soze
I wanna be Dave
Agreed... I hope it happens (aftermarket support). The platform can and does perform pretty well as it is, but I'd think with a bit of aftermarket support this platform can become outstanding.
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Agreed... I hope it happens (aftermarket support). The platform can and does perform pretty well as it is, but I'd think with a bit of aftermarket support this platform can become outstanding.
mikemcE
I wanna be Dave
Well don’t expect VP / Incision to help. Josh panned the GOM so they aren’t motivated. Junfac and GCM might be the only hope, I don’t think so. The new RTR version looks promising, with a single speed trans.
Hang up and Drive
soze
I wanna be Dave
Yup, unfortunately... Need someone like SSD to take the first plunge in providing.
mikemcE
I wanna be Dave
Sadly that’s why I dumped my R1.
Steering cvds and driveshaft failures, junfac didn’t work out, I was starting on some Traxxas drive axle mods before I folded it.
MIP could also be a player here
Hang up and Drive
Steering cvds and driveshaft failures, junfac didn’t work out, I was starting on some Traxxas drive axle mods before I folded it.
MIP could also be a player here
Hang up and Drive
New set screws from Junfac....
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I can confirm that the Junfac driveshaft rebuild kit J90131 does contain the same pivot/barrel with the set screw. So until Junfac releases this by itself this is another way to get this item, it is 4.49 for one so it is a bit steep for what you get.
It installs just the same minus the set screw, fits the main barrel and the drive pin.
Thanks for not letting up on Junfac thewildblue77 "thumbsup"
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New axle housing arrived today and didn't have the problem of the original one so I got to finally put 4WD on and properly try the car. Which resulted in both good and bad news.
I expected to only run on some driveways, but noticed that earlier in the day the snow is currently pretty good for driving on, the car didn't sink much. So I blasted around in the forest. Though prior to getting there I got a chuckle out of driving maybe 10km/h on some gravel that was frozen from below but not above, thus being ultragrippy with soft tires. So I applied moderate brake to stop the car and ended up somersaulting and ending up belly up. That's what ya get with too much traction and not enough rear weight :lmao:
At the forest it was nice going. Didn't get permanently stuck at all during the run except the few times I rolled over. Spots where the sunlight came through were hazardous since they were softer than the rest. I blasted around on the "snow dunes", hit a few young trees, climbed a few rocks, tried to climb some snow walls. Fun times, and ended up with the car full of pine needles.
Took some video too but it's not very exciting, especially as driving one-handed isn't my forte.
Then the bad news. Well, looks I like put the front axle back together slightly wrong when I swapepd the axle housing... I put in the wrong and too long screw on long end of the axle truss. I only noticed this when I took the front axle apart again to check on the diff locker after run out of paranoia, and the longer drive shaft now has two grooves in it, the deeper one from the truss screw and apparently it pressed on the axle enough so that the two screws that go through the housing to the link holders also rubbed on it. I hope the shaft will still hold up with the grooves, as the deeper one took maybe 1,5mm off the diameter. The CVAs are coming but it'll take a couple of weeks.
But there's also a problem with the shorter drive shaft. The pin at the end has moved so that it's only maybe 1mm visible at one end, the rest being at the other end. Not sure why that happened, but it seems rather stuck like that, and couldn't budge the pin even with a hammer and I don't have any special tools for extracting/reinstalling dogbone pins. As such I'm not sure how I'll get it where it is supposed to be, naturally I can't really use it like that. I think even on the long shaft the pin is slightly longer on one side than the other, but at least it still grabs the wheel axle shaft on both sides.
I expected to only run on some driveways, but noticed that earlier in the day the snow is currently pretty good for driving on, the car didn't sink much. So I blasted around in the forest. Though prior to getting there I got a chuckle out of driving maybe 10km/h on some gravel that was frozen from below but not above, thus being ultragrippy with soft tires. So I applied moderate brake to stop the car and ended up somersaulting and ending up belly up. That's what ya get with too much traction and not enough rear weight :lmao:
At the forest it was nice going. Didn't get permanently stuck at all during the run except the few times I rolled over. Spots where the sunlight came through were hazardous since they were softer than the rest. I blasted around on the "snow dunes", hit a few young trees, climbed a few rocks, tried to climb some snow walls. Fun times, and ended up with the car full of pine needles.
