If you guessd Step B is next you'd be correct. Congrats on high level Engrish skillz! You may also probably guess this step entails building the rear axle.
Warning. There is a fair share of nitpicking in this step so hike up your skirt before reading.
The stock gearing in the rear axle is 30/8. I assume the front is the same, but in my haste I forgot to take a photo. Impatience will be a common theme in this and other builds of mine. :ror:
More Vanquish shellac spread on dem gears.
And I work so fast that just like that you have a completed rear axle. So sexy.
Next up is the chassis. My kit did included the updated, aluminum braces.
Here's the upgraded, aluminum brace on the left next to the stock, plastic brace on the right. More beefy is more gooder!
Time for the chassis rails. Sonuva! A brand new frame rail nicked straight out of the box. This is very odd since the frame rails were packaged in the foam block rather than thrown together in a plastic bag. I hope this isn't an indication of weak powder coating. Oh well, it's going to get scratched anyway so let's continue.
The four screws that mount the bumper, frame rails, and brace together were a bugger to get in. The anodizing on the threads of the aluminum brace was thick and stubborn. I had to back them out and screw them in a few times until they were seated easily enough.
The front bumper has some issues with the anodizing. In this photo you can see a distinct section that isn't like the rest. That blotch actually appears to be the good part. The rest of the anodizing on the bumper seems thinner. Alas, we will still continue because the bumper will still do bumpering and after the first run it will be the least of my cosmetic worries.
Next up is the Jenner! Err, I mean tranny...as in trannymission.
The gears are excellent. Super high quality. I also found it odd that the idler rides on a hollow shaft. I don't think I've ever seen this before.
More Vanquish Venom schmeared on the gears. Some people say smear. I prefer schmear for more effect...of what I don't know.
Here's the transmission with the motor plate. Very nice and very beefy.
Not sure if you can see it in this photo, but the black screws have some of the coating chipped off out of the bag. I assume this is plain steal underneath and if so we are probably going to have rust issues.
The spur gear hub doesn't appear to be finished at all. You're really not going to see it once everything is assembled, but it would look much nicer if it got a coat of the anodizing.
I assumed, or as my jackass of a professor in college used to say, uh-shumed, the spur would be metal, but it is not. It's plastic, but it's from Kimbrough. That's about as high quality as you can get in the composite spur gear world so it should do just fine.
You can see the holes in the spur didn't exactly lineup with the holes in the hub. I had to move it around to get all three screws to lineup. Not uncommon with plastic spur gears.
This is the back of the spur gear guard. I'm not going to call it a cover because it's really not. The anodizing is shoddy here as well. Again, you'll never see it so it's a non issue outside of cosmetics. I'm glad I don't have OCD or this would probably work me up.
The completed transmission with the Incision driveshaft halves. I've never used Incision driveshafts, but they look darn good.
Warning. There is a fair share of nitpicking in this step so hike up your skirt before reading.
The stock gearing in the rear axle is 30/8. I assume the front is the same, but in my haste I forgot to take a photo. Impatience will be a common theme in this and other builds of mine. :ror:
More Vanquish shellac spread on dem gears.
And I work so fast that just like that you have a completed rear axle. So sexy.
Next up is the chassis. My kit did included the updated, aluminum braces.
Here's the upgraded, aluminum brace on the left next to the stock, plastic brace on the right. More beefy is more gooder!
Time for the chassis rails. Sonuva! A brand new frame rail nicked straight out of the box. This is very odd since the frame rails were packaged in the foam block rather than thrown together in a plastic bag. I hope this isn't an indication of weak powder coating. Oh well, it's going to get scratched anyway so let's continue.
The four screws that mount the bumper, frame rails, and brace together were a bugger to get in. The anodizing on the threads of the aluminum brace was thick and stubborn. I had to back them out and screw them in a few times until they were seated easily enough.
The front bumper has some issues with the anodizing. In this photo you can see a distinct section that isn't like the rest. That blotch actually appears to be the good part. The rest of the anodizing on the bumper seems thinner. Alas, we will still continue because the bumper will still do bumpering and after the first run it will be the least of my cosmetic worries.
Next up is the Jenner! Err, I mean tranny...as in trannymission.
The gears are excellent. Super high quality. I also found it odd that the idler rides on a hollow shaft. I don't think I've ever seen this before.
More Vanquish Venom schmeared on the gears. Some people say smear. I prefer schmear for more effect...of what I don't know.
Here's the transmission with the motor plate. Very nice and very beefy.
Not sure if you can see it in this photo, but the black screws have some of the coating chipped off out of the bag. I assume this is plain steal underneath and if so we are probably going to have rust issues.
The spur gear hub doesn't appear to be finished at all. You're really not going to see it once everything is assembled, but it would look much nicer if it got a coat of the anodizing.
I assumed, or as my jackass of a professor in college used to say, uh-shumed, the spur would be metal, but it is not. It's plastic, but it's from Kimbrough. That's about as high quality as you can get in the composite spur gear world so it should do just fine.
You can see the holes in the spur didn't exactly lineup with the holes in the hub. I had to move it around to get all three screws to lineup. Not uncommon with plastic spur gears.
This is the back of the spur gear guard. I'm not going to call it a cover because it's really not. The anodizing is shoddy here as well. Again, you'll never see it so it's a non issue outside of cosmetics. I'm glad I don't have OCD or this would probably work me up.
The completed transmission with the Incision driveshaft halves. I've never used Incision driveshafts, but they look darn good.
