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My 88 FullSize came with the wheel like on the 90's. Not as chromed out though, they were a little frosted. Can't find the greatest pic though.. http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/4...lsize/bman.jpg Broncos that I remember seeing in the 70's had either Winston, Firestone or Cepek tires, lol, and Crager mags or the wagon wheels. Hell, ,my Brother in law's 68 still has the OG wagon wheels ..:lmao::lmao: Or, can't forget the killer moonbeam wheels either!!!! http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/2.../pops-73-2.jpg |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco I got more upgrade parts for the never driven Bronco. :razz: Thanks for the eBay 15% off sale of which there is another happening today. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/821/4...fd03932d_b.jpg |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco This update is going to be a lot of photos. 56K warning! :lmao: Remember those days? I seriously hope nobody has to suffer with 56K anymore, but I know some countries outside of America pay way too much for high speed internet. It's been snowing quite often here in PA and yesterday it was finally nice enough to go for my first trail run with this truck. I'm so impressed. I trail with diffs unlocked and it climbs a lot of obstacles that way. It just boggles my mind that it can crawl with open diffs. It certainly needs more front weight bias and the body gives it a fairly high center of gravity, but the truck works so well in stock form. The stock servo is a little weak for my liking. It's not as bad as some people would lead you to believe. I'm not sure if I'm going to put a BEC on it and try again or if I'm just going to switch out the servo. I'm leaning towards a Savox 1210SG waterproof servo, but I'm open to other recommendations. If I go with the Savox I'm not sure if the stock ESC will be able to push it without browning out so I might just switch over to the Mamba X and avoid the external BEC. I absolutely loathe external BECs. I had these Voodoo KLRs on my Sawback and they weren't great. The tire carcass and foams were too stiff for my light weight Sawback. They work much better on the heavier TRX-4. I was happy with their performance except for side hilling. They tend to slide down hills. There is very little side grip in my experience on this run. I will say it was cold outside though so I'm not giving up on the tires yet. The body is new and unscathed at this point. That will soon change. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/882/4...027f15f8_b.jpg Here's the hitch and ball I 3D printed the night before. It should have been printed in black, but I already had silver PETG in my printer and I was too lazy to change it. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/874/2...01413dd1_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/817/4...6227c410_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/789/2...b0bf246d_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/802/4...795e8189_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/815/4...331bdc1c_b.jpg |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco New body looks new! Both of mine definitely have some battle scars now, wishing they were still clean like yours. Wheels look bad ass, good update on the hubs. I have a 1256tg in my modded Rex. It’s a heavy truck and the 1256tg does just fine. Same specs as the 1210, just not waterproof so I think you’ll be okay. What volts are you going to have the mamba x bec at? I’m guessing you already know this but anything higher than 6 could fry your micro servos from what I gather. If you’re not stuck on waterproof maybe check out the 1230sg. That one is my wishlist but haven’t gotten one myself yet. |
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I'm not the easiest on my equipment so the body probably won't stay pretty for long. I like to use my trucks. Thanks for the tip. I actually didn't know the micro servos could only handle 6 volts. |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco You really nailed pic 3 in the first post today for the "Is that a 1:1 truck?!" factor "thumbsup" Glad you could finally get it dirty. |
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I think I need scale hardware for the wheels for the "final" touch. We know the next mod is never the final touch though. :lmao: |
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The LURC 2-56 Acorn Nut kit looks great on the wheels (I have the same rims as you), but the 1/4" set screws that they sell are too short as I only was able to get a couple threads into the adapter. I bought some 3/8" ones on ebay and worked perfect. I'm also running LURC scale hubs. Btw: I had to grind down the brake rotor adapter as I was not able to see the drilled rotors and red calipers that I have on all 4 wheels. |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco Holy ... !!! ^^^ Absolutely nailing it with those wheels and that bar! We need chrome side-view mirrors. |
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Re: Jato Got a Bronco Besides the servo, which I'm still not certain which direction I'm going, I knew I wanted to get weight up front. I chose the SSD portal weights because they add the most weight and because they have a nice, dark finish on them instead of a gaudy brass color. This is what we're starting with. Stock portals and the portal weights about to go on. Notice the shade tree cement block jack stands when you can't afford real jack stands. :lmao: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/891/3...280ffa68_b.jpg The SSD weight on the right is nicely finished. The weight on the left has severe tool marks from machining. I've never received such an unfinished part from SSD. Function is fine, but they missed the aesthetics on this one piece. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/890/3...a5776472_b.jpg Well, what are we waiting for? Let's tear it open! It's not drowning in grease, but I can't complain. I did add some marine grease to the gears. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/888/4...e85528a2_b.jpg All finished. Lots of screws for such a simple mod. That's fine with me though. All those screws add extra strength to a potential weak spot and these shouldn't have to come off more than once a year for cleaning and regreasing. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/783/4...e8aea614_b.jpg |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco Forget the weights. Those little CMU blocks are awesome! |
