Affordable self made lockouts.

[chris akhay]

will be trying it this weekend!!!

thanks for the info fellas"thumbsup"

 

[evileddy420]

I managed to break one of my lockouts. It was made out of the end of the pvc that was threaded. My crawler took a fall off of a ledge and the tire rolled down the hill.:-( Will be making a new lockout, and some spares today.

 

[Jstalker]

shaft length?

did u have to get a longer shaft or use the 2 peice shaft???

 

[evileddy420]

did u have to get a longer shaft or use the 2 peice shaft???

I used the stock axle and stub shaft. cvds would fit right in as well.

 

[Jstalker]

thanks evileddy not sure if iam going to do this or buy the fancy chrome alloy ones with the one piece shaft

thanx again

 

[traxxas4fun]

im new to this wheely king stuff, what do these lockouts do?

 

[aj6502]

They eliminate the steering knuckle, linkages, and extra more breakable parts. One piece axles also help to eliminate some more of the drivetrain slop.

 

[rcalhoun]

Great mod! I will be doing this to my wheely king as soon as I get time.This web site is great."thumbsup"

 

[bigjay1973]

damn, thats pretty slick' great write up

 

[devestator_x]

im new to this wheely king stuff, what do these lockouts do?

Im with him...I understand the concept, but since I dont have a Wheely King as of yet, Im not sure if I understand where these are located. Front or rear? Front makes no sense to me since the truck wouldnt be able to turn if you eliminate the knuckles. Using it on the rear does make sense, but at that point what doesnt make sense is why HPI would make the rear have knuckles without ever intending them to turn?

 

[grizz]

They give them knuckles on the rear so you could have the option of 4wheel stear.

 

[ou812]

This is cool,so i tried it with aluminum round stock,I made mine a little diffrent,I extended the tube all the way to the end bearing,I machined an aluminum support ring for the end to take up the slack and make it tougher
I was affraid that whitout the support ring it may bend or wobble

Support ring installed

 

[ontherocks88]

wow that looks awesome nice job

 

[drilldeep]

how much machine work on the alloy pieces?

 

[ou812]

how much machine work on the alloy pieces?

On my small manual lathe....about an hour,Boring takes the longest,I'D make and sell a few sets

 

[viper6171]

i am building my first crawler out of a wheely king love all of the ideas on this site will post pics when complete

 

[dunerdude69]

could you make these for the axial scorpion

 

[Pete from Houston]

could you make these for the axial scorpion

There are already Axial lockouts available...look at the rear axle of the ARTR and the SCX10.

 

[tylerlong]

thats awesome
i would do this if i needed to

 

[kwsmith29]

Thanks for the great idea. I built a set this week and they worked out great. $1.53 in materials and about an hour of labor. Saved a little coin and did it with no use of a lathe. Worked out Great......