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860Crawler 09-25-2008 08:19 PM

Adventure on the Logs
 
Enjoy

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Shocks now officially leak like a sieve, time to upgrade!

srcars 09-26-2008 01:56 AM

Really cool phots, and nice choice on body colour ;-)

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Shocks now officially leak like a sieve, time to upgrade!
But what to ?

Steve182 09-26-2008 08:17 AM

Great photos! What type of camera are you using ?

860Crawler 09-26-2008 08:28 AM

Thanks.

Tamiya makes some aluminum upgrade shocks that might work well. I'll have to check some out.

The camera is a Nikon D40, most of the shots were taken from far away with a 55-200mm lens.

860Crawler 09-26-2008 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by srcars (Post 1358319)
Really cool phots, and nice choice on body colour ;-)



But what to ?

Just found these, might give them a try

http://www.atomicmods.com/Products/3...et__14513.aspx

srcars 09-26-2008 03:41 PM

Post number 13 in this thread http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/tamiya-cr-01/132100-drive-shafts.html

says no good. I presume they are the same as they look identical. I was about to buy a set but didnt.

860Crawler 09-26-2008 06:30 PM

Oh yeah, I remember that.

How about these GMade ones on the junfac site

http://www.junfac.com/shop/index.php...roducts_id=211

Don't know if anyone has had a chance to test them and give an opinion.

teamstrc 09-26-2008 09:09 PM

Hi Guys, just browsing around, nice looking rig and great pictures. By the way, we make threaded shock bodies/collars/retainer upgrade kit for the CR01. Please check it out when you get a chance:

http://www.teamstrc.com/ebproduct.asp?catmainid=23&p=2

Steve

Steve182 09-26-2008 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 860Crawler (Post 1358463)
Thanks.

Tamiya makes some aluminum upgrade shocks that might work well. I'll have to check some out.

The camera is a Nikon D40, most of the shots were taken from far away with a 55-200mm lens.

Thanks for the info, I love the clarity of your pics.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 860Crawler (Post 1359079)
Oh yeah, I remember that.

How about these GMade ones on the junfac site

http://www.junfac.com/shop/index.php...roducts_id=211

Don't know if anyone has had a chance to test them and give an opinion.

Those look really nice, if they have a good reputation, I might pick up a set of those.

JatoTheRipper 09-26-2008 10:26 PM

Nice color on the truck!

860Crawler 09-27-2008 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teamstrc (Post 1359227)
Hi Guys, just browsing around, nice looking rig and great pictures. By the way, we make threaded shock bodies/collars/retainer upgrade kit for the CR01. Please check it out when you get a chance:

http://www.teamstrc.com/ebproduct.asp?catmainid=23&p=2

Steve

I've been eyeing your stuff for a while now, love the aluminum parts, I'll be getting some stuff soon.

Thanks for the comments, guys

Stormin2u 09-27-2008 04:31 PM

Nice photos your rig looks great.

860Crawler 09-27-2008 06:44 PM

Now with trail/rock content!
New wheels finally on and 6oz in each front now, here's some pics from this afternoon between rainstorms

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The weight really helped, big difference from when I did this on the original wheels unweighted. We'll see what happens when its dry!

Trag 09-29-2008 09:41 AM

First i want to add that your truck is amazing in these photos but im sure you heard that already. Ive been looking at this thread for a while just scoping out the pics and I had a question on your swaybars, did you ditch the front or no cause in one pic I can see the rear but not the front. Thanks.

860Crawler 09-29-2008 10:50 AM

Thanks,

I have no sway bar in front. I feel it gives more flexibility, while having the softer bar installed in the rear prevents torque twist and give stability when climbing.

vipxj 09-29-2008 12:19 PM

Just love the color,and great pics.

860Crawler 10-04-2008 06:46 PM

New stuff from last week. I think this is where I stripped out a lower link causing a cascade of new purchases to address the problem.

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StarOne 10-04-2008 08:06 PM

nice
 
Nice photos...looks like you have some experiance.

RM

"Do not take life to seriously....You will not get out alive!"

Trag 10-07-2008 09:42 AM

Awsome new photos looks like your rig can go anywhere.

860Crawler 10-07-2008 09:49 AM

Thanks!

Heh, lots of tipping! Some of those shots it was on the verge of going over. It takes a lot of getting used to. I can predict pretty well now where I can go and where it will roll. It still surprises me though

The only pic I'm not fond of is the sunset pic, because its too dark and also because its the one place where the truck didnt actually get to on its own. I just saw the sunset on the water so I set the truck out on a big ass rock in front of the water to take the pic.

860Crawler 11-08-2008 05:46 PM

Well, I've added the 3Racing bent links. Cut down and cleaned up that rear servo tray. Topped off the leaky stock shocks with a few more drops of oil. Still waiting on the GMade shocks. They say they shipped on 10/31 from Korea so who knows where in the world they are now.

