My venom safari creeper arrived!!

[kbuby]

Hello guys, finally i have found a safari creeper in great shape, bought it and here it is





It looks in great shape

I'll dissassembly later for verefication, has droop setup and locked already

I'll post progress later

[Exocaged]

Very clean for sure. Doesn't look like it was run much at all.

[kbuby]

That's the same thing i say when i see it

[kbuby]

Acording to the seller he was selling a almost new rig, just lost interest. Was suposed to be stock but it have some hookup parts too. What a surprise....



Looking for information apears to have

Atomik Diff locker rings
Atomik axles
Atomik wheel washers
Atomik alloy hex
Atomik alloy diff case
Atomik driveline/vcd update kit crp

Thats what i have found so far. Pretty good saving in driveline
reinforcements

[2manytoysdave]

Have one myself, as well as a creeper. Love them both! Enjoy it

[Exocaged]

In the second gen creeper most all that is stock stuff. They came well equipped. The Atomik alloy diff case is a hopup part for sure though. Since you have the axle apart, get a good clear pic of the pinion gear. I'm interested which version it has. If by chance it still has the open/locked gears inside the alloy case you may want to permanently lock them with JB weld or see if you can find a real spool for it. The 3pins on the red slide collar will bend under load and you will loose a reliable locking ability. Both my diffs are JB welded and have survived everything I have thrown at them.

[nandrewjackson]

+1 on JBWeld in the diffs. very strong

[kbuby]

Originally Posted by Exocaged

...Since you have the axle apart, get a good clear pic of the pinion gear. I'm interested which version it has...

I hope this helps

And thanks for the tips and comments to all of you.

I'll post pictures of the welding process too

[kbuby]

I made a first test to the venom today it's great!!!

I have to tell as you all say the stock tires really.... Suck Lol

But i need to test them in the stock configuration so i can mesure the improvements as i modify them.

The dig unit is awesome, im glad i'll bought it

[kbuby]

Heres a picture of it without the body

[Exocaged]

Ok that is a version 2 pinion. Stay with the brushed motor and all should be fine. Big power will kill it. I have 2 sets of creeper tires...one set is cut and well abused and the other set is well used. They just sit now as I run the Swampers on most everything. The nice thing about the stock tires are is they spin easy which gives less parts breakage.

[kbuby]

Originally Posted by Exocaged

Ok that is a version 2 pinion. Stay with the brushed motor and all should be fine. Big power will kill it. I have 2 sets of creeper tires...one set is cut and well abused and the other set is well used. They just sit now as I run the Swampers on most everything. The nice thing about the stock tires are is they spin easy which gives less parts breakage.

Thanks for the tip,

Im planing on buy hot bodies rovers in the future but in the mean wile i'll sip them and cut the foams a bit.

What can i do to the creeper if i want a brushless in it and what specs do you recomend? Or just leave it like it is.

[Exocaged]

well, I've had 2 of them, a version 1 and a 2. V1 has a much stronger pinion gear then V2 does. There is only one option for axles right now and IMO the V2 axles are better due to the red pin keepers they use. So long as you mesh the motor pinion right you wont have any issues with the trans. I will soon be building a monster truck using a venom creeper trans.

You can try to shim the axle pinion a bit and some say that helps. If you really do want to make it brushless with 3S battery and live you will need some mods.

This is my venom creeper with a 3S battery and a 2400KV motor 3S Brushless Venom Creeper - YouTube

Although I havent had to actually run it. I have fit an axial stock 13t pinion gear in a creeper axle and it felt like it would work. The ring gears on our axles seem to hold up fine.

[kbuby]

Originally Posted by Exocaged

.... If you really do want to make it brushless with 3S battery and live....

I do really want a bit more wheelspeed, and i dont really use 3s, actually all my rc's are homologated to 7.4v or 14.8v, i only have 2s bateries, so they can use all batteries in al rc's

I was thinking of a 1900kv 17.5t sensored brushless with 2s lypos for this venom