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They're a little out of scale for a truck as large as the TRX-4, but I agree that they're cool. |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco Looking forward to your thoughts now that you have portal weights installed. I think you will be even more impressed with the performance. |
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Re: Jato Got a Bronco There's always the old lead in the wheels trick. |
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Re: Jato Got a Bronco I would just install SSD portal weights front and rear. |
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Re: Jato Got a Bronco Ahh, understood. MFR portal covers on the rear would do the trick. |
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Re: Jato Got a Bronco I was rushing to get my TF2 finished for a Sunday run. The Sunday run never happened due to weather so I got some time to work on this truck. The stock servo is kinda weak out on the trail. I would go on to discover that giving it more juice helps out. I'll explain later. Anyway, I bought a Savox 1230SG servo during the 15% off sale as well as the Traxxas metal servo horn. I chose this horn because it's a direct fit. There doesn't seem to be any other direct fit servos at this point. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/895/2...99ab1b03_b.jpg I also bought the pushbar that I may or may not use. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/804/3...3536323e_b.jpg As I stated earlier in the thread I bought the Castle Mamba X ESC to try in brushed mode in this truck. Well it turns out I couldn't find a good place for it. It doesn't fit in the stock location and it's heavier than I expected so I resorted to the good old faithful HobbyWing WP 1080. I stocked up on these during their sale so I have a couple of them lying around at home. Let's open up the receiver box to remove the stock ESC. Well look at this rat's nest. It will be "fun" getting all these wires back in without pinching them in the receiver cover. I actually had to cut the servo plug off of the stock ESC since it was threaded through a wire holder ring on the truck and it was impossible for me to get out without removing the receiver box. Instead of doing this I just snipped off the servo plug because I'll probably never use this ESC anyway. There's nothing wrong with the ESC except I absolutely hated the reverse delay. There were a few times during my first trail run when I tired to "save" a rollover by using reverse and it wouldn't work since there's a "safety" delay built into the ESC. It turns out the internal BEC is also weak. It's probably set at 4.6V. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/798/2...06e53ba9_b.jpg Here's the HobbyWing WP 1080 installed in the stock location. Fits perfect. As I stated earlier, the BEC in the stock servo is weak. I found this out when I installed the 1080 and it made the stock servo fly. It worked so well, in fact, that I forgot to install the Savox servo and I buttoned up the rats nest of a receiver box. Instead of opening the receiver box back up I think I'm just going to run this stock servo next time and see how it works with the 6.0V from the WP 1080 ESC. I think I set the internal BEC at 6.0V because I had read the micro servos can't handle more. I have yet to verify this. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/874/2...b970730c_b.jpg The rock light locations are a cool touch, but I don't see myself ever using them. I used one of these spots to 3D print and mount a cover that contains a spot for a neodymium magnet to hold my body clips. I first tried this on my Bomber and I love it. The magnet keeps a firm hold on the body clips and it lessens the chance of losing them out on the trail during batter changes and/or repairs. Ideally the magnet is positioned so you can put the clips on the body, but I didn't want to do that on the Bronco. I didn't want to add weight up high nor did I want to damage the body with hot glue. Technically, I can also put the body clips underneath the wheel well and they'll hold there. The battery is that strong. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/894/4...44dd8fc5_b.jpg Here's the Traxxas pushbar. I think Traxxas made a small oversight with this pushbar so I fixed it. It's all in the details. Before: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/879/2...a7cfbf7c_b.jpg After: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/791/2...e2d90be5_b.jpg |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco Read your manual! I hated the reverse delay too, switched the esc to “comp crawl” mode and the delay is gone as well as drag brake set to maximum. I thought I was going to have to replace t esc until I posted up on a TRX page how I hated the esc and got schooled quick Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Unfortunately, putting the stock ESC in comp crawler mode gives you 100% drag brake and I don't like that either. I want instant reverse and something like 50% drag brake. Unfortunately, you can't get that with the stock ESC. |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco Kinda sad they chose to use black screws on that pretty pushbar...nice fix ;) |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco Great idea on the clip magnet!! Is there any crawling settings on the HobbyWing WP 1080? |
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Yes. The 1080 is well loved by many as a crawler ESC, me included. I even have one in an on-road car. |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco Another very nice looking TRX4 Bronco you have now Jato( I am envy ) question, Since the side hill was so bad, Would you like to have the Portal killer from SSD soon? "thumbsup":ror: |
