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11-01-2012, 07:23 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Fruita
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|  A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights Had to go old school on the new top. I love it.  I have always been frustrated with the slop in the 2-speed tranny. When in a tricky situation requiring just a little reverse, the slop in the tranny can completly throw you off line. After finding this mod, I tried it, and it has got to be the best free mod you can do to a Summit trans. Removing the slop from a Summit trans I also wanted my Summit to crawl better. Using a lighter weight top helps quite a bit, but the short wheelbase is a huge problem for a rig this size. I looked hard at extending the wheelbase, and I don't see a practical way to do it (it's farely easy on an e-maxx, as seen here Stretched E-Maxx Wheelbase but it's a completly different chassis). So the next best thing is to weight the front end. As fragile as Summit axles, diffs and trans are, adding weight to the tire/wheel seems like a bad idea. While adding weight to the a-arms could work, I decided to melt some lead into a half-moon shape and screw it to each knuckle. The difference in climbing is night and day. High speed handeling is about the same, but it does nose-dive when airborn. Still, I like it!  Last edited by monsterz; 12-01-2012 at 07:48 PM. |
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11-03-2012, 08:21 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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| Re: A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights interesting idea!!! +10 for innovation!! |
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11-30-2012, 12:16 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: birmingham
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| Re: A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights How much weight did you manage to get in there like that? |
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12-01-2012, 07:51 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Fruita
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| Re: A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights Quote:
Just shy of 7oz per side. | |
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12-02-2012, 02:33 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Queensland!
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| Re: A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights Very interesting idea.  |
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12-02-2012, 04:42 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: topeka
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| Re: A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights were can i get body like that for my summit |
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12-03-2012, 05:36 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Fruita
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| Re: A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights TowerHobbies.com | Pro-Line 1980 Chevy Pickup Body E-Maxx/E-Revo/Revo/MGT You'll have to rework your body posts too. |
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12-28-2012, 07:51 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: pa
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| Re: A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights doesn't the screws weaken the knuckles? |
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12-29-2012, 06:56 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Fruita
Posts: 87
| Re: A Few Upgrades - Top, No-Slop Tranny and Knuckle Weights I suppose a little, but these knuckles are pretty strong, so I'm not concerned. |
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