Hoppa's B2DA

[TheAxialNut]

Can't wait to see this beast on the rocks this next season.... Nice work Josh.






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[Hoppa]

Thanks Derick

Couple pics of progress. I'll mill them tomorrow after work.
There not perfect but close enough for a toy truck.

 

[tapped-out]

Looks good to me... will you have to retemper the steel? Or mill and run?

 

[Hoppa]

Looks good to me... will you have to retemper the steel? Or mill and run?

I'm just going to run them. I could heat them up any quench them in oil but I'm not sure if the results would be good or bad. I might make them brittle.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

So the short side Wraith is too short, so cutting down another long side wraith shaft would be best correct?
Or maybe XR shafts, I will check it out on mine soon.

 

[Hoppa]

So the short side Wraith is too short, so cutting down another long side wraith shaft would be best correct?
Or maybe XR shafts, I will check it out on mine soon.

The short side was roughly .100 to short. I just added a little material to the end when I welded up the ends.
I didn't try xr shafts. VP cvd's may be a good option if the shafts are 5mm then all you would have to do is trim them down and put the flats back on.
I didn't try xr shafts, let us know how it goes."thumbsup"

 

[ROWDY RACING]

The short side was roughly .100 to short. I just added a little material to the end when I welded up the ends.
I didn't try xr shafts. VP cvd's may be a good option if the shafts are 5mm then all you would have to do is trim them down and put the flats back on.
I didn't try xr shafts, let us know how it goes."thumbsup"

This is the current plan. I wanted to do this sooner but thought I would have to use the 8* wraith knuckles to make it work and didnt want to go with the 8* stuff, but now that it seems the stock knucks will work I'm wanting to try the xr/wraith style shafts.

 

[Hoppa]

Finished the axle conversion. The short side turned out a little nicer.

 

[666]

Good work Josh! You always have a way of thinking outside the box and making things better!

 

[Hoppa]

Thanks for the mind words Pat.
I also have a way of making things worse.

 

[tapped-out]

Awesome work Josh

 

[Master Basher]

we all appreciate you sorting this out for us. Write the formula!

 

[Hoppa]

Awesome work Josh

Thanks

we all appreciate you sorting this out for us. Write the formula!

"thumbsup"
Formula?

 

[rmdesignworks]

Nice Job man...Im curious to see this in action and see how well it all holds up.
Am I correct that you used a mig welder? And did you do two parallel beads or something else?

 

[Master Basher]

Thanks



"thumbsup"
Formula?

Formula: a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed,

 

[ROWDY RACING]

Formula: a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed,

Pretty sure he explained how he did it, I understand.

 

[JeremyH]

"Toy truck"?!?! These are "high performance hobby grade machines" sir!



Or toy trucks....

 

[Master Basher]

Pretty sure he explained how he did it, I understand.

so he's done? it's all figured out? he isn't going to try out the vanquish axles? That's what I thought.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

so he's done? it's all figured out? he isn't going to try out the vanquish axles? That's what I thought.

I'm pretty sure he is done, said he would try the VP's if these failed.
No need to be cranky.

 

[Hoppa]

Yes I'm done with the axle swap.
The only way I'm going to spend 100.00 on axles is if these fail and after I try another set of axial uni's.
I went this route because it was inexpensive and I had the axles allready.
I also have zero faith in rc4wd xvd's due to previous experience and Rowdy's recent pics.