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The portal axles have their benefits and their drawbacks just like anything. The added height and clearance under the axles helps a lot while traversing over rocks. Portals do raise the center of gravity which hinders the truck in side hilling. With that being said, I do not plan on getting rid of the portals anytime soon. I am going to try to lower the center of gravity of the truck in other ways. Overall, the TRX-4 is a great truck as it comes out of the box and it is very capable. |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco I finally convinced my dad to move up to the SCX10 II. He's been abusing a Dingo for years now, but the SCX10 II went on sale and I convinced him it was time to get one. Here are a few comparison photos of the SCX10 II RTR and TRX-4 Bronco. You can see the pushbar installed on the Bronco as well as my change from black oxide to stainless steel screws on the pushbar. I'm a fan of the way it looks so it's stay on at least for now. The SCX10 II RTR was, unfortunately, dead. It seems like the wires on the AE-5 ESC weren't soldered correctly and the power kept cutting out. So this the Cherokee sat in my car while he trailed his old Dingo. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/885/4...961c7e5a_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/791/4...74f79f14_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/806/2...b7dcddda_b.jpg |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco We had a rare, very nice, spring-like weekend and I was able to do some trailing both days! :mrgreen: On Saturday we did a test session on our "test rocks" with various vehicles. One of the vehicles I took along for testing was the Bronco. It was my first chance to run the truck since installing the SSD knuckles. They helped substantially and I was very pleased with the mod. It crawled steeper inclines and overall was more planted on the rocks. I'm still torn about adding a little weight in the rear. I guess more test runs will have to be done before I make that decision. I did lunch the stock servo this weekend. The truck didn't take any particularly hard tumbles, that I remember. I was crawling up a big test rock where there shouldn't have been too much strain on the servo when the failure happened. It started getting weak and then sounded like some of the gears got stripped. I didn't get too much time on the truck before it failed. Overall I highly recommend the SSD knuckle weights! "thumbsup" https://farm1.staticflickr.com/800/3...23a041d4_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/835/4...a4c41475_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/825/4...1b7a39f4_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/903/4...1fb5849f_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/806/2...284fb9a6_b.jpg Here you can see my Bronco on top of one of the test rocks. This rock has stopped and even broken many trucks in its day. My Bronco make it up this rock without the knuckle weights, but I had to be very careful when picking my line and I needed to use a lot of momentum. The truck crawled this rock much easier and in more spots with the SSD knuckles installed. You can see OSRC's incredible Deadbolt project climbing up the rock and it gives you an idea of how steep this rock is in certain sections. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/826/2...e01fd4ab_b.jpg |
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Wish I still had my dad around, he would've loved this hobby. Appreciate that you do! |
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Sorry to hear that. My dad got me into RCs when I was a kit (him a Tamiya Fox and me a Tamiya Hornet) and I got him back into it 30-ish years later. I am lucky that he's young enough to trail with me. Older doesn't mean calmer though. He's the wild one of the bunch! :lmao: |
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Nice, my first RC was a Tamiya Hornet and then after that a Fox. My dad had the Super Shot. Many years later in my 30s my Dad and I got hooked into the 3D heli world. He passed back in 2011 before I discovered rock crawlers a few years ago. I'm sure he woulda been all in on the crawlers. So many good quality time spent with dad RC'ng. |
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That's not likely to help you change your general feelings towards Axial products, huh? :shock: Your Bronco is looking fine with those hubs and that new pushbar... |
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Axial electronics have always been crap. I believe this is the first time I've ever had anything messed up on arrival, but it's a minor annoyance for me. It's a bigger annoyance for my dad since he couldn't use his new truck, but he has much more patience than I do so it wasn't a big deal to him. Customer service already responded saying they'd ship a new ESC. That will be a backup because I already ordered him a HobbyWing WP 1080 last night and, of course, a spare for me. My love-hate relationship with Axial is deep. So deep that I have a shiny, new set of fully built SSD Diamon Pro axles awaiting an Axial chassis. The SCX10 II is good no doubt. The kit is on sale now and it's really tempting me. You can never have too many toys (until you run out of money or room). |
Re: Jato Got a Bronco I love those SSD Diamond Pro axles, very innovative product - using plastic pumpkins and metal axle housings is smart, IMHO... I like the new Deadbolt body color, could see someday doing a "Budget Build" based on one of those... But the TRX-4 Bronco with a clear body would (I think at this point) be what I'd want prior to that. I really would like to do a white w/matte black hood and roof paintjob, run black deep-dish RC4WD steel-spokers and RC4WD Ground Hawgs. Probably cut out the grille and replace it with some sort of mesh (got a bunch of black metal mesh from PC cases laying around). |
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