My Bender Customs SW3

[slugzracing]

Several months back I heard a rumor there was something new from Bender Customs and a quick PM, begging and pleading, and some shoe polish later I was able to buy one. I have never been so happy with a product right from the get go. After bolting everything together I made maybe 2 adjustments to the spring preload and that has been it. The beveled delrin skid slides over things like butter while keeping the laydown tranny as low as you can get it without bashing the case. Oh and my favorite feature, two screws to remove the transmission for quick and easy gear/motor/driveshaft swaps. My previous TLT required removing the links from one side of the chassis, dissasembly of the chassis and then wiggling the tranny and motor out. Not any more
The twin floating shock mounts that make this possible are held in place by stock hardware that comes with your TLT kit, just slip a little locktight on the screws and you are golden. What else is there to love about the SW3? Black! Smooth, clean, and cool black!
Specs on my rig are
12.5 inch WB
60-40 links
Double triangulated rear links (slugzracing inc signature)
Standard 4 link up front using a bender Customs Servo mount
645mg
Mamba25 and park 400 (until the Quark33 and 3013 get here )

[Brandon M]

Wow. Awesome, great day when bender makes another chassis lol. Nice rig

[Xtant3150c]

Wow That Looks Killahz!!!

Looks like another Winner from Bender!

[86chevy]

Oh so that was the secret home made chassis. Haha nice truck!

[DISTURBIN' tha PEACE]

Hey slug, what's with the rear links? They don't look too triangulated.

[srfrkyle1234]

what do you mean by beveled skid plate. from the top down its hard to see at which angle its beveled

[slugzracing]

Originally Posted by DISTURBIN' tha PEACE

Hey slug, what's with the rear links? They don't look too triangulated.

It doesn't look like much but they mount on opposite sides of the chassis plate then cross on their way out to the axle. It holds very well but you have to bend the links a little bit when they are mounted that close together (same screw requires a lot of bending). I have been running links like that since my first TLT build.

Beveled- the underside of the skid Tapers up toward the chassis plates creating a smoother round edge to slide over rocks instead of a sudden 90* angle from the skid to the chassis plate. From my experiance it helps the rig slide sideways over obstacles that you are attempting to 'bump.'

[Wrecker]

Nice slugz!!
I didn't even realize your rear link setup out crawling, that's a pretty sweet deal.

[Bam Bam]

How did you get one already?

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by Bam Bam

How did you get one already?

There's a handful of these that have been going through testing for awhile.

[chivas72]

i like you link set up i knew it looked kinda weird

how well does it work

by a newbies perspective it seems as if it would bind

great build ! ! ! ! !

[Bam Bam]

Originally Posted by BENDER

There's a handful of these that have been going through testing for awhile.

Yah might redo the tlt now with a proline bug body and a sw3 when they come out.

[Wrecker]

Originally Posted by Bam Bam

Yah might redo the tlt now with a proline bug body and a sw3 when they come out.

The bug body with the sw3 is almost mandatory.

[theTman]

Originally Posted by BENDER

There's a handful of these that have been going through testing for awhile.

how much will they cost when they come out? also, when will they be available. maybe they will be out and feasable in price by the time i have enough for my first crawler, which will be a tlt sw2 if not an sw3.

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by theTman

how much will they cost when they come out? also, when will they be available. maybe they will be out and feasable in price by the time i have enough for my first crawler, which will be a tlt sw2 if not an sw3.

Not sure on price, still working all that out. I'm about a month out from starting them.