Some new pics from last week down at the beach

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Enjoy.

th67ss 11-08-2008 06:38 PM

WOW those are some great looking pictures!!!

From Korea to Illinois it pretty much takes a good week.


....Tom

carlos46 11-09-2008 07:06 AM

It's fantastic pictures "thumbsup"

slammed1 11-09-2008 09:46 PM

Great pics and a nice job on the rig."thumbsup"

860Crawler 11-10-2008 08:04 AM

Thanks!

860Crawler 11-28-2008 07:05 PM

Couple new pics at my local rock. Swapped in all firm (blue) springs for a while. Took those blue bent links and stripped and buffed them, much better in silver!


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John74 11-28-2008 11:26 PM

Loving the pics my friend , stunning just stunning.

iwantoffroad 11-28-2008 11:56 PM

great pictures
great rig"thumbsup"

860Crawler 12-28-2008 09:19 AM

Here's the coilover setup currently on the rig. I did take them apart and put some plasic spacers inside the shock to limit down travel as someone here recommended, since these are a little long when fully extended. I broke or loosened something in the tranny today when I was out testing. It was climbing a rock when the motor suddenly free spins and the rig shoots down the rocks in reverse. I cheked the pinion/spur and its meshed up fine and spins with the motor so something inside the gearbox is stripped/loose or broken. I compressed the suspension and gave it somet throttle and the gears meshed back together and spun the wheels. So without taking it apart I'm not sure what came loose. I sure it has to do with the extreme driveline angle though.

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860Crawler 12-29-2008 11:06 AM

No problems with the gearbox, looks pristine and perfectly lubed. The problem was a loose grub screw on the pinion. When there was no strain on the gearbox everything spun fine but as soon as there was some kind of friction the motor shaft was spinning inside the pinion. It was getting worse with the driveshafts binding at the extreme angle they were in.

Put everything back to cantilever for the time being until I can get some shorter overall length shocks as well

SKareKrow 01-01-2009 11:58 PM

Nice Photos"thumbsup"
Are those the 104mm shocks? How do they go with the canti setup?
As for the pinion grub screw try some loctite on the thread, it worked for me on my TXT with twin motors.

860Crawler 01-02-2009 09:00 AM

They are 104mm shocks. They work great in the cantilever setup, but as coilovers they are just a bit too long. Limiting the movement with spacers inside the shocks made the springs too compressed and still made the ride height too tall. There was like 3.5 - 4" under the gearbox, should be more like 2.5-3". In those last pics the springs are compressed about a half inch already. If I put it back into the coilover set up again I'll get something like 90mm length shocks.

Right now I set it back up as Tamiya says. Cantilever with firm springs up front and medium in the rear, chassis sits level this way. Rear links on top of the servo mount with spacers as EePee does so the rear upper links are nearly level now. After trying a bunch of different setups over the past couple months I forgot how good this basic set up works out.

Yeah, I did some loctite on the grub screw this time, haha! I feel like a fool for overlooking the simplest thing:lol:

fatwoul 01-02-2009 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 860Crawler (Post 1417619)

Liking the slow sync. Looks like D40s deserve a better press than they get.

Also impressed at the DOF you're getting from a lens with such a small aperture.

Oh, and the CR-01 looks good too. :ror:

860Crawler 01-02-2009 09:26 AM

Thanks, I'm enjoying the D40, its surpised me at what its capable of, just like the CR-01!

HDMM 01-02-2009 10:27 AM

Alot of great pics there! Some of those looked like Mohegan Park?

dieselfuel 01-02-2009 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 860Crawler (Post 1358463)
Thanks.

Tamiya makes some aluminum upgrade shocks that might work well. I'll have to check some out.

The camera is a Nikon D40, most of the shots were taken from far away with a 55-200mm lens.


hell yeah! ive got a D60.those are some really nice pics man.

megacabcummins 01-02-2009 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 860Crawler (Post 1417619)

That's a cool pic "thumbsup"

fatwoul 01-02-2009 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dieselfuel (Post 1504237)
hell yeah! ive got a D60.those are some really nice pics man.

D3 8)

But it's not the gear it's what you can do with it, and these pictures are good ones.

860Crawler 01-02-2009 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HDMM (Post 1504198)
Alot of great pics there! Some of those looked like Mohegan Park?

Yeah Mohegan Park and Harkness Park are the main places I go.



Someday I'll upgrade the camera but for now the little D40 is doing great, I'm still learning this photography thing.

860Crawler 01-27-2009 04:53 PM

Added the Proline roof rack and lightbar. haven't gotten around to wiring the lightbar yet. Hell, I haven't even taken an outdoor picture of this rig in months now since its so damn cold. Using it outside in this weather is enough, mitten on my steering hand and glove on the trigger hand, LOL!

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Homemade bungee cords as show in a tutorial thread in the scale section

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Cantilevers back in action as stated previously.


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