The hood is just BARELY shorter. It slopes down though which changes the appearance of the length.
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Harley's Axial Wraith Build - Jimmy's 4x4 Ultra 4 KOH Style
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The hood is just BARELY shorter. It slopes down though which changes the appearance of the length.
team3six
www.team3sixrc.com
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Looks great Josh. Looks very well thought out."thumbsup"
BTW, Not to hijack your thread,
I was contacted by "gm0688" regarding the axle situation among many of the vendors that make them or will be making them.
I just want to take a moment to clarify some things to those who love this Wraith and want to purchase the Axle shafts for the vendors or have some made.
Some vendors make their own products and some hire machinist's to do it for them.
Those of us that hire are at the mercy of the machinist. We will hire the cheapest and most dependable machinist to do the work for us so we can turn a profit. Even a full on Machine shop will not make certain things because of a flooded market plan which no one wants to sit on product that will not sell.
Wraith rear axle shafts
*Axial Rear axle shafts, To my knowledge has no problem with them, They are just narrow through out the whole shaft instead of having a thicker portion before and after the link mount position.
*RC4WD, as far as I know does not sell the rear shafts for the Wraith.
*The "Seld M Bend" brand of Wraith rear axle shafts are His product. He makes them They are made of steel. He is just waiting to put them in production.
*SDS Customz Super 300's Rear axle shafts. Made of 300 Chrome Moly. This product is they are near bullet proof, so therefore will be pricey|! As well as (SDS is not the Machinist) and in order to keep the price as low as it is, He is between a rock and a hard place waiting for the Machinist to produce them. The Good news is they are as I said nearly indestructible, so therefore, chances are you'll never have to replace them.
Now on to the Front axle shafts.
*Axial shafts are excellent, they are at this time just hard to come by. simply because the Christmas season, sales on kits have been great, and parts went out the door.
*Seld M bend does not nor will he make rear axle shafts because the machine time involved to make the knuckle is way too much money for a small guy like him who send's his Cad stuff to be made for him.
*RC4WD, I'll be honest and its no disrespect to RC4WD, But for crawling there Wraith XVD's do the job. When it comes to high torque the metal they used was not a very good choice. Now I heard that they will be making a higher grade all purpose shaft in the future, I just do not know when that will be and they have not said.
* Super 300's. Again in my book, The best money can buy. just no word on when they will be released as well as SDS being at the mercy of the machinist.
Bottom line is, your probably one of the thousands that walked into the Wraith storm and Harley has done a terrific job promoting this outstanding platform's. But most of you will have to wait to buy what you need to get by and pick up the upgrades when made available.
Looks great Josh. Looks very well thought out."thumbsup"
BTW, Not to hijack your thread,
I was contacted by "gm0688" regarding the axle situation among many of the vendors that make them or will be making them.
I just want to take a moment to clarify some things to those who love this Wraith and want to purchase the Axle shafts for the vendors or have some made.
Some vendors make their own products and some hire machinist's to do it for them.
Those of us that hire are at the mercy of the machinist. We will hire the cheapest and most dependable machinist to do the work for us so we can turn a profit. Even a full on Machine shop will not make certain things because of a flooded market plan which no one wants to sit on product that will not sell.
Wraith rear axle shafts
*Axial Rear axle shafts, To my knowledge has no problem with them, They are just narrow through out the whole shaft instead of having a thicker portion before and after the link mount position.
*RC4WD, as far as I know does not sell the rear shafts for the Wraith.
*The "Seld M Bend" brand of Wraith rear axle shafts are His product. He makes them They are made of steel. He is just waiting to put them in production.
*SDS Customz Super 300's Rear axle shafts. Made of 300 Chrome Moly. This product is they are near bullet proof, so therefore will be pricey|! As well as (SDS is not the Machinist) and in order to keep the price as low as it is, He is between a rock and a hard place waiting for the Machinist to produce them. The Good news is they are as I said nearly indestructible, so therefore, chances are you'll never have to replace them.
Now on to the Front axle shafts.
*Axial shafts are excellent, they are at this time just hard to come by. simply because the Christmas season, sales on kits have been great, and parts went out the door.
*Seld M bend does not nor will he make rear axle shafts because the machine time involved to make the knuckle is way too much money for a small guy like him who send's his Cad stuff to be made for him.
*RC4WD, I'll be honest and its no disrespect to RC4WD, But for crawling there Wraith XVD's do the job. When it comes to high torque the metal they used was not a very good choice. Now I heard that they will be making a higher grade all purpose shaft in the future, I just do not know when that will be and they have not said.
