Custom Billet TLT
 

Here is a TLT I built a little while back. Some have asked me to post it since they saw it on the trailer in my King Krawler Hauler post in Gen. Crawlers last week. Pretty much all custom build. ;-) I machined the Chassis, Bead-Loc Rims, Servo-4-link Mts.and skid. Also the one of a kind single speed tranny. The pix tell the rest… "thumbsup"
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Looks pretty cool.

Really like the wheels.

that is a sweet build i hope my turns out half that good "thumbsup"

Nice build, you built the tranny? any pics of the tranny build up, specs on it, ratios?"thumbsup"

that is sweet"thumbsup"

looks sweet, now all you need is billet axel caseings steering knuckels shocks and rc4wd drive shafts, then it will be completely billet"thumbsup"

FINALLY"thumbsup" I have been waiting for you to post this, I guess my nagging finally paid off :mrgreen: :lol:

You guys have to see this thing in person to really appreciate it, its a work of art and crawls good too!

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awesome pics! ! !

where did you get those white shock offsets ? ? ?

That is some sweet fabrication. Nice chassis.
Nice spur gear, too. That looks beefy.
Your body mount solution is fabulous. That C-10 body looks even better with no body posts poking through it. And it looks ridiculously easy to fine-tune the position of the body on the chassis. I spent a couple hours drilling 30 holes in my chassis moving the posts around trying to get the new body position just right. Great idea you got there.
Now I really regret punching 4 holes in the '73 Bronco body I just finished for my TLT. Damn!!!
I've gotta ask, where did you get those savory blue washers for the allen head bolts? Those just reek of trickness. I've gotta have some...

I was wondering the same thing.

And I seem to be getting a bad case of beadlock envy... and skidplate-envy... and tranny-envy... more or less just general crawler-envy I guess...

That looks outstanding. Very nice machine work. I have thought about making some wheels for my TLT, how did you make the hex? ( I hope you don't say CNC mill)

Lotta "?'s"..:
Chivas72: Those bushings are the ones I make up for the Dual Shock Mounts I make for Bruisers


Big Mike:
The Bodymount holds real good, only problem you don't always get it straight, but is adjustable...:lol: ..The trim washers are some I had left over from my Heli days, shop around on some Heli sites and you might locate them:?: if not I'll try to find a link and send it to ya...Thanks for the comments...much appreciated

WOW, great job it looks very clean and just by looking at it i'm sure it's a capable crawler. I hope you start selling these chassis cuz i would buy one.

OK, I won't ;-) but thats how I did the hex...sorry..:-(

I didn't use a Machine Center w/ a tool changer and all, just a retrofitted Bridgeport

here is a link to where I got the trim washers, :-P give them a try and maybe some net surfin will turn some up :lol:

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Perfect! Thanks!

WOW! Talk about CUSTOM! Kevin I have been waiting for you to post this. It is BAD A$$!! Great job like always!!

Damn I wish I could do half as good but all I got is a hacksaw and files lol

Hey Kevin, arent you forgetting the part about you machined your own half shafts and wideners too :lol: "thumbsup"

:shock: shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yeah I did.....:oops:.................:lol:

Man that motor mount is sweet....

You custom made those rims? I think not. I have the exact same ones and they are RC4WD First ones that they made. I think you misspelled Rims and must have meant Rings, Right

who cares, this thing is MONEY. awesome craftsmanship and an overall great rig. I especially like the "custom tranny" and also the wheel/tire combination (the swampers and rims make the rig look very scale). GREAT JOB!!!"thumbsup"

SORRY :-( But I DID indeed make the rims.
They are very similar to rc4wd rims mainly because they are modular. I don’t own a set of his rims, so I don’t know how close my sizes are to his. Actually I used to supply rc4wd w/ my parts but not as of lately. Here is another set I made for my tube crawler. If you look closely mine have a deeper inner radius, w/ zero backspacing, plus the area around the mounting nut has different diameters...."thumbsup"

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I think so Brrreeehhhhh:evil: :flipoff: , Kevin is a tap and die tool maker for 25 years and I sent him pictures of my beadlock wheels and he made them on an old school lathe converted to CNC at his place :roll: Why dont you take a look around at his stuff and half the custom shiat on my trucks and youll see this guy has serious fabrication skillz and 9.99 times out of 10 he can make stuff just by looking at pictures....he has been around this site ALOT longer then it says reading up and all the great info and can pretty much making ANYTHING :flipoff: He is also the one that made the original "Juggsterr" Bruiser wheels too, wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy back in the day, so he is no newbie to making wheels and if you look close, you can see how the center of the rim is drilled differently and much nicer then rc4wd and notice how the wheels are deburred and stuff...

some fawkin people... Im telling ya:roll:

Actually here are my cad drawlings..:shock: :lol:



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Obviously you DO NOT KNOW "Juggsterr" ... :mrgreen:

Kevin also DESIGNED & BUILT the "1st TRUE" TXT!!! ...
WAY BEFORE Tamiya even made their prototype!!!! :flipoff:
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Sorry for the poor camera pics... BUT you get the gist... "thumbsup"

Bryan/RCholic

wow thats quite something,it looks just like a txt..

i have seen this thing, and his tuber. trust me guys, you dont own anything like it unless he built it for you(mike). everything on his trucks is clean and well built. very impressive trucks."thumbsup"

Hi juggster, you haven't answered my question on post #4 about the tranny, do you ahve any pics or specs, i'am very interested.:)

Sweet chassis, I like the minimalist design. "thumbsup"

My apology goes to juggsterr
 

Sorry about that, your the second one or first of two or more that had their design stolen by a certain Company then. like i said Sorry about jumping on your sheet.

What a dick! Who does he think he is the rccrawler patent Police?:lol:


Nice looking rig Juggster! Just like all the rest that you have done!"thumbsup"

DITTO i wanna know about that tranny perhaps some more pics? and that whole truck is gorgeous!!!

SORRY :-( But I don't have a whole lot of photos on the tranny. When I started the build, I was putting one of my other trannys in it. But it wasn't working out. :x So I sat down and started drawing and this is what I came up w/. I didn't know if it would even work :shock: So I built it and installed it and it did pretty well for what I use my crawler for :lol: So I have yet to take it out and install bearings in it. YES it appears to be top heavy, but like I said It's not for comps, just playin around on the rocks ;-) and its something I built, so I guess thats good enough for me :mrgreen: As far as the gear ratio, I haven't even figured it out. ;-) I just used the gears I had on hand, but if you ask me its pretty low, it just creeps along "thumbsup"

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WOW! That things look BEEFY! If it performs anything near the one you built for me it is PERFECT. Awesome custom tranny for an awesome custom rig! GREAT JOB!

Great Job


Sick!!

Your rig is off the hook! Your machine work is awsome. I think you need to put a little more rock rash on her though. Adds character,right:lol: .

Are the gears in the tranny from stock drive products? I am working on a tranny design to help my max rig climb better. I was wandering how aluminum to aluminum would wear.

I can't wait to see your next creation.

thanks juggsterr, you are an artist, that whole rig is a work of art"thumbsup"