my Yoda Crawler build

[fcr61]

What's up? I've been a lurker for awhile now and decided to share the build that my 6 y/o son and I put together. He came up with the paint scheme and placement of stickers, the roof has a Star Wars clone wars sticker with Yoda hence the name. The list of components is as follows:

1 stock Venom Crawler with relocated lower links(turned and mounted to ooutside of chassis) rear upper links are spread apart to help combat T T, front shocks upper mounting moved lower on battery tray. All pins have been shrink wrapped.

HR front C's and spindles
HR rear lockouts
Novak Rooster Crawler
Novak 45T
Savox SC-1256TG titanium gear "High Torque"steering servo
Spektrum SR300 reciever
Spektrum DX 3.0 radio
Venom front and rear lockers with HD metal diff. housings(these are the newly released lockers)
Venom 6-cell NiMH 4200mah
Motor and trans. have been flipped...motor now resides in the rear of the chassis this allowed for a more evenly balanced crawler
Currently have zero weight in tires.

The plan is to upgrade the shock springs and add a Paradox rear upper link mount.
And now on to the pics:

 

[jojo303d]

how do the lockes hold up? any slop?

 

[fcr61]

The lockers were just added days ago...was previously running the stock selectable with a washer behind the red lock ring, needless to say the spider gears were chipping away. The locker tolerances are very tight and there is no slop at all.

 

[jojo303d]

sweet is the locker steel or aluminum? as well as the carrier?

 

[asw27x]

i would say aluminum but u dont know

looks good i have a few suggestions

mount the lowers back to the skid plate like stock and put the shocks on the lower link mount tabs

 

[fcr61]

The lockers appear to be steel or an alloy with a high steel content as it is very magnetic...compared to the stock axle shafts the lockers are the same type material. The carrier is an alloy and is labeled as so...definetly a different finish compared to the lockers.

 

[fcr61]

Well figured I'd post a quick update, the Yoda crawler has been down for about a month and a half...lack of time and broken parts. I have since moved my lower shock mounts to the lower link mounting position. I am currently waiting for a new ring and pinion for both front and rear diff's as being an earlier kit the pinion has shed some teeth, also have some HB Rovers coming should make a huge difference...once I get it back together I'll grab some action shots.

 

[team423]

having the same problem. it sucks!!:x