noob Rover build

[pantablo]

I may run the rig through some really shallow water but not much. About as much and as deep as in today's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PwZ6qmk9Ys

Mine is not waterproofed at all. Yours should be fine where we'll run tomorrow.

 

[luis]

damm that place is really cool"thumbsup"

 

[500swmag]

pantablo, great looking truck nice vids

 

[pantablo]

well, its still about a week from now till I get the chassis so I plugged away at a few things as I could.

Made scale hilift jacks for both the rover and gwagon. Plastruct I-beam material I drilled out and various plastics I had around. I'll paint them in the day sometime this week.

also got the axles lined up on drilled rulers and did a little work on them preparing for the chassis (grinding clearance for knuckles, longer screws for axle truss, etc...
These are the planned wheels although I'm looking at beadlocks now...

also finally got around to mounting the true spare on the gwagon...

 

[pantablo]

balingading

1.9 beadlocks by creatacrawler.com

Chassis shipped and should be in my hands tuesday or wednesday.
Wheels shipped and should arrive monday or tuesday...

mmm....

anyone have a spare servo mount with upper link mounting point handy?
pablo-

 

[FrankyRizzo]

anyone have a spare servo mount with upper link mounting point handy?
pablo-

I do.

 

[pantablo]

I do.

something that resembles this perhaps? Black or silver doesnt matter:

how quickly can you mail it to me in southern california? I'll pm you my address. what do you want for it?

 

[luis]

those are some awsome wheels theyre really going to set the rig off"thumbsup"

 

[pantablo]

I do.

also need 2 upper link mounts like these. got any? the ones I have are mangled so in a pinch I could try straightening them but it wont look pretty, lol.

Pablo-

 

[FrankyRizzo]

The one I have is flat but has the holes for the link mount.

 

[pantablo]

The one I have is flat but has the holes for the link mount.

perfect! thanks again frankyrizzo

 

[pantablo]

we have a roller...

Flex shot was hard to get without any weight on the chassis so I laid a battery in there, but wasnt enough.

Still lots to fine tune. Waiting on servo/upper link mount so the front upper links arent on yet. Once I get those on I will have to adjust the wheelbase as it looks off. Need to trim a bit of the transmission housing to get it to drop between the rails so that will have to wait till daytime (neighbors arent keen on an angle grinder at 10:30pm, lol).

Rear links nice and parallel, "thumbsup"->cory @ The Scale Shop!

Lots and lots more to do but so happy the chassis is here!
pablo-

 

[tjb]

Looking saaaweet man! "thumbsup"

Have you gotten any body wobble using TLT shocks??

 

[pantablo]

Thanks.
My gwagon, running TLT's, gets some body wobble but I attribute that to the velcro body attachment. I can move the body by hand and watch the velcro not stick well. I think its past its useful life and I'll probably replace the velcro with some heavy duty/industrial stuff or try inverted body posts.

 

[luis]

how about attaching some body posts on the roof where the roofrack is so you ccant tell theyre there"thumbsup"

 

[pantablo]

I'd rather glue them to the underside of the roof inverted...no visible posts outside at all...

 

[luis]

sounds good what glue are you going to use?

 

[500swmag]

pantablo,
build is looking damn good. That chassis is spot on. "thumbsup"

shocks look good on their too.;-) Are you going to run them or swap them out for something smoother?

 

[pantablo]

sounds good what glue are you going to use?

I've been told Shoe Goo works. Or something called GOOP at the hardware store (or something like that). Thats what is on my gwagon body.

pantablo,
build is looking damn good. That chassis is spot on. "thumbsup"

shocks look good on their too.;-) Are you going to run them or swap them out for something smoother?

Thanks. Going to swap the other shocks onto it to check if the ride height drops. Right now the shocks are fully extended on their own and the chassis is sitting 1/2" higher than the gwagon chassis. Not sure adding weight will help as its not a lot of weight that gets on there. with the battery alone the ride height didnt change at all. These shocks run really well on the gwagon so I'll swap them onto here for comparison. The stretched springs may not work on this rig.

These are same shocks with standard TLT springs. You are familiar with them I'm sure, lol...

On the gwagon the shocks are nearly compressed fully-maybe 1/4"-3/8" of travel before bottoming out. I'll mess with it after everything is on the new chassis though.

 

[luis]

can we get some body on shots pablo