd put cantis back on mine, if only the alu spring mounts you can get were complete, and didn't need the stock plastic fronts to make them work. EDIT: How's the CR-01 tuned motor holding up? Happy with it? |
What did you use for the front and rear lights ? really need to get some installed on mine. |
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I like the canti set up now. Its pretty much tweaked to where it works they way Tamiya intended. And its funky and unusual which I like as well. The CR motor has been working great. Nice and torquey and smooth. Its got runtime forever which is a gift and a curse, sometimes you just want the damn battery to die already! |
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The kit comes with light buckets and two types of stickers for the head and taillights, The translucent stickers if youre going to run LEDs and the opaque stickers if youre going to run no lights. I then bought the Tamiya TLU-01 w/white LED and Tamiya red LED. For the roof I got the smaller 3mm LED |
Cheers for that "thumbsup" i just found a few on fleabay so time to make some bids. |
Scale run this past weekend at Rock Island. Everyone was invited to try out the new layout. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3442.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3441.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3440.jpg got some more to come tonight. Some deep water crossing, the new waterfall area had a nice big deep river now. Deep enough that my headlights went under in a few places |
More. Deep water crossing at Rock Island http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3423.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3424.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3425.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3426.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3427.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3428.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3429.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3431.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3433.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3434.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3435.jpg |
Lowered this thing. Medium springs all around, it was too high with hard springs all around. Hits the body in the left rear more than before. Maybe should invest in some short barrell springs then I can go back to hard. The medium work well at the beach though and in all the wet nasty trails. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3723.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3771.jpg Also, killed off my last stock spare male driveshaft half. Almost time to look into some metal units :D Not yet though, I've got another spare coming for free when my Bronco bodyset arrives, thanks Eric! |
its this thread alone that makes me wish i hadnt torn and gotten rid of my cr01!!! :sad: great pics as usual and that rock course looks like a real fun place to run. .. . do you have any pics of the whole layout? |
Here's a partial shot. This is literally like a quarter of the entire layout. Its huge, with rope bridges, log bridges, mud pit, and of course rocks and waterfall. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/DSC_3431.jpg I'll get a big pic when we do the Kreepy Krawl in two weeks |
New lightbar installed. I broke the PL one long ago and had it glued etc. Must have glued it 30 times since almost everytime I went over the left end light broke back off again. Never again with this kit. Thick rollbar over the lights so i shouldn't break a light off ever. RPM lightbar for Slash It was a bit too wide for the mounts to work on the FJ40 shell so I attached it to the PL roof rack http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3862.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3863.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3864.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3867.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3861.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3868.jpg |
The spur gear is starting to give me grief. Its done its duty with the rig being used anywhere from 2 to 5 times a week for over a year. Its pretty worn so it skips a bit when the gear mesh is set, its got a section of badly worn teeth. It doesn't skip if set tight. But then it sounds like shit when the gear mesh is too tight :? So time to invest in one of those. |
Details Just noticed the skate board in your roof rack, HA!:) |
haha, I really should invest in some more realistic crawling accessories. Its like is this guy taking the offroad route to his favorite skate spot? |
Do you still have the stock prop shafts in there Nick? |
yes I do. And I've got one spare thanks to Eric. He sent me one when I got the Bronco body since I had used up my spares. |
I really think all the loose diff movement puts too much stress on driveline and tranny. Roll the rig a good inch or so before the diff lock catches. Hopefully, permanent lockers gets rid of it. Then some metal prop shafts. The new planetary gears should get me by for a bit, thats my main issue at the moment, the spur gear. I need to chill out on the purchases though...Or maybe drive it a bit less |
Good pic's i like the color. |
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Okay, I was just wondering if the gearbox wear/damage might have been caused by too much stress that would have been taken by the stock shafts, I guess not :) |
Its wierd I've always had the gear mesh set pretty good. If you moved the tires back and forth there was always just a slight gap between the teeth. I think it just took a hard stop one too many times and wore down the teeth in one area. Its got a stock pinion so no change there. |
Here's the aftermath... Anyone need a saw blade? http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3916.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3919.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3920.jpg And other half http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3935.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3937.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3932.jpg |
I have installed the short barrel springs, though they won't be used until I get another pinion. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3927.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_3928.jpg I like how they feel just moving the chassis around. They are a little bit thicker guage wire so they seem a bit more firm. This is a soft (red) barrel next to a medium (yellow) stocker. The wire looks about the same thickness. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...o/DSC_3921.jpg |
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