Stormbringer Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 You gotta keep him warm in this weather 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Finished swapping parts from the outback ranger onto the outback/axial buggy.Fitted portal axles to the Injora rock buggy, after stripping them and greasing them, absolutely no grease in them from new 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 7 hours ago, wombat said: Finished swapping parts from the outback ranger onto the outback/axial buggy.Fitted portal axles to the Injora rock buggy, after stripping them and greasing them, absolutely no grease in them from new 🤔 Im tempted to dismantle my injora buggy and get an LCG chassis kit then use a few bits from rock buggy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexB Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Finally finished my CC02 build. It's it normal for the chassis to twist quite hard when power is applied? It looks as though the offset in the rear drive shaft applies torque to the rear axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Depends how much its twisting and what motor you have in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistonhead Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Finished revamping the Phoenix apart from tyres, took her out into the street for a couple pics in the sunlight. I know i liked it a lot in orange with black wheels, but love this colour and wheel combo so much more, the whole truck really pops now Edited January 26 by Pistonhead 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 looks good in the sun mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyUK Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Added an extra bearing (the blue one) and middle spacer into a hole where there shouldn't normally be one. This should now give the shaft more support, prevent twisting, and save the gears from stripping. Then assembled/disassembled most of the drivetrain to fit/remove shims and remove unnecessary play. Still a lot more to do. Edited January 26 by JonnyUK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCake Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Managed to finally get out for a crawl session with the old man. Felt great getting out! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Great you got out and the trucks look good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Opened my BatSafes and checked the voltages/conditin of my lipo’s as Im not going to be using them for a while. All ok thankfully 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyUK Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 2 hours ago, Kpowell911 said: Opened my BatSafes and checked the voltages/conditin of my lipo’s as Im not going to be using them for a while. All ok thankfully I do this too, usually about once a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnie Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 19 hours ago, Kpowell911 said: Opened my BatSafes and checked the voltages/conditin of my lipo’s as Im not going to be using them for a while. All ok thankfully As above and disposed of 4 lipos that had seen better days. Also checked what I need to get to have all my cars up and running as its been a while since I had everything fully sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCake Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 As above, above 🤣 I did start to check before Xmas but forgot to do them all so this was a good reminder. There were a couple that had dipped nearer to 3.7 per cell but most were good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alex97 Posted January 28 Popular Post Share Posted January 28 I've been printing some new car stands - In my last printer these took around 6 hours, I'm now able to print two in less than 4 and a half hours! They work for pretty much every scale and having the 4 off shock holes helps massively when refilling shocks. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 cool stands 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyUK Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Blackout MT After a quick online search, I couldn't find the diff cup strengthening sleeves in the size I needed. So bought some aluminium tube with an inner diameter which will be a tight fit over the cups. Clamped it in the lathe (wood turning lathe but figured worth a go) and made some sleeves. Not perfect due to cutting tool vibrations but they'll do. Pairing them off was a bit hair raising so I'll finish by hand tomorrow. Some deburring to do by hand before pressing them over the diff cups. I have some rubber boots to fit over these to keep the dirt out and the grease in. The dished groove in each centre is to give somewhere for the cable tie to seat. Gotta try these things 😵💫 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Necessity is the mother of invention 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCake Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 13 hours ago, Alex97 said: I've been printing some new car stands - In my last printer these took around 6 hours, I'm now able to print two in less than 4 and a half hours! They work for pretty much every scale and having the 4 off shock holes helps massively when refilling shocks. Looks great! Is that your own design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 14 hours ago, Alex97 said: I've been printing some new car stands - In my last printer these took around 6 hours, I'm now able to print two in less than 4 and a half hours! They work for pretty much every scale and having the 4 off shock holes helps massively when refilling shocks. Looking good, are these some of the printed parts that you sell ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 3 hours ago, MrCake said: Looks great! Is that your own design? 3 hours ago, wombat said: Looking good, are these some of the printed parts that you sell ? Yes it's my own design. They can be, if you are interested then please drop me a DM 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyUK Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) 20 hours ago, JonnyUK said: Blackout MT After a quick online search, I couldn't find the diff cup strengthening sleeves in the size I needed. So bought some aluminium tube with an inner diameter which will be a tight fit over the cups. Clamped it in the lathe (wood turning lathe but figured worth a go) and made some sleeves. Not perfect due to cutting tool vibrations but they'll do. Pairing them off was a bit hair raising so I'll finish by hand tomorrow. Some deburring to do by hand before pressing them over the diff cups. I have some rubber boots to fit over these to keep the dirt out and the grease in. The dished groove in each centre is to give somewhere for the cable tie to seat. Gotta try these things 😵💫 They fit...which is nice 😁 Edited January 29 by JonnyUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie1 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I have never broken a diff cup where you have strengthened it, its always at the hole where the pin goes through inside the diff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyUK Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 5 hours ago, wolfie1 said: I have never broken a diff cup where you have strengthened it, its always at the hole where the pin goes through inside the diff In the boxes of parts I bought there was one with a crack on the outer, maybe it was hit with a hammer who knows. Pretty sure the ones on this are that 'compressed powdered steel' ***** which the transmission gears are also made out of. I noticed the sleeves available for Xmaxx's and other trucks so figured maybe there is a need. On the plus side, at least the pins can't come out sideways and the rubber gaitors now won't slide off 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie1 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 18 hours ago, JonnyUK said: In the boxes of parts I bought there was one with a crack on the outer, maybe it was hit with a hammer who knows. Pretty sure the ones on this are that 'compressed powdered steel' ***** which the transmission gears are also made out of. I noticed the sleeves available for Xmaxx's and other trucks so figured maybe there is a need. On the plus side, at least the pins can't come out sideways and the rubber gaitors now won't slide off 😁 I have the original blackout which was when they first came out maybe they were made differently, that being said when i broke them i bought replacements direct from Himoto and maybe they are different, i also got all my gears from there too and so far they have stood up very well. I always thought my gears were machined parts, who knows. 1 thing is for sure its nice to see someone doing mods to 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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