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06-05-2009, 12:32 AM
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| Throwing Grenades   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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|  Harley's Losi Thread - Review, Models, Parts, ETC....  So I am sure all of you have been anxiously waiting to hear my end all be all opinion  Well my Comp Crawler came in this afternoon. I looked it over while at work, first impression is great. Fit and finish of the parts is much better than the MRC. My crawler is number: RC-000760 for the record. Cons Of course I want to bitch about a few things right off the bat. Just looking at the standard hardware pisses me off. Dumbest freaking idea ever. The beadlock screw heads are WAY too small. Also the links hitting the driveshaft at articulation is a poor design in my opinion. With the speed of the driveshafts in a worm gear truck I feel this should have been fixed. We already know that the CVD's that came in this truck are not going to last, so we will skip that until I get it on the rocks. I don't like side mounted body posts, it's a personal preference. However I also hate mounting bodies, so I will call that a wash. Pros The chassis looks top notch, Austin obviously did a great job getting his design ideas in there while he was with Losi, again great job. The shocks have been a choice of mine on my Berg comp rig for a year or so already. The electronics, battery and RX tray are in great spots. The wire routing clamp under the RX tray is a nice touch, way to go the extra mile. The transmission feels smooth when operating it by hand, first impression seems great. The size of these axles is great, clearance is amazing and steering is very nice (lets see if we get to keep all of it once we get some real CVD's). The body is great, nice comp touch to the Grappler we are all used to seeing. Oh yeah, the work has already began:   |
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06-05-2009, 12:38 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kennesaw
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| What are you making there, a tube? |
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06-05-2009, 12:41 AM
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| Throwing Grenades Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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06-05-2009, 12:42 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Oregon
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| Oh you tease! when are you gonna draw the rest of the NEW CVD? |
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06-05-2009, 12:45 AM
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| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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| Go to bed ass hat. |
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06-05-2009, 12:53 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kennesaw
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.....and here comes the speculation..... | |
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06-05-2009, 12:54 AM
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| Pixel Pusher  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kansas City
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| I don't like it. |
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06-05-2009, 12:56 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kennesaw
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| Question Hows that supposed to crawl anything with out wheels? Is that even comp legal at this point? |
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06-05-2009, 12:59 AM
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| TCS/Holmes Hobbies   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Burnsville
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| Nice cross pin you got there. |
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06-05-2009, 01:20 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Clemente, CA.
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| Wow, freakin awesome, Mad skillz, that looks just like it |
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06-05-2009, 01:25 AM
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| Throwing Grenades Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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06-05-2009, 01:26 AM
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| Throwing Grenades Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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06-05-2009, 01:34 AM
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| Throwing Grenades Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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| Tomorrow I will do the front C's and knuckles as well as the CVD's and servo mount. I will try to get a start on the transmission tomorrow as well. While I had the rear axle off I opened it up and added some heavy grease. |
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06-05-2009, 01:39 AM
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| Throwing Grenades Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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| Plans for this build: Losi Comp Crawler
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06-05-2009, 06:25 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minneapolis
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| Harley......I hate to even say it, but I have had no issues with the CVD's yet. It seems to be a hit and miss thing and for once in my RC experience, I am the one who gets the good product. It does very well for a shafty. I will be interested to see how you like it when you get it out on the rocks. |
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06-05-2009, 08:12 AM
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| Throwing Grenades Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Driving to work now, got the crawler with me so hopefully I can get more done. | |
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06-05-2009, 08:31 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hueytown, Alabama
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Thank god he finally gets some recognition for this.  | |
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06-05-2009, 08:41 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: It's good to be a Pirate!
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| This should be fun. |
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06-05-2009, 08:44 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NorCal
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| Nice job dude,,,,, I would really like to come up with a "quick fill" for the diffs. I wanted to put a pressure tap over the worm gear and insert grease there but the trays are in the way,,, you seem pretty smart ( a little theatrical , but smart),,, can you put this on our list of mods? -about the small hardware on the BL'ss,,,if you put the wrench in there you will see they made the hole pretty deep to help keep it from stripping,,,your only goin into plastic so it should'nt get stuck and strip out,,,, the advantage to the small hole is nothing gets stuck in there or pokes in there to hang you up or fill with dirt,,,JMHO Last edited by grouser; 06-05-2009 at 09:18 AM. |
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06-05-2009, 09:16 AM
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| varcor.org  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: 757
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btw harley, which futaba servo model are you using for the dig? | |
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