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01-19-2006, 11:16 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Jersey (Cherry Hill area)
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|  Maxx axles... To jacked?
I'm starting my first Maxx crawler (my second crawler) ... I have all my brackets made and its time to make my lock out links. I've read in a few threads that say to lock the arms on as much of an angle as possible. do most of you feel this is true?... with a small mod on the top arm I was able to get a pretty good angle on the arms (with no binding)... Does this seem like to much of an angle?... Is there a perfect angle these should be set at?... Any help would be great   |
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01-20-2006, 07:51 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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from building and experimenting with my rig I think you might be going a little extreme.
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01-20-2006, 08:57 AM
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| Colt Python/SR9c  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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yeah that looks a little too much..
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01-20-2006, 09:37 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salem
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it looks steep, but everybdoy is used to seeing the same low maxx axles, so try it. if it dont work, lower em.
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01-20-2006, 10:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grand Forks
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just remeber u got that PLUS moabs or lst's or someother big tire...  |
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01-21-2006, 09:15 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Alabama
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Sorry to high jack the thread for a minute but can somone explain to me why you do this to a crawler? Lock axle is the name I think. I searched and can't find nothing on it so could someone please explain this to me??? Does it just keep the axles from going up and down, and do I still use the shocks with this?
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01-21-2006, 09:20 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oak Ridge
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No one is using this setup on a stock e-maxx. You lock the suspension to give you extra center differential clearance, and then use it as a solid axle, with a 4-link suspension.
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01-21-2006, 01:04 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbia Gorge
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You need to drop those suckers down a bit. That'll be a tippy ride. If you do plan to keep the angles that steep, I want to see how you will address the steering issue  Building a bent tierod will be about the only option but those tend to stop working after about 5-6 runs, then things get sloppy.
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