Diff width question

[JJsPrecisionGuesswork]

Guys,
Please be gentle with me, but here's a stupid question from a newbie. Would it be better to make wider diffs or narrower diffs??? I made a set of narrower diffs by about 2" and now I'm thinking I went the wrong way?...J.J.

[darkfly]

how do u narrow a diff by 2"? there only 1 1/4 wide.

[Cloak]

Same question. What exactly did you narrow?

[JJsPrecisionGuesswork]

Sorry guy,
I meant the total width of the front and rear diffs, and by diffs I mean the total rear end with shafts hubs and tires....Does that make more sense? I think my total width from hub shaft to hub shaft is around 6 3/4", then I'm hoping to adapt some 1/8 th scale buggy tires and wheels so all together it won't be much more then 7 3/4" from outside tire to outside tire. I'll have it home this weekend and hope to have some pictures up so it will all make more sense...Sorry for the confusion...J.J.

[JJsPrecisionGuesswork]

Guys,
Here's what I'm talking about, should I continue building a narrow crawler or just go back to the stock width?



Thanks for any help, this is my winter project so it'll be a while...J.J.

[STEVEN.B]

that is pretty narrow but they sure do look good. that would suck to start over after that much work. i'm new at rc crawlin but i would use them.

i like your user name by the way precision guesswork that's funny

[JJsPrecisionGuesswork]

Steven,
Thanks for the comments, I've used the name since the early 90s when I started making wideners for Clods. Then I got into making r/c pullers, and racing trucks. This is one of my first ventures into crawling and I'm a newbie when it comes to crawling and shaft driven trucks so that's why I started with the Maxx diffs since there's SO much stuff out there for them...J.J.

[chevellian]

JJ those axles look great. I would say there a little on the short side. If you run a rim with a small amount of backspacing you could easily get 11 or more inches total width.

There is a lot of trade-offs in crawling. What are the guys in your area running?

I wouldn't change what you have done

[Tanis]

What kind of tranny is that? Is it homemade? Looks cool. Maybe some specs on it?

[JJsPrecisionGuesswork]

Guys,
See that's the problem, I don't know anyone that's into crawling, I've just seen it on T.V. and they pros looked like they ran a tight and narrow chassis so I thought I'd try and copy what the pros used. I can make it as wide as I want, but I thought if it went the other way it might get through areas with tight turns better. And the tranny? I can't give that information if you guys see it, you'll all want me to build you one and that's not what I'm doing anymore. This truck/carwler is just what's left of my junk pile/spare parts so I'm making almost all of it. I want to keep the width of the truck under 10" and probably chop up a Clod body and use some type of cantilever shock system. Hopefully I can have more pictures by the end of the year...Thanks again,J.J.

[chevellian]

Any updates?

[JJsPrecisionGuesswork]

Chev,
I'm afraid my latest update is that I'm thinking of selling the whole lot of what's left of my R/C stuff. But since I can't post it on this site because I don't put enough posts up I guess it'll go over to rcmt since I've been a member since it started...J.J.