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Losi Steering mod design
- Thread starter CODYBOY
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Yes they are, the next completed axle is Robs. Kelly at Lunsford Racing and I have been friends since the early 80s, so Titanium shouldn't be a problem. I'm thinking I might try some of his 1/8 scale turnbuckles for links, at the very least upper links. I still have probably still have 40 links of different lengths and bends!"thumbsup"
Ernie
WHITE-TRASH
I wanna be Dave
I went looking for Lunsford grinder links and found that they don't make them anymore unfortunately. But they do make revo suspension pushrods which come in a few different lengths that happen to be perfect for sporty links.
The Grinders were nice because they slimmed down a bit in the middle area.
But I never thought about the Traxxas direction ....... hmmmmmm "thumbsup"
WHITE-TRASH
I wanna be Dave
All of my rigs have revo push rods on them in one position or another. They can be drilled and tapped shorter as needed and they're tough. I really need to get Ti links on my sporty(s) though. They are pigs! :laughing:
C*H*U*D
No idea what I'm doing
I've never seen the Revo push rods, but I've used nothing but Revo rod ends on all my rigs for quite a few years. I just always thought everyone else did too :shock:
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I wanna be Dave
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I wanna be Dave
I have them in steel too but they're very heavy. I'll stick with the aluminum version.
I thought I would show you a few more steps to building the brass tubes for the XR width. This is 1 of 10 steps to building these.
The tubes have been turned down to 3/8" and have the chub mounts soldered on.
The trumpet pieces cut to size and ready to solder on the shaft.
Another step completed at the at the soldering table.
Turned and fitted to the Losi casings
All and all these take and average of 1.3 hours each to do from start to finish.
The tubes have been turned down to 3/8" and have the chub mounts soldered on.
The trumpet pieces cut to size and ready to solder on the shaft.
Another step completed at the at the soldering table.
Turned and fitted to the Losi casings
All and all these take and average of 1.3 hours each to do from start to finish.
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:shock: Holy Crap ..... I thought you were just turning it down from a single piece.
I thought I would show you a few more steps to building the brass tubes for the XR width. This is 1 of 10 steps to building these.
The tubes have been turned down to 3/8" and have the chub mounts soldered on.
The trumpet pieces cut to size and ready to solder on the shaft.
Another step completed at the at the soldering table.
Turned and fitted to the Losi casings
All and all these take and average of 1.3 hours each to from start to finish.
That would be the way to do them if I had the machines to do it. They could be done from 1/4" brass rod, But I think it would really drive the price up. I'm going up to visit with Kelly and Barb at Lunsford racing this week, and may see what it would cost to do them on one of his machines. "thumbsup"
Ernie
Thanks EeePee, just trying to help out some of the Losi guys!"thumbsup"
Ernie
Yeah, they don't need to be that shiny but it just takes a couple seconds with some red graining cloth."thumbsup"
Ernie
Here is what I finished today,
Robbob's axle, almost ready ship! I want to take it up to Lunsford racing this week to talk with Kelly about the tubes.
Here is what happens when you don't hold the axle casing tightly when drilling them out.
The good news is it broke above the link mount, and for the scale width I cut them right at the link mount. What is that saying, " Making lemon aid out of lemons". Lucky break for me!
So for you first five guys, got these in today, unis from Erik at Dlux Fab.
And some Stainless Steel inserts for the uni to spool mod.
Think I have all the parts to start building. Thanks for looking.
Ernie
Robbob's axle, almost ready ship! I want to take it up to Lunsford racing this week to talk with Kelly about the tubes.
Here is what happens when you don't hold the axle casing tightly when drilling them out.
The good news is it broke above the link mount, and for the scale width I cut them right at the link mount. What is that saying, " Making lemon aid out of lemons". Lucky break for me!
So for you first five guys, got these in today, unis from Erik at Dlux Fab.
And some Stainless Steel inserts for the uni to spool mod.
Think I have all the parts to start building. Thanks for looking.
Ernie
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Have you shot a email to Dan @ beef tubes to see if he could a run for you?
goobs
RCC Addict
all of this has me wishing it was possible to have worms/pinions machined with a 10:1 or 5:1 ratio to make these axles more popular. high diff clearance, retarded steering, etc. that would be a killer setup!
I think that baconbits and GiJoe are working with Dan a little. I'm not sure were that is going, seems I'm a little out of the loop on that one.
Hey goobs, that would be cool, but I think "what we've got is what we are going to get"!"thumbsup""thumbsup"
Ernie
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Slow....
I hav'nt had very much tiny truck time lately.
Derrick (baconbits) has the set you sent him, but they hav'nt made it to Beef Tubes yet.
Dan and Derrick are both going to a Comp out of state in February. I think the plan is for them to work together in person while in Florida together.
Slow....
I hav'nt had very much tiny truck time lately.
Derrick (baconbits) has the set you sent him, but they hav'nt made it to Beef Tubes yet.
Dan and Derrick are both going to a Comp out of state in February. I think the plan is for them to work together in person while in Florida together.
Thanks for the update Joe. "thumbsup"
Ernie
