Custom tubes?

[Will Murray]

What are the best custom axle tubes for the old style bully axles?

 

[josh6575]

Turning down a set of the aluminum ones works very well.

 

[Will Murray]

I'm getting a bunch of parts from a guy and there is a set of cases with gears but no tubes, so I was thinking of going with something custom but it doesn't seem that there are any options so I might have to build some from scratch.

 

[cboggs]

Possibly check with Dlux? I think someone made tubes for those years ago.

 

[bugman72]

Might be a bit late, but I am in the process of designing some new tubes for the Bully Comp 2.2 axles. I am 3D printing my own, but my hope is to upload to Shapeways so they can be SLA printed with their durable plastic. The rear axle tubes are pretty much the same as stock. I have also created a pair of tubes that push the link mount holes out towards the wheels (needed for my custom chassis). The front tubes are designed to use stock Bully Comp 2.2 CVDs, but with Axial AR60 knuckles and C's. Waiting to pick up some bearings this week to final fitment and then testing. You will need to do some slight alterations to the Axial parts in order to accommodate the necessary bearings. With the increased diameter of the Bully's CVDs, it will require you to shave the inner and outer bearing recesses on the C's to allow for a standard size bearing to fit. I had to do this due to there not being a "drop-in" bearing with the required dimensions since the Bully's CVDs are larger diameter.

Once I get everything sorted out and am confident in my design, I will upload to Shapeways.