New Everest Gen7 Pro Issues and Comments

[StomperCrawler]

so far we've done some free steering mods to improve radius, replaced plastic lockers, replaced servo horn and servo, and trimmed the body and bumper to make room for the flexed tires.

good rig, just needs some tweaks

Why'd you replace the servo? I thought the stock ones had decent torque?

Do the tires rub on the body and bumpers stock, or only after modding steering, shocks, etc?

 

[Jim85IROC]

The stock servo is decent. When I replaced mine the new one had a lot more torque, but out on the trails it all worked the same because there weren't any situations where the stock one was too weak.

As for tire rub, the tires rub both bumpers and some of the body. On the Pro I imagine the fender flares rub too. You can lift the bumpers up and that helps. In my case I wanted to tuck the bumpers in also, and that required a lot of trimming on the front, but not enough that the bumper looks bad. Here's my video that shows what I did:
https://youtu.be/Lir_rGpr0b0

 

[RoverTom]

RoverTom's Unboxing Report Follow Up

Today I took it out for an indoor drive, since I've not checked the steering calibration yet.

Going in forward, the steering calibration setting on the controller seemed good. Going in reverse, I noticed it was turning to the left. Doing a little more driving, I was hearing a slight "pock pock pock" sound indicating something was mechanically strange. Could not see that anything was rubbing against the wheels or drivetrain. What could it be? I flipped it over...

Whoever assembled this, had one of the links (forward right) out of alignment with the other 3. The above image shows this. So their QC person isn't quite as legit as I thought. Good thing I was able to move this link to the correct position with my 2 mm hex wrench.

The pock pock sound went away (maybe drive shaft related?) and although the steering calibration can't make the steering perfect, it's good to go now.

Will take it out when this cold weather finally loosens its icy grip.

 

[ksonghasun]

Any way to reduce the torque twist?

 

[Smokin' Joe]

Any way to reduce the torque twist?

I'd recommend modifying your skid plate to triangulate the lower links or trying the Vader products skid. It makes for a huge reduction in torque twist for the Everest 10 and should help the Gen 7 similarly.

Here are links to a couple threads about it:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/redcat-crawlers/570358-my-e10-skid-plate-mods.html

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/redc...-7-skid-plate-everest-10-install-fitment.html

Note you will have to adjust your lower link length if you want to keep the same wheelbase.

 

[brokemudder]

I lowered the battery on mine a little bit. Helps keep the front wheel down a little better. All I did was take off the tray and use the top two bolts in the bottom holes. Not much lower but hey, it's free.

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