Soze's GMADE GS02 BOM Build

soze · Sep 19, 2018

So I'm joining the party of BOM build threads. Since the other threads show more of the custom mods, etc. I'll post more detailed step by steps for the stock build for those of you that want to see that, until I fully finish and then venture off into upgrading parts and modifying.

Here's what we're building.

bilinvic · Sep 19, 2018

Kool...sub'd. Enjoy the build.

soze · Sep 19, 2018

Steps 1-13: Axles

Let's begin

Parts needed for this step

Metal balls given to the first batch of BOMs

The well labeled hardware bags. Wish they would've went a step further and grouped the hardware by steps as well.

Ready to begin

Diff gears finished

Pinion Gear side of the axle

The other side of the axle

All greased up

C-Hubs going on

Front CVDs

Knuckles

Link mounts

Time for the rear axle

Front and rear axles all done

OSRC · Sep 20, 2018

Welcome to the BOM club! You have much more patience for pics than I do.

How are your axles? Any crunch going on there? Just curious.

soze · Sep 20, 2018

OSRC said:
Welcome to the BOM club! You have much more patience for pics than I do.

How are your axles? Any crunch going on there? Just curious.

Yes on both axles. It's just one spot in the rotation though, not throughout. I wonder where in the assembly it's uneven causing that crunch.

Due to the crunch only happening in one section of a rotation, I'm inclined to think it's the assembling of the diff gear. Either I didn't put together that assembly evenly (which I did double-check), or the plastic housing on the diff assembly is molded unevenly.

I wonder if the upgraded diff locker would help with the crunch.

JatoTheRipper · Sep 20, 2018

I know some of the parts are compatible with Axial SCX10 II parts and the gears look similar to the OG SCX10 so...do Axial gears drop into these axles? That might narrow down the crunching.

soze · Sep 20, 2018

JatoTheRipper said:
I know some of the parts are compatible with Axial SCX10 II parts and the gears look similar to the OG SCX10 so...do Axial gears drop into these axles? That might narrow down the crunching.

Don't have an OG SCX10, but I think those gears are larger? The pumpkin of the BOM is about the same size as the SCX10.2, so I don't think the OG SCX10 gears are the same size.

soze · Sep 20, 2018

Steps 14-19 + 25: Transmission

We start with the B-bag.

Step 14 parts

Assembled gears

Parts for the next steps

Assembled and greased up

Spur gear goes on. They use stacked conical washers instead of a spring for the slipper. Directions say to fully tighten the lock nut, and then loosen by about a quarter turn. Here's how it looks.

Parts for the next step.. More e-clips yay...

Assembled gears...

Skipping to step 25 like new2rocks did.

Greased up. I wonder how the 2-speed option setup would look in this spot. That empty space has to be for something.

Transmission complete.

2mtech · Sep 20, 2018

soze said:
Steps 14-19 + 25: Transmission

Coming soon.

Make sure you snap that sucker down tight before the clamps go on...it's tricky. ;-)

soze · Sep 20, 2018

2mtech said:
Make sure you snap that sucker down tight before the clamps go on...it's tricky. ;-)

Yep, sure did. This transmissions spins pretty smooth. Kind of surprised at how smooth actually. If I could only get the axles to be just as smooth.

2mtech · Sep 20, 2018

soze said:
Yep, sure did. This transmissions spins pretty smooth. Kind of surprised at how smooth actually. If I could only get the axles to be just as smooth.

Agreed!

I have a link the perfect size for mounting between the front shock towers for stability, but I hate to restrict my battery capacity that much....

soze · Sep 20, 2018

2mtech said:
Agreed!

I have a link the perfect size for mounting between the front shock towers for stability, but I hate to restrict my battery capacity that much....

I plan to address that as well once I get it built up in stock form. It'll give me time to think of solutions.

2mtech · Sep 20, 2018

soze said:
I plan to address that as well once I get it built up in stock form. It'll give me time to think of solutions.

Making popcorn then.

soze · Sep 20, 2018

Steps 20-23: Links

This is going to be a pretty short step/post.

Bag of parts for these steps

Starting the front lower links

Front upper link

Rear lower links

Rear upper links

soze · Sep 23, 2018

Steps 24 + 26-29: Chassis

Time to move onto the chassis. For this step, I also used the following non-kit items...

Turnigy MG959 V2 Servo (available on eBay)
Yeah Racing Hackmoto 550 35T Brushed Motor (available on eBay)
Yeah Racing Aluminum 540 Motor Spacer Heatsink (available on eBay)
Boom Racing 25T Alloy Servo Horn

These are the parts needed for the battery tray

I'll be using the Turnigy MG959 V2 Servo and a Boom Racing 25T Servo Horn

Servo mounted onto the battery tray/servo mount assembly

These are the parts needed to start putting the frame rails together

It's starting to look like a chassis!

That under-frame receiver box that everybody has been putting weights in... I might do the same.

Time to get those links on

Links mounted

Parts for mounting the motor

I'll be using a Yeah Racing Hackmoto 550 35T Brushed Motor

So... I ran into a snag with this motor. The motor shaft is longer than normal, and I couldn't put the transmission cover on without hitting the motor shaft. So I had to get Yeah Racing Aluminum 540 Motor Spacer Heatsink

With the spacer installed, I was now able to have the motor shaft clear.

One thing I am concerned about is the pinion/spur mesh. It's tighter than I would like, and since the motor mount uses pre-set mounting holes, there's really no fine adjustment available. I will revisit this area later after I complete my build to see if there is a way I can make the pinion/spur mesh more to my liking.

Stollenritter · Sep 24, 2018

Nice write up, especially for the parts you are using in your build. I am interested in how you like the Hackmoto 35T.
Keep the good work going "thumbsup"

2mtech · Sep 24, 2018

Cruising right along there, soze!

Strangely, my pinion/spur mesh was almost exactly where I would've put it had there been more adjustment possible. It does seem sort of a strange arrangement as it doesn't take manufacturing tolerances of gears/spurs into account or allow for variance compensation. Not a big fan.

Great pics & write-up. "thumbsup"

JatoTheRipper · Sep 24, 2018

I like that the battery tray is really low, but there seems to be a lot of extra stuff on the bottom of this truck to get snagged out in the woods. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out.

2mtech · Oct 5, 2018

Dude...GMADE GS02 BOM Build Series - Part 5 - Shocks...1:19...I heard "Team Associated penis slime", and now that's all I can hear. :lmao::lmao:

soze · Oct 5, 2018

2mtech said:
Dude...GMADE GS02 BOM Build Series - Part 5 - Shocks...1:19...I heard "Team Associated penis slime", and now that's all I can hear. :lmao::lmao:

Lol... you need your ears checked. "GREEN" slime.

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