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Saturday, 6/30/2018, nearly 2 years after the initial purchase date of my Axial Bomber kit from Tower Hobbies (7/26/2016 to be exact)...
I spent roughly 12 hours VERY slowly gathering together about half of my total parts purchased over that entire length of time and basically shut up and began to build it.
Parts used (so far!):
SSD Aluminum Diamond Axle housings (offset front, centered rear)
SSD HD centered rear axles (including Titanium rear hex hubs)
SSD Diamond Front Axle Upper Link Mount
SSD Skid for Diamond Axles (Delrin)
SSD HD D60 Knuckles
Vanquish Products AR60 Axle Servo Mount
Vanquish Products Servo Clamps
Vanquish Products Aluminum 12mm Hex Hubs (front axle)
Vanquish Knuckle Bushings (1 Pair)
Vanquish Products Wraith Scale C-Hubs
Incision Wraith VDI Universals
Incision 4mm Flanged Wheel Lock Nuts
LockedUp RC F1 Spools
Axial HD Underdriven F&R Differentials (43/13)
Axial Knuckle Bushings (1 pair)
SuperShafty / JEC Racing Bombproof Trailing Arms (Stainless Steel)
JEC Racing Stainless Steel Steering & Suspension Links (custom drilling)
Hot Racing Aluminum Axle Lower Shock Mounts
Traxxas Revo Rod Ends
Fast Eddy Bearings
Kyosho Shims
TrakPower Gear Grease
Gotta say the SSD HD centered axle shafts are very nice, as they are NOT drilled for hex hub pins. Instead they have flats machined on them and came with titanium hex hubs that have matching shapes machined out of their centers - axles and universals ALWAYS break where they are drilled... Shouldn't have to worry with this design!
I had to use Vanquish C-hubs because the Incision VDI universals have oversized joints and wouldn't fit the SSD Pro C-Hubs I originally purchased...
That's OK, I guess - it's just that I just wanted to use as much SSD hardware as possible on this rig, because I'm a fan. Ah, well...
I used Vanquish brass knuckle bushings, but they were a little too thick to use them top and bottom on each knuckle - so I used Axial black metal (steel?) bushings from the kit in the lower position (I tested with only the Axials and had tons of slop) and a very thin shim to get them totally snug...
Shimming the ring & pinion only required a .3mm shim in the rear and a .3mm plus a .1mm in the front, all under the pinion gear inside the diff housing. A little roughness was detected, but I'd rather break them in than run them loose.
Even though I did buy myself a little cordless bit-driver a while back, for this part I did it all by hand. It took me ages, but I was going about it pretty easy, taking frequent breaks. Got an errand to run later today for a few hours (been up ALL night - need to sleep some first!) and then I suppose it's shocks and the transmission.
;-)
As you can tell, I basically used nothing from the kit - this build will pretty much only use the cage and a couple minor things. OK, with that - I'm OUT!
Axle Porn:
