bbolden516
Quarry Creeper
racerfred, thanks for the diy on how to change the button location for the different modes of steering. "thumbsup"
racerfred, thanks for the diy on how to change the button location for the different modes of steering. "thumbsup"
All i did to mine, was heat & bend the stock links to be angled like "high clearance" links, removed tires, applied stick-on wheel weights around inside diameter of wheels, i believe 3.75 oz up front and slightly less out back -roughly 3oz or so...i also mobbed around no-foams, as the rig is SO light, its not like trying to trail with a 12lb TRX4 and no foams. It actually is a HUGE help for grip! (at least till u break in the tires a bit). Also trimmed a lot of body away for full-articulation-clearance of the enormous tires! Lol!Just got my ridgerock this last week and I'm amazed by it. I'm new to rc crawling. But not new to rock crawling. Already starting to make some custom links and the pen mod.
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Also, changed to 20wt shock oil from whatever was factory, and was a huge help to performance on the rocks, also!All i did to mine, was heat & bend the stock links to be angled like "high clearance" links, removed tires, applied stick-on wheel weights around inside diameter of wheels, i believe 3.75 oz up front and slightly less out back -roughly 3oz or so...i also mobbed around no-foams, as the rig is SO light, its not like trying to trail with a 12lb TRX4 and no foams. It actually is a HUGE help for grip! (at least till u break in the tires a bit). Also trimmed a lot of body away for full-articulation-clearance of the enormous tires! Lol!
Ive only had to rebuild rear axle gears once, and, i think thats all in almost a year of crawling with the RR. I love it, and it looks hella-sweet towed behind my TRx4 Sport on a double axle trailer!
R.C. means both;Radio control, and Rock Crawler, oh..and Race Car! annd, Rice Cake, as well as
..Real cash, Remote Contr, etc
Bravo! And thank you very much for this awesome contribution to this great thread I'm sure you have helped a lot of other ridge Rock owners out by the time they finally read this.Hello All,
Newbie here. So I have been lurking this thread for a while. Not sure if this has been posted yet but...I found that you can use Redcat Everest 10 Side Linkages with some slight modification.
I ordered the following Everest 10 Side Linkages:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XYB8CUW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Then swap out the stock Ridgerock heim joints into the new Everest 10 linkages
And yep, I am running an Everest 10 body. I really did not like the stock body the Ridgerock came with
I did notice it slightly changes the caster alignment for the better.
Hopefully I'm able to post here now. Things I've done are of course servos, brass links, wraith wheels with mud slingers, brass wheel hexs, also to stiffen up the front and rear steering, a wire clothes hanger fits nicely into the chanel on top and bottom of the steering links, cut and formed then wrapped in electrical tape eliminates all slop
jakers, aweome find and great post sure to help those who feel intimidated by building their own links, for the time spent this will surely benefit a lot. "thumbsup"
Keep it up I look forward to all posts that are both creative and helpful.
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MattG99, sounds interesting got any pics or vids?
Not yet, I've been meaning to. Hopefully in a few days I can get back out to my local spot. Once I do I'll post the youtube link here for you guys.