Werty's Venom Creeper

[werty]

So after I bomb to Reno to pick up my creeper from CKRC. I get home and opener up to look at how much trouble I got my self in. First thing i see are the beadlock tires aluminum rings with a plastic inner. So I dig in to the 24 1.5mm screws I have to install.
After 2 screws, screw doing this by hand. Out comes the drill.
15 minutes later tires are done the woman is home and off to a good friends for dinner and creeper building.


So we set up at his house.

[werty]

First thing we tackle is the tranny.

[werty]

Pain in the ass esc mount screws. Venom these holes should be tapped.

[werty]

tranny is done, now the links. Since the links take the same screws. I took a philips driver and all the links and made a tree. Then using a drill i made a short session of that.

[Kootenai Krawle]

Werty,
Glad to see you've opened the building fluid.

On the tranny case if you find some of the screws go in a little hard, using a normal Socket head Cap screw (instead of the countersunk type) you can use it to cut some threads in first before putting in the slightly more delicate countersunks later. A regular SHCS with the same thread size would allow you to use a larger driver. (I think its a 2mm driver vs the 1.5mm driver on the counter sunk screws)

--Paul

[werty]

Working on the links. Having fun joking around about 3 grown guys acting like we are 12 again.


Lower links

[werty]

We finished up the links. Onto the diffs.

the ring gear is phat. it about the size of a reeses candy.


The axle shafts went together so easy.

The mock up.

[werty]

O we have a new year.

At about 1am its time to quit.

[werty]

So I got up around 8 and hit it hard.

[werty]

After running to town for some tools I finished it up. Then went and played.


I thought it was cool seeing the axial's propped up on a soda can. So I max my'n out on a Hitec radio.


A shot of the steering.

[keala]

looks good,how was the build evaluation, was it smooth? was the instructions easy to understand? how did she drive? let us know, please.lol thanks

[islandcrawler]

how would you rate the quality?

[werty]

Originally Posted by keala

looks good,how was the build evaluation, was it smooth? was the instructions easy to understand? how did she drive? let us know, please.lol thanks

Building was a b+
on fit A
instrutions A+
Drving it is a blast. So over all so far venom gets a A from me.

[werty]

O here is a finished pic of it.

[werty]

This rc is too fun.

[sniders1975]

How do the locking diffs work??

[elias15]

Is there space enough to place some saddle packs on the axles or not?

Nice paintwork!!!

[Krakker]

Originally Posted by elias15

Is there space enough to place some saddle packs on the axles or not?

Nice paintwork!!!

From the looks of the pics, I'd say NO! Just scroll up, and you can see clearly the from axle is taken up on the top buy the shocks. This is a bit of a bummer seeing as how well this crawler's supposed to be but it doesn't appear to have the capabilities to a competitive crawler.:-(

[kulangflow]

Originally Posted by Krakker

... but it doesn't appear to have the capabilities to a competitive crawler.:-(

I sure hope you're not a judge or critic by profession!

We should probably hold off on statements like that until more results are in. While very common, saddle packs on the axles are not a requirement for a competitive crawler.

[werty]

Originally Posted by Krakker

From the looks of the pics, I'd say NO! Just scroll up, and you can see clearly the from axle is taken up on the top buy the shocks. This is a bit of a bummer seeing as how well this crawler's supposed to be but it doesn't appear to have the capabilities to a competitive crawler.:-(

Wow Don't jump to conclusions. The servo mount is a perfect base for adding on axle packs. The servo mount can be widened and packs can be mounted on the axle. HINT TO THE AFTER MARKET PARTS MAKERS
heres a pic of what I'm going to do.