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I wanna be Dave
Backlogged posts seem to be thing for me. I finally got around to installing the high clearance links and steering links and shock bushings from Club 5 Racing that I've had for over half a year now.
1. Club 5 Racing High Clearance Links (eBay)
2. Club 5 Racing Steering Links (eBay)
3. Club 5 Racing Shock Bushings (eBay)
4. REVolutionX Enduro Mid-Chassis Brace
5. REVolutionX IERC Bed Chassis Mount/Brace
Before we get to those Club 5 goodies, we'll talk about how I've been mounting my IERC Shorty bed to the chassis. As you can see below, you can see my rudimentary aluminum plate that I used to mount the shorty bed. It worked, but I was always wary of slicing my finger on any sharp edges of that sheet when picking up the rig even though I filed it down a little.
Now that I've gotten my 3D printer up and running, I was finally able to get a mount designed up for the IERC bed that works for both the Enduro and SCX10II.
While I was at it, I also designed a mid-chassis brace to work with the high clearance links.
Here's the mid-chassis brace and the IERC Bed mount all mounted up to the chassis.
The IERC shorty bed mounts up perfectly to the chassis using the mount.
At first I mounted up the Club 5 links the way they had it on their website. At first glance it seemed to work fine with no issues.
But... here's the issue. If you allow your suspension to cycle upwards more than the stock configuration, you will run into the links hitting each other at the bend if you only compress one side of the axle.
So I turned them around the other way, and realized that for the most part if I'm running 4.75 tires... I probably won't have any driveshaft issues even though it's really exposed.
You can't tell from the angle, but the links no longer hit when compressed on one side only.
I may consider lengthening the rear upper link to rotate the driveshaft upwards.
All in all though, I'm really happy with the high clearance links.
Here are the shock bushings. These should take some of the slop out of the shock mountings.
Installed on the rear...
Installed on the front...
On to the steering links
Panhard link
Drag link
Steering link
I seem to have forgotten to take pictures of the steering links mounted. I'll come back and edit this post later with pictures.
1. Club 5 Racing High Clearance Links (eBay)
2. Club 5 Racing Steering Links (eBay)
3. Club 5 Racing Shock Bushings (eBay)
4. REVolutionX Enduro Mid-Chassis Brace
5. REVolutionX IERC Bed Chassis Mount/Brace
Before we get to those Club 5 goodies, we'll talk about how I've been mounting my IERC Shorty bed to the chassis. As you can see below, you can see my rudimentary aluminum plate that I used to mount the shorty bed. It worked, but I was always wary of slicing my finger on any sharp edges of that sheet when picking up the rig even though I filed it down a little.
Now that I've gotten my 3D printer up and running, I was finally able to get a mount designed up for the IERC bed that works for both the Enduro and SCX10II.
While I was at it, I also designed a mid-chassis brace to work with the high clearance links.
Here's the mid-chassis brace and the IERC Bed mount all mounted up to the chassis.
The IERC shorty bed mounts up perfectly to the chassis using the mount.
At first I mounted up the Club 5 links the way they had it on their website. At first glance it seemed to work fine with no issues.
But... here's the issue. If you allow your suspension to cycle upwards more than the stock configuration, you will run into the links hitting each other at the bend if you only compress one side of the axle.
So I turned them around the other way, and realized that for the most part if I'm running 4.75 tires... I probably won't have any driveshaft issues even though it's really exposed.
You can't tell from the angle, but the links no longer hit when compressed on one side only.
I may consider lengthening the rear upper link to rotate the driveshaft upwards.
All in all though, I'm really happy with the high clearance links.
Here are the shock bushings. These should take some of the slop out of the shock mountings.
Installed on the rear...
Installed on the front...
On to the steering links
Panhard link
Drag link
Steering link
I seem to have forgotten to take pictures of the steering links mounted. I'll come back and edit this post later with pictures.
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