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One man's junk is another man's treasure
- Thread starter v84x4
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v84x4
Rock Crawler
Shush.......
Don't tell anyone !!! ;-)
Thanks
Bonjour......;-)
Like i said before
Not to much to mod that someone hasn't already moded ;-)
But maybe a few tricks up my sleeve, We'll see ;-)
:lmao: thats funny !!!
Cant believe I got them all modded out like this
But "Rock hard" must have bought something else for him
to let them go..........
Anyway Thanks guys
Best Regards V8
Harvo
I wanna be Dave
You mentioned super thin delrin under the tubes... you can get delrin "pipe" that will fit snugly on the tubes. That works pretty well.
The coolest little trick I have found for sliding is from a clothes dryer. Many of them have these little rectangular tabs that the drum spins against. They are super slick and slightly flexible. I cut and stuck one to the bottom of each of my gearcases, then tapered the ends with a dremmel to remove the edges. 8) Oh.... yeah... better than delrin "thumbsup"
The coolest little trick I have found for sliding is from a clothes dryer. Many of them have these little rectangular tabs that the drum spins against. They are super slick and slightly flexible. I cut and stuck one to the bottom of each of my gearcases, then tapered the ends with a dremmel to remove the edges. 8) Oh.... yeah... better than delrin "thumbsup"
v84x4
Rock Crawler
COOL.......
Sounds like "TEFLON"
Thanks for the tip "thumbsup"
Just a few updates:
Bought the VP WRAITH front TI lower Links......... BEEFY :twisted:
Installed the 86jeep Steering mod and Futaba Brushless Motor Digital Servo BLS157-HV :twisted:
Speed: 0.11 sec/60° at 7.4V
Torque: 513.9oz/in (37.0kg/cm) at 7.4V
Made some 1/16th "Delrin" skids for the Gearbox and Motors
I bought 2 Micro Sidewinder ESC's and a CC BEC......
XJFarmer is hooking me up by shrink wrapping & wiring everything up "thumbsup"
Hope to be up and running by next weekend
More to come
Regards V8
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spyder_4193
Newbie
Those skids look great "thumbsup"
How did you get them to stay on though
How did you get them to stay on though
Harvo
I wanna be Dave
X2... got to know... what did you use. It looks very clean"thumbsup"
v84x4
Rock Crawler
Thanks Guys......
It's nothing special
Just some of that 3M "Clear" Double sided Tape
But, the trick to getting a good stick is to clean
both surface's with Denatured alcohol before applying
the tape ;-)
Tip:
Warm up your metal parts with a heat gun before sticking
the skids to them
Because of the denatured alcohol, once your parts are stuck
They wont come off unless you pry them off using a screwdriver ;-)
Regards V8
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binaryterror
I wanna be Dave
I used to use that route...the thickness added hurts too much.
Best bet is to buy some BWD motor savers (way better than anything I've tried...and cheap to boot). Then use teflon chassis protector...much thinner.
Hope to see you in a week!
Best bet is to buy some BWD motor savers (way better than anything I've tried...and cheap to boot). Then use teflon chassis protector...much thinner.
Hope to see you in a week!
v84x4
Rock Crawler
My Truck on the Rocks for the first time !!!!
Well......
You were right "binaryterror" "thumbsup"
The home made skids made it slide off the rocks too much
It seems you need the Aluminum to hook on the rocks to drive your line ;-)
Had a GREAT time hanging with the "MiRcA" club.........
Some Video of XJFarmer driving my rig....
Had a bolt from a rear shock come out but Farmer managed to finish the course anyway
My Berg BJV4 chassis in action - YouTube
Cant wait for the next comp
Regards V8
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v84x4
Rock Crawler
Update.........
Got my Custom cut-n-shut Red Dot "Blocks"
in the mail today from "ittybitty".....Thanks bud, Great job "thumbsup"
I'll have to let you know how they hook on "MiRcA's" slick rocks
Now, Lets drive :twisted:
Regards V8
Got my Custom cut-n-shut Red Dot "Blocks"
in the mail today from "ittybitty".....Thanks bud, Great job "thumbsup"
I'll have to let you know how they hook on "MiRcA's" slick rocks
Now, Lets drive :twisted:
Regards V8
v84x4
Rock Crawler
I ended up using some dense Memory Foam I had laying around ;-)
These Tires are sick....Thanks again
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So I've been messing around with external limiters (Spacers) on my shock shafts.
I use a 6mm spacer & 2 "0" rings for limitation, giving me 8mm of limitation.
but I didn't really like the look of them plus they slide up and down the shaft during articulation so I got to thinking :twisted:
KYOSHO makes a shorter shock casing #W5196V that are aprox 8mm shorter.
So when used with the long stroke shaft (46mm) would give me a 8mm
internal limit on the out side....
But using the shorter casing's makes the shock to short so I ground off the
pivot ball end and drilled it out to be able to use a Rod end ;-)
This now makes the shock the same length as the original shock "thumbsup"
I am making some Brass caps for the rod ends instead of the plastic stock ones ;-)
(I dont trust the plastic caps to hold up after drilling them out)
I also turned down the shock casings to get rid of the unused thread and polished them :twisted:
:twisted: I plan on winning the comps by Blinding my apponents :twisted: :lmao:
Regards V8
Farmer
RCC Addict
Very nice Rick. You have a winner for sure"thumbsup"
Later,
Farmer
Later,
Farmer
mustangboy_347
Rock Crawler
I ended up using some dense Memory Foam I had laying around ;-)
These Tires are sick....Thanks again
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So I've been messing around with external limiters (Spacers) on my shock shafts.
I use a 6mm spacer & 2 "0" rings for limitation, giving me 8mm of limitation.
but I didn't really like the look of them plus they slide up and down the shaft during articulation so I got to thinking :twisted:
KYOSHO makes a shorter shock casing #W5196V that are aprox 8mm shorter.
So when used with the long stroke shaft (46mm) would give me a 8mm
internal limit on the out side....
But using the shorter casing's makes the shock to short so I ground off the
pivot ball end and drilled it out to be able to use a Rod end ;-)
This now makes the shock the same length as the original shock "thumbsup"
I am making some Brass caps for the rod ends instead of the plastic stock ones ;-)
(I dont trust the plastic caps to hold up after drilling them out)
I also turned down the shock casings to get rid of the unused thread and polished them :twisted:
:twisted: I plan on winning the comps by Blinding my apponents :twisted: :lmao:
Regards V8
that rig sure is a piece of jewelry there rick .... nice work on the shocks too"thumbsup"
Wow. Those panels are sharp! Nice work! Thanks for running the sticker too!
v84x4
Rock Crawler
Thanks Erik.......
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Well, one of the drilled out (Stock) plastic shock caps striped out :twisted:
so I made them out of "Brass" ;-)
So far so good.........no leaks "thumbsup"
I will hit the rocks tomorrow & put them thru 3 or 4 batteries
to see how they hold up
Regards V8
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Well, one of the drilled out (Stock) plastic shock caps striped out :twisted:
so I made them out of "Brass" ;-)
So far so good.........no leaks "thumbsup"
I will hit the rocks tomorrow & put them thru 3 or 4 batteries
to see how they hold up
Regards V8
Farmer
RCC Addict
Well that was quick, they look sweet. Working on my junk now not diggin the shocks too much rebound:evil: looking forward to tomorrow.
Later,
Farmer
Later,
Farmer