Comp Crawler Build

[Armistice]

So on the ends of the worm gear... like so: o ---> []////[] <--- o

[TheREDCAT]

You don't have to use one internally. Just use one o-ring when the axle is assembled around the metal end of the worm gear that sticks out of the plastic axle case.

[Armistice]

Ohh, where the 3rd member would be in a sense? Ok

[TheREDCAT]

Knuckle weights

[Sheepdawg23wm]

Are you back in az yet? We just finished the first part of the season 2 days ago, but will be going strong again after the new year. Hope to see you there

[TheREDCAT]

Yeah I'm back See ya soon!

Got back out with the new setup and it did amazing! The grip and added clearance from the rovers helped out a lot. Had it endo a couple of times from the grip

[Premix]

What knucle wheights are those? Dlux? Looks really good.

[TheREDCAT]

Yeah they are the Dlux weights. Thank you

[Sheepdawg23wm]

So you ready for pro 1 this season? I got a new setup myself, and its workin goooood. Wheres that place you're crawlin? Looks pretty nice. Im ready to see the new revamped lcc do some work

[TheREDCAT]

I don't know about that Nice! This was in Gold Canyon.

[TheREDCAT]

Well I was changing my foam setup and got to thinking why not try the slw hubs on the stock wheels. I used the two short hubs that came with my vanquish wheels and ended up with this



Front is not great looking



Ended up a little over 10 1/2 in.





Little wider than I would have liked but not bad. Need some shorter screws too.

On the truck.

[rnemovr]

Nice little setup. The more of these build ups I read the more I want to build mine.

[TheREDCAT]

Thank you I love mine!

[thomass14]

nice idea on the hubs I broke a couple hubs in the stock rims looks like I can do alittle work and can reuse my rims again thanks for the idea

[TheREDCAT]

Glad I could help. The wheels have had no problems so far for me.

Took the truck to a comp this last Sunday and had a great time. The new front width worked great with only some minor downsides. I was at work the night before messing with mounting the RX and BEC on the front axle. Ran the setup at the comp and it worked fine. This is just a quick first attempt so it will be changed.





Had it out a couple days ago testing a new rear link setup.


Currently I'm at work to lighten the chassis some more

[TheREDCAT]

I finally bent my 6-32 link studs I was using since last year. So I have switched to 8-32 now.



6-32 on the left, 8-32 on the right.



Forgot to mention I'm running HD gears in the front now.



Currently working on this

[TheREDCAT]

Got some parts yesterday.



Got the tranny back together and got the idea to cut the gear cover from D lux.



Made a brace for the tranny from part of the chassis I cut.



Another view.

[TheREDCAT]

Got the truck back together. With the tranny flip done there is definitely more forward bias. Had it out today and it was more stable on climbs. I was very surprised how well it handled for changing so many things without any tuning

The rats nest I have yet to clean up







Bent the rear links.



New rear link setup. Used some spacers to push it to just under 12.5 in. Edit: Thanks to Olle P for the idea on the rear upper links.

[TheREDCAT]

Well three years later and I caught the itch again to work on this truck... Tonight I was messing around trying to add more weight to the dlux knuckle weights. This thing has been sitting around so long the brass is starting to darken I was trying to make a ring to bolt on to what was already there and in the process I formed a ring that goes around the outside.. Not sure how well this will work out but I ordered some wider slw hubs so hopefully everything clears.

[TheREDCAT]

Well I've had two of the Losi carbon fiber shock arms on the back of the truck for a long time now but I wanted all four to be the same. Turns out it's pretty hard to find those shock arms anymore... So I bought a sheet of carbon fiber and made my own! Also the knuckle weights are mounted. Not very pretty but it works. Added about 5 1/2 ounces of weight. They almost clear with 725 slw Hubs so I'm putting 725's in the back and I ordered 850's for the front.