Took some video too but it's not very exciting, especially as driving one-handed isn't my forte.
Then the bad news. Well, looks I like put the front axle back together slightly wrong when I swapepd the axle housing... I put in the wrong and too long screw on long end of the axle truss. I only noticed this when I took the front axle apart again to check on the diff locker after run out of paranoia, and the longer drive shaft now has two grooves in it, the deeper one from the truss screw and apparently it pressed on the axle enough so that the two screws that go through the housing to the link holders also rubbed on it. I hope the shaft will still hold up with the grooves, as the deeper one took maybe 1,5mm off the diameter. The CVAs are coming but it'll take a couple of weeks.
But there's also a problem with the shorter drive shaft. The pin at the end has moved so that it's only maybe 1mm visible at one end, the rest being at the other end. Not sure why that happened, but it seems rather stuck like that, and couldn't budge the pin even with a hammer and I don't have any special tools for extracting/reinstalling dogbone pins. As such I'm not sure how I'll get it where it is supposed to be, naturally I can't really use it like that. I think even on the long shaft the pin is slightly longer on one side than the other, but at least it still grabs the wheel axle shaft on both sides.
TooOldForThis
Rock Crawler
Tried to be a cool kid with a truck cab on his GOM. Windshield angle is way off on the beater Toyota cab.
If you mounted a light bar there it would look intentional "thumbsup"
Pretending I knew what I was doing. Good idea.
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Some video from today, only two hands and thus no zoom or anything, sadly:
https://youtu.be/k9v_JoUL9gU
Broke the front bumper part of the cage in one spot after slamming into a small tree twice. Hopefully I can repair it reasonably, the cage parts are rather expensive compared to other plastic spares. If you wanted all cage parts & panels and a new set of stock wheels/tires you'd pretty much be better off buying a full second kit at that point! I really hope some aftermarket provider comes up with a front bumper you can buy separately, having to buy a $28 set with the side cages in it if you need to replace just the front bumper is rather silly.
https://youtu.be/k9v_JoUL9gU
Broke the front bumper part of the cage in one spot after slamming into a small tree twice. Hopefully I can repair it reasonably, the cage parts are rather expensive compared to other plastic spares. If you wanted all cage parts & panels and a new set of stock wheels/tires you'd pretty much be better off buying a full second kit at that point! I really hope some aftermarket provider comes up with a front bumper you can buy separately, having to buy a $28 set with the side cages in it if you need to replace just the front bumper is rather silly.
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OzarkCrawler
Rock Stacker
Awesome, thanks. I've been too busy to work on mine.
OzarkCrawler
Rock Stacker
I'm debating not finishing mine. This is my first build in over 20 years and I'm severely disappointed in lack of support and parts availability in the US. Guess I picked the wrong rig to return to the hobby with.
thewildblue77
Quarry Creeper
The thing is, its a great crawler. Out of all my rigs its my favourite. It looks great...just has a few issues.
I agree with blue. I love mine. Was finally able to dial in my 2 speed. I even did a rear steer. I've bent both front and rear dog bones. But I have jumped mine quite a bit.
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tachikoma1373
Pebble Pounder
I agree with blue. I love mine. Was finally able to dial in my 2 speed. I even did a rear steer. I've bent both front and rear dog bones. But I have jumped mine quite a bit.
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Hey jaybob can you tell/show how you mounted the dual front shocks please?
Yeah, I can see the problem especially if/when it is your only car and can't get it going for those reasons. I have a lot of other things I can drive if the thing breaks - only one other crawler though - but even so I imagine I'll be bummed if something critical breaks to make it undriveable and I'll have to wait a minimum of two weeks to get parts! I'm of the rather impatient type with such things, I'm afraid.
thewildblue77
Quarry Creeper
Im the same, I hate waiting, I usually find I break something on the Saturday or Sunday, then find it outs of stock locally, so order from China and hope it makes it for the weekend. Though Ive slowly managed to build up some spares now so it isnt quite as bad...
I hate waiting for parts even when they're not for a car I'm about to drive! Psychological things can be so silly. Not really good to drive the GOM now with temps being up enough to make the snow too wet but still being slow to melt. So can't drive anything. In the meanwhile I don't seem to have a good spot for storing the GOM, my cars are all in the living room.
