Steelers fan 44
Newbie
I'm no where near comp days. Lol. But I just wanted a starter rtr crawler for now. I just ordered a 35t motor, 100mm shocks and axial lockers what can I do to lower the CG? Again thanks for our help jeep.
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A deeper look within the Redcat Everest 10 crawler
- Thread starter TakeOffYouHoser
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Steelers fan 44
Newbie
Wheels and tires are next, what size would you recommend?
Jeepiac
Rock Crawler
I would think something like a 1.9 Flat Iron XL would be pretty good. It's in between a 1.9 and 2.2 height wise. It'll lower your truck, but not so much it'll hang up on everything. They are a great performing tire. No matter what tire you end up going with make sure you get the soft comp compound. I wish I could remember what size shocks I used. I'm thinking with the stock chassis that 100mm might be a little short. They lay at an angle and that makes it drop quite a bit with a slightly shorter shock. Adding weight to the wheels helps a lot in lowering the CG also. I'm not real big on adding to the rotating mass, but it does help. I do it to all my crawler's, but I have a easy driving style for the most part and I only run 2s, and I only add a couple ounces to each wheel.
Steelers fan 44
Newbie
Ok ty jeep, great info. I'll check the shocks and go from there. It will be here tomorrow I can't freaking wait.
I finally got out with my E10 and new camera mounted to the bed. I ended up with 25 min of video. Here is a small edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYTVQ8zlkMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYTVQ8zlkMA
http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/TakeOffYouHoser/media/027_gimp_zpsebb191dd.jpg.html
http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/TakeOffYouHoser/media/028_gimp_zpsab3e1405.jpg.html
http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/TakeOffYouHoser/media/031_gimp_zpsb8a1743b.jpg.html
... but none of it will go together properly without SOME material removal. It's a necessity. To run Axial axle dogbones you MUST remove material somewhere. Below you can see a stock Axial front axle dogbone in the Everest 10 axle housing. At the left side you can see flange that the bearing would ride against is protruding from the housing end. This is undesireable. In order to fix this you need to remove material from the end that slides into the diff locker. This is only necessary on the one side. The opposite side, shown second pic below, shows the oppisite effect, so no material removal required.
I would just like to let everyone know that I have full axial internals in my e10 housings with no material removed off of the shafts. not sure why it didn't work for TakeOffYouHoser but mine are in fine. Axial HD locker and small diff housing and axial dog bones.
AX30420
Solid Axle Dogbone 6x74mm
AX80002
Diff Case -Small
AX30500
Heavy Duty Locker
all within my e10 housing.
after that the wheel hexes stripped out on the inside where the pin is so I added these.
AX30427
Axial Narrow 12mm Aluminum Hub
There is a bit of play because they don't seat as far back on the spindle but that can be fixed with a washer.
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I put 100mm shocks on mine. That droped the link level with the ground
I use 2.2 HB rovers and they were great. Tires made the biggest difference. I did put 1.9 trepadors on it in the end and they did just as good. But there is a loss of ground clearance. The rovers are ballon tires. What I would like to try are some 2.2 chisels. I guy I run with has a set on his wraith. They are tall but narrow like a 1.9 and have a similar pattern as the rovers
The only issue I had that I finally fixed was the lifting of the right front. And all I had to do was play with spring rates and preload. In the end the E10 was dialed in. It would go almost anywhere. And I never broke anything(I did have a steering knuckle come loose once but that's on me).
Sad to say that I have an "Everest 10 no more". For no fault of its own it is now an scx10. Nobody around here runs a comp rig. All scx10 and wraiths. I really liked the scale look of both. I was very hard to strip the e10 just because it preformed so well. The only thing I need to put it back are some axles and some links
I use 2.2 HB rovers and they were great. Tires made the biggest difference. I did put 1.9 trepadors on it in the end and they did just as good. But there is a loss of ground clearance. The rovers are ballon tires. What I would like to try are some 2.2 chisels. I guy I run with has a set on his wraith. They are tall but narrow like a 1.9 and have a similar pattern as the rovers
The only issue I had that I finally fixed was the lifting of the right front. And all I had to do was play with spring rates and preload. In the end the E10 was dialed in. It would go almost anywhere. And I never broke anything(I did have a steering knuckle come loose once but that's on me).
Sad to say that I have an "Everest 10 no more". For no fault of its own it is now an scx10. Nobody around here runs a comp rig. All scx10 and wraiths. I really liked the scale look of both. I was very hard to strip the e10 just because it preformed so well. The only thing I need to put it back are some axles and some links
Jeepiac
Rock Crawler
Funny how you can mod a crawler to the point you almost have a second out of the spare parts. "thumbsup"
Jeepiac
Rock Crawler
I figured it up and if I spend $60 I'll have another crawler, so I ordered a transmission and a set of links today. All that's left to get is a chassis.
Jeepiac
Rock Crawler
Jeepiac
Rock Crawler
"thumbsup" Best and cheapest way I've found is the Iron Crosses. I bought a pair of HSP lockers with gears, but being aluminum they got a lot of play in them pretty quickly.
Ok thanks for the help on the Axial part number ,, I know the grankids will really like these ,,they run my scx10"s when they come visit ,Heck I think that's why they want to come visit ,,That's fine take what ever excuse I can get to spend some time with them,,, "thumbsup"
Watch this video and it shows you what to do. Just first 5 mins or something.
https://youtu.be/01z7g1leqh0
https://youtu.be/01z7g1leqh0
Thank you for the link ,,,"thumbsup"
dubyas1989
Quarry Creeper
quick question, the scx10 driveshafts will fit the e10 right? i just busted my stockers and wanted to upograde to metal units, just double checking.
yes the length is right and they fit on the shafts but....you will need smaller set screws for the axial or if you use the axial set screws you will need to cut the pins off.
