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CrawlAZ · 06-11-2006, 04:23 PM

Well I decided after getting my TLT SW2 mocked up and running it a little, it was time to change battery location and make things a little cleaner. The battery used to sit towards the back leaning on the tranny. I knew I wanted the weight forward, but I also wanted to drive the friggin thing! But let me tell you after putting the battery up front it has made a world of difference! Completely different crawler. Also I cut about 6 inches off the wire to the motor and now it is like 2, I think it gave it a little more umpfh. Maybe it's just in my head. Anyways tell me what you think and things I can improve on (besides swapping the axles front and rear I made that mistake and I think it will stay that way for a while).

P.S. check out the fog lights on the battery

Cole82 · 06-11-2006, 04:26 PM

Get real tires on that bad boy.
Masher 2000 work really well.
Allso remove the servo saver. Use a standard horn.

CrawlAZ · 06-11-2006, 04:29 PM

What's a standard horn? Yeah I need real tires REAL bad, im gettin moab's though. Here is a before pic.

Cole82 · 06-11-2006, 04:46 PM

When you get the bigger tires with more traction. The servo will turn but the tires won't. If you have a servo horn ti will turn the tires, not the servo saver.
Nice lights by the way.

CrawlAZ · 06-11-2006, 05:13 PM

sounds like a necesity, but (excuse me here im a newbie to crawling) what IS a servo horn? haha

Cole82 · 06-11-2006, 05:22 PM

No big deal
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXD668&P=ML

scruff007 · 06-12-2006, 02:15 AM

Most servos come with multiple horn with them. I used the one that's just a big round horn and you can drill holes accordingly. It resembles a diff. brake on a Rockwell 2 1/2 ton axle. You may want to shorten the upper or lenghthen the lower links to level out your front axle. It may put a little more stress on the axle with it kind of steering towards the ground.

STEEL_CITY_CRAWLER · 06-12-2006, 06:35 AM

also, when you put 2.2 wheels and tires on it, you'll probabally want to lower it altogether, it already looks like you are getting about 3 inches of under belly clearance already, but when you put the bigger wheels and tires on, it will raise it between 1 and 1.5 inches, which will put your center of gravity WAAAAY too high.

EeePee · 06-12-2006, 07:26 AM

Doesn't Bender build them with the intent of having the motor on the driver's side?

06-11-2006, 04:23 PM	#1
CrawlAZ Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Scottsdale Posts: 180	New and improved SW2... Well I decided after getting my TLT SW2 mocked up and running it a little, it was time to change battery location and make things a little cleaner. The battery used to sit towards the back leaning on the tranny. I knew I wanted the weight forward, but I also wanted to drive the friggin thing! But let me tell you after putting the battery up front it has made a world of difference! Completely different crawler. Also I cut about 6 inches off the wire to the motor and now it is like 2, I think it gave it a little more umpfh. Maybe it's just in my head. Anyways tell me what you think and things I can improve on (besides swapping the axles front and rear I made that mistake and I think it will stay that way for a while). P.S. check out the fog lights on the battery

06-11-2006, 04:26 PM	#2
Cole82 I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids Posts: 2,028	Get real tires on that bad boy. Masher 2000 work really well. Allso remove the servo saver. Use a standard horn.

06-11-2006, 04:29 PM	#3
CrawlAZ Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Scottsdale Posts: 180	What's a standard horn? Yeah I need real tires REAL bad, im gettin moab's though. Here is a before pic.

06-11-2006, 04:46 PM	#4
Cole82 I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids Posts: 2,028	When you get the bigger tires with more traction. The servo will turn but the tires won't. If you have a servo horn ti will turn the tires, not the servo saver. Nice lights by the way.

06-11-2006, 05:13 PM	#5
CrawlAZ Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Scottsdale Posts: 180	sounds like a necesity, but (excuse me here im a newbie to crawling) what IS a servo horn? haha

06-11-2006, 05:22 PM	#6
Cole82 I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids Posts: 2,028	No big deal http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXD668&P=ML

06-12-2006, 02:15 AM	#7
scruff007 Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winston-Salem Posts: 328	Most servos come with multiple horn with them. I used the one that's just a big round horn and you can drill holes accordingly. It resembles a diff. brake on a Rockwell 2 1/2 ton axle. You may want to shorten the upper or lenghthen the lower links to level out your front axle. It may put a little more stress on the axle with it kind of steering towards the ground.

06-12-2006, 06:35 AM	#8
STEEL_CITY_CRAWLER RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MUSE, PA Posts: 1,273	also, when you put 2.2 wheels and tires on it, you'll probabally want to lower it altogether, it already looks like you are getting about 3 inches of under belly clearance already, but when you put the bigger wheels and tires on, it will raise it between 1 and 1.5 inches, which will put your center of gravity WAAAAY too high.

06-12-2006, 07:26 AM	#9
EeePee MODERATOR™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 18,928	Doesn't Bender build them with the intent of having the motor on the driver's side?

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