* Super 300's. Again in my book, The best money can buy. just no word on when they will be released as well as SDS being at the mercy of the machinist.
Bottom line is, your probably one of the thousands that walked into the Wraith storm and Harley has done a terrific job promoting this outstanding platform's. But most of you will have to wait to buy what you need to get by and pick up the upgrades when made available.
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Didn't mean to step on anyones toes. He sounded like a guy that could get some made for Seld-m-bend. So they wouldn't have to get sent from Australia.
Didn't mean to step on anyones toes. He sounded like a guy that could get some made for Seld-m-bend. So they wouldn't have to get sent from Australia.
team3six
www.team3sixrc.com
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Well as Harley can attest to. I tend to get a little lengthy with my posts. So I made it colorful to keep peoples attention. ;-)
I posted that info just to inform others know who might have the same question's as gm0688 since Harley's thread is one of the more informative steps to building a wraith.
:mrgreen:
Well as Harley can attest to. I tend to get a little lengthy with my posts. So I made it colorful to keep peoples attention. ;-)
I posted that info just to inform others know who might have the same question's as gm0688 since Harley's thread is one of the more informative steps to building a wraith.
On my way to the machine shop!
VP axle murder to ensue.
VP axle murder to ensue.
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slickwillie
Quarry Creeper
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Right on!!!"thumbsup" Can't wait to see the results8)
Right on!!!"thumbsup" Can't wait to see the results8)
the DMG
RCC Addict
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Harley !!
we be able to install the interior thur the side of the chassis with the dash removed.
no problem "thumbsup"
Harley !!
we be able to install the interior thur the side of the chassis with the dash removed.
no problem "thumbsup"
Good news!
The axle butchering is complete. Came out great. Going home to do some test fitting.
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Narrowing the VP Housings
This morning I headed out early and hit the machine shop :ror:
Here was the start
Gotta start somewhere.... this hurt!
Narrowing the VP Housings
This morning I headed out early and hit the machine shop :ror:
Here was the start
Gotta start somewhere.... this hurt!
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Faced the housing for a true surface
Did the same thing on the pieces we cut off and the other side of the housing.
If you were curious, you aren't going to bend these housings!
Faced the housing for a true surface
Did the same thing on the pieces we cut off and the other side of the housing.
If you were curious, you aren't going to bend these housings!
FRENCHBLUE72
RCC Addict
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Those toobs are thick as hell.... Is that an orange knob on the lathe???:lmao:
Those toobs are thick as hell.... Is that an orange knob on the lathe???:lmao:
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
All the housing work is done.
Next up was to make sleeves to reassemble the housing.
These two tubes are 1.5" long. We made 4 of them, two are for me to mock up the axles and be able to disassemble them and the other two are made for a press fit once the axles are anodized. Since these are steel you can't put them in and then anodize them. I didn't take a picture but these are also notched for the link bolts to go through.
All the housing work is done.
Next up was to make sleeves to reassemble the housing.
These two tubes are 1.5" long. We made 4 of them, two are for me to mock up the axles and be able to disassemble them and the other two are made for a press fit once the axles are anodized. Since these are steel you can't put them in and then anodize them. I didn't take a picture but these are also notched for the link bolts to go through.
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Centered.
Centered.
Rig Rocker
I wanna be Dave
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
Wow! You have made an OCP an OCP - On Center Pumpkin 8)
This is a great idea. I wish Vanquish would make some similar, for the scaler masses.
Wow! You have made an OCP an OCP - On Center Pumpkin 8)
This is a great idea. I wish Vanquish would make some similar, for the scaler masses.
I don't really see it being a production piece. There are many issues that the typical Wraith crowd just won't be up for. The Wraith crowd in general isn't as much of a DIY crowd as the typical 1.9 and 2.2 scale guys. This changes the width of the link mounts and overall width. I could see RC4WD doing it but then we're back to axle shaft issues.
joelKID984
Quarry Creeper
Re: Harley's Wraith - New DMG Chassis Pics
nice harley,you can hardly tell its been butchered. apart from the red but...nice work
nice harley,you can hardly tell its been butchered. apart from the red but...nice work
nice harley,you can hardly tell its been butchered. apart from the red but...nice work
That red will clean right off. It all blends really well. We did a little extra work to clean up the fillets so it blends perfectly.
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