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07-08-2005, 12:52 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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|  My crawler just 'finished' (UPDATED 7/10 More Pics) ...56k nightmare
Hey here is my crawler that i just finished i didnt have to widen the chassis at all thanks to thefordmccord (Thread) ... still havnt gotten the max shocks in the mail   The Mandatory flex pose (front)  (back)    its freakin 1 bigilion times better than the stocker lol i wish i had a pic of the stock one. Any suggestions welcome... Last edited by nd4spdbh; 09-16-2005 at 06:03 PM. |
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07-08-2005, 02:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: www.ORCRC.com
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Looks good.... Humm - Suggestions..... Ditch the plastic yokes ASAP. Shave your axles. |
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07-08-2005, 02:49 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: denville , new jersey
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looks awsome , if you dont mind what is your wheelbase now and did you use tmaxx turnbuckles. thanks building one of these for my son.
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07-08-2005, 02:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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Looks good! Perhaps try to get the battery off the chassis and down above the steering servo. That should help quite a bit climbing stuff, and just crawling in general... rYan |
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07-08-2005, 02:59 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Carlisle, KY
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Ya know, I don't really know why everyone says to ditch the plastic yolks. I run them on mine, and I give my truck hell. I have a 27 turn motor with a gd-600 and I have not had any problem with them. I have stripped the rear diff gear and broken a few axle shafts but have yet to have a plastic yolk break or fall off... Also, thanks for the props nd4spdbh. The TLT is looking good!! Nice work. Now you need to round up some better shocks. The stock shocks are junkers. |
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07-08-2005, 03:12 PM
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| Im Brandon   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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Looks good man!! If you need some maxx shocks let me know, I bought 8 and will only be using 4 of them...
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07-08-2005, 03:32 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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fordnut i will get the measurments asap also check out this threadWell, my Stampede came in... (56K Warming) thanks guys for ur input. i am doing just fine now with the plastic yokes but if they start to be stupid ima switch to da steel ones. i dont think ima shave the axles cus they will just do that them selvez by hittin rocks and stuff. i was thinking about puttin the battery somewhere on the front axle but i wanna keep it a stick pack. Also i found a good deal on max shocks on ebay. maxx shocks and rear pede shocks are the same so i bought 2 of deez http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WD1V ya da stock shocks are CRAP period they are sooo way to soft! |
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07-08-2005, 03:51 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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ford nut the WB is 11.5 in. Upper links Traxxas Turnbuckles Front 108mm T-Maxx 2.5 (yes they are longer) Lower links Traxxas Turnbuckles 96mm T-Maxx I would suggest to do the same axle bracket setup that i have it spreads the upper and lower links the furthest apart (as you can c i even put like 1/8 in. spacers on the upper link mounts. so pretty much spread the upper and lowerlinks on the axles as much as you can. this is what i c of it i dunno if its 100% right |
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07-08-2005, 04:33 PM
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| Im Brandon Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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Hmm those seem sorta pricey, $12 a pair!! so $24 total, shoot me a PM I can make you a better deal.
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07-08-2005, 05:13 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada.
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will revo push rods work good i can get em 10 bucks canadian  |
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07-08-2005, 06:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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i have no clue if the push rods will work? hey u guys what should i use for steering links the stock ones are a bit weak
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07-08-2005, 07:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mt.View CA
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any plans for a new chassis?....
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07-08-2005, 08:55 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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not really i was thinkin about buying a bulu2 but i like the narrowness of this chassis pluss im not gonna be compeeting or n e thing so w/e it crawls pretty damn good as is. Hey another question when you guys break your tlt axle shafts where do they break? at the diff? in the middle? at the ball?
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07-09-2005, 07:06 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004
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what wheels are those? your wheel stance looks wider than normal and your not using and axle wideners,, gettin those wheels will save me some cash..
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07-09-2005, 07:15 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Carlisle, KY
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07-09-2005, 07:22 AM
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07-09-2005, 09:45 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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freakin tight i will end up doing the break line thing cus the steering links that i have are *****!! lol and for the ppl above about the rims which some one has posted but i will post again they are Ofna Wheel 2.2" Truck Chrome RTR (2) WORK like a charm and they make it very wide. it saved me like 30 to 40 bucks on axle wideners!!  hey and thanks thefordmccord for all of ur input! Last edited by nd4spdbh; 07-09-2005 at 09:49 AM. |
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07-09-2005, 05:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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thefordmccord YOU ARE DA BOMB... the brake line tubing works perfect and strenghtens the steering links a ton... pluss it saved me tons of money. (on my car inshurance...lol jk) hey also another question.. should i go with the stock servo saver or servo horn or a better servo saver? i c ur runnin a horn... mashers run better backwards?? |
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07-09-2005, 07:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose
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Why would you not mount your lower links in the bracket instead on the outside? I mean it makes soo much sense to mount them inside.
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07-09-2005, 07:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Crafty mexicans and your glass candy...
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less binding?? thats what i do.... |
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