meffie's Wraith

[meffie]

meffie's Wraith

Parts List
Front Axle
Vanquish Wraith Knuckles - Black
Vanquish C-Hubs - Black
Vanquish Panhard Kit
Vanquish CMS Kit
Vanquish 3/16 Titanium Tie Rod
Vanquish 3/16 Titanium Drag Link
Hitec 7954SH High Torque Servo
Beef Tubes
Hot Racing 1 Piece Locker

Rear Axle
STRC Steering Knuckles - Black
STRC C-Hubs - Black
HR Steering Rod Kit
Hitec 7954SH High Torque Servo
Beef Tubes
Hot Racing 1 Piece Locker

DriveTrain
STRC Motor Plate
Robinson Racing 15T 32P Pinon Gear
Kimbrough 60T 32P Spur Gear
Robinson Aluminum Diff Gear
Robinson Steel Idler Gear
CKRC Driveshafts
Robinson Racing HP 56T Slipper Unit

Wheels & Tires
Vanquish 2.2 SLW V5 Wheels
Axial Ripsaw R35 Tires

Suspension
Vanquish Titanium Links
CKRC Lowering Kit
Axial XR10 Factory Shocks

Chassis
BGR Trailbar Bumper w/ Custom Fairlead
BGR Trailbar Rear Bumper
RC4WD Bumper Supports
Carter Fab Panels

Electronics
Team Brood Apocalypse Type R 25T
Tekin FXR Esc
Futaba 4PL TX
Futaba R2104 GF RX
Castle BEC X2

Winch
MG946R 55G 208oz Servo

Lighting
Chaotic Crawlers Custom LED's. 4 White, 2 Red
Krawlfreak's Lightbar

 

[meffie]

Welp, I figured I would actually do a build thread for once. So here's my start.

Parts Pack #1

 

[S ARR T 8]

Good start"thumbsup"Would like to know how u like those g made wheels after you get a chance to abuse them.

 

[joelKID984]

yer, you got soom good parts for sure. you cant go past vanquish. what motor is that?

 

[meffie]

Good start"thumbsup"Would like to know how u like those g made wheels after you get a chance to abuse them.

Will do. Wasn't going to be my first choice of wheels, but hell for $10....Figured I'd try them. They'll get me started for now at least. I'll post up after some abuse for you. "thumbsup"

yer, you got soom good parts for sure. you cant go past vanquish. what motor is that?

It is a Brood Apocalypse Type R 25 Turn "thumbsup"

 

[slickwillie]

Building is half the fun. Enjoy"thumbsup"

 

[meffie]

Indeed. This is my 4th crawler build now so I'm not skeered

 

[meffie]

Ran into my first assembly snag today. The rear axle driveshaft pin falls straight through the coupler. I'd post a video but it won't seem to let me. Anyone else had this issue?

As a side note I called up Scott @ Axial and they're sending me out replacements, so way to go Axial as always.

 

[meffie]

Wow I'm apparently a lucky cat! Figured with my driveline issue I would move on to chassis assembly.....NOT.....Guess my assembly is still on hold

Axial is still going to take care of the problems though

 

[shwng1973]

Would so send the whole box back.
Problem after problem.
Just my 2 cents

 

[meffie]

The thought occurred to me. But honestly I'm not in a rush to get it done. Although I have parts all over my workspace now and 2 3 year old twins running around trying to play with it, lol.

If I run into another issue though I very well may request that.

 

[Jus]

Oh man that sucks! I know I'd be dissapointed 'cause when I start building I usually can't sleep until it's done. :lmao:

 

[meffie]

Parts should be here Thursday or Friday from Axial. Until then my builds dead in the water.

Fortunately though, I'm still waiting on a few upgrades from Vendors, so should all be here in time and I can throw the whole thing together

 

[94smasher]

yup, had the same issue with the pin and driveshaft coupler. Mine was an RTR, so I made it about 5 minutes before that went flying. I also got in touch with Scott at Axial, and they're sending out a new one, no questions asked. So, I guess there must be a few with that issue...

 

[meffie]

yup, had the same issue with the pin and driveshaft coupler. Mine was an RTR, so I made it about 5 minutes before that went flying. I also got in touch with Scott at Axial, and they're sending out a new one, no questions asked. So, I guess there must be a few with that issue...

Yah he said they've had a few with the pin/coupler issue. Although my 2 left sides was the first he's heard of, lol

 

[meffie]

Goodie bag #2 just arrived

 

[4ruggy]

are all those connections for your lights?

 

[meffie]

are all those connections for your lights?

Well they can be. But mainly its to size all my servo/bec etc.blah blah wires to exactly the length I need. Also gonna make some y adapters for 4ws and such

 

[meffie]

Ok so I got the replacement side and cvd's from Axial...Thanks Scott "thumbsup"

So I started assembly again. and came out with a Roller.

 

[meffie]

Good start"thumbsup"Would like to know how u like those g made wheels after you get a chance to abuse them.

Just a side note back to you, and anyone else who may care.

The G-Made wheels do *NOT* fit the hexes properly. They are a bit too small. Gonna have to do a little tweaking to get them to fit right so I don't strip them out.

That being said I do still really like the wheels considering they're plastic "thumbsup"