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05-10-2005, 04:19 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxford UK
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|  Maxx Crawler started Ok, it got started a while ago, but I'm getting somewhere now First draft of the chassis had the gearbox poking thru the bottom, with a second sub chassis wrapped around it!  New version has the gearbox 'up on blocks' - Saves making the sub chassis - dunno what I was on that night! On the output shaft is another 'anti'torque' transfer box, like I made for the TLT - no body roll on this one neither (I hope)  Final layout for the chassis tub - before bending. Spoke to the guy making it today, and it's already in the post   Anti-Torque tansfer box front plates and housing  Diff Housing, with groove for UJ screw access  Many thanks to Rich Morrison for his help thus far - Cheers muchly Chap |
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05-10-2005, 05:01 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manchester UK
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|  Looking good as usual Andy |
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05-10-2005, 09:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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|  YW for any help I might have given, but honestly, I've NEVER created anything high quality like that for myself yet.......YET! Looks awesome man, keep us posted! |
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05-10-2005, 09:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grand Forks
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| w - o - w .....................ok i got my 2 cents in ! |
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05-11-2005, 01:03 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bloomington
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| Great start! If you keep the entire rig as high quality as you have with the first couple parts, your going have one kickass rig. Keep posting those pics. |
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05-26-2005, 01:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxford UK
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| Getting some bits back from the plaaters now; Diff mounts Top hole at the rear has a 4mm pem nut pressed in, for mounting top links  Steering blocks Made of steel, bit of strength, bit of weight Plated black zinc  Transfer case Case and bearing housings, hard anodized 7075 alu Gears, black zinc'd steel  |
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05-26-2005, 02:25 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: in tha lab ( the shop )
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| did you make those peices your self ? |
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05-26-2005, 03:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxford UK
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| No chap, just drew them. I'm a buyer for an engineering company, so deal with a lot of machine shops |
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05-27-2005, 10:43 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Im In between at the moment
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| im digging that transfer case. Will you be able to use diferent ratio's with different gear sets or will only one specifit set fit? |
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05-27-2005, 10:45 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxford UK
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| The transfer case is solely to drive the rear axle, so the ratio needs to be the same as the front. I'm using a standard Maxx gearbox as primary. |
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05-27-2005, 10:59 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2004 Location: east coast
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| looks awsome i know i would want that anti-torqe transfer case on my maxx keep up the good dealing matt |
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05-29-2005, 09:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: back in Portland, OR
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05-30-2005, 05:17 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxford UK
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| Ah ok, no, it's a 1:1 transfer I guess you could make it adjustable, but the axle centres for the bearings would make it a bit difficult. Thinking about it, would there be a need for two different ratios, if it's shaft drive? Last edited by TWINSET; 05-31-2005 at 04:18 AM. |
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06-09-2005, 01:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxford UK
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| Got bits flowing in thick and fast now! Still waiting for gearbox mounts and gearbox-transfer case shafts, but it's starting to resemble something (dunno what though) Transfer case in situ (toward rear)  Offset gearbox, so both shafts are symmetrically offset front and rear. Room on right for batteries  Countersunk fixing holes  View from the front - top arms being remade due to drawing carve-up  Diff blocks with grub screw access slot  Thru the top arm, bottom ones left solid  18" Wheelbase mock-up  Top arm was going to have servo mounted on it, but it looked too tall, so shelved that idea. Pem nut in diff block is possible link mounting point, but unlikely now.  Last edited by TWINSET; 06-09-2005 at 02:02 PM. |
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06-09-2005, 02:08 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Im In between at the moment
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| damn dude that thing is HD. and as for my earlier post about the transfer case. I didnt read the earlier post and though it was like a true granny box or somthing like a gear reduction unit sorry for the confussion. |
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06-09-2005, 02:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxford UK
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Link placement next, that sholud be fun! | |
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06-09-2005, 05:20 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Redding, CA
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| looks good. |
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06-09-2005, 11:47 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grand Forks
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| i....want....one....too...! |
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06-14-2005, 08:02 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxford UK
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| Quick steering question This project is starting to come together now, but one question; For rear steering, should the steering rods be in front or behind the axles? From a protection point of view, I guess behind would be better, but does it have any negative aspects? |
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06-14-2005, 01:32 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: back in Portland, OR
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| behind the rear axle. no negative aspects. It works exactly the same as if you were to mount in front of it except it doesn't get bashed so much. |
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