Kpowell911 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Hmm Ive ran XO-1 shafts on a few 4x4 Models over the years and never had an issue with them cracking? Do you clean the truck after every run? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No brains Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Kpowell911 said: Hmm Ive ran XO-1 shafts on a few 4x4 Models over the years and never had an issue with them cracking? Do you clean the truck after every run? I clean them every run, maybe the boots do not like sand, I only drive the car on the beach, the driveshaft are fine but the boots have cracks in it and it looks like the rubber is dried out a bit, so I have to rebuild them or buy other driveshafs. Or maybe I remove the boots and make some clips or something to hold the pins in place, the new traxxas driveshaft do no have boots anymore. Edited May 17, 2022 by No brains 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 2 hours ago, No brains said: I clean them every run, maybe the boots do not like sand, I only drive the car on the beach, the driveshaft are fine but the boots have cracks in it and it looks like the rubber is dried out a bit, so I have to rebuild them or buy other driveshafs. Or maybe I remove the boots and make some clips or something to hold the pins in place, the new traxxas driveshaft do no have boots anymore. Could be salt corrosion? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oodboo Posted May 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2022 Took it for a swim 3 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No brains Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, Tug said: Could be salt corrosion? that is plausible, I run my cars also over the wet sand, and when I clean them I only brush of the sand, salt dries out rubber, but I never had a problem with tires and run most of the time on the beach, but this could be the case with those rubber boots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Acidsnow Posted May 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2022 After being abandoned in the shed for a year an a bit, done some digging and got on with painting. Still cannae mask for soup! 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post supersavage Posted May 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2022 Took the trucks out on the trails. I'm not sure the motor I've got is overly keen on the trailer especially in the warm weather as it got a little warm. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 7 hours ago, No brains said: I clean them every run, maybe the boots do not like sand, I only drive the car on the beach, the driveshaft are fine but the boots have cracks in it and it looks like the rubber is dried out a bit, so I have to rebuild them or buy other driveshafs. Or maybe I remove the boots and make some clips or something to hold the pins in place, the new traxxas driveshaft do no have boots anymore. Thats the reason then. Beaches kill RC cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fat Freddy Posted May 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2022 Painted inner fenders and an interior for my Element Enduro. Interior is completely wrong for a ‘93 Ford Ranger but I already had it, and it fits, so it will do… for now at least (especially as nobody but me is ever likely to notice it’s wrong.). As a small nod to scale accuracy I painted it grey, as the original interior was grey unless you paid extra.Hopefully weather is good tomorrow and I can do the body shell 🤞🤞 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Famous last words mate the world and his wife will point out its wrong But at least your putting an interior in it 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post windz1000r Posted May 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2022 Won a ftx ravine from hobby comps Quite happy about that see what this crawler lark is all about apparently there not half bad 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yrkoon Posted May 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2022 shimmed the front wheels on the grasshopper 2, much better now, put the stig man in it and covered up the top of a front shock tower with a wee bit metal to protect it from breaking like it did on the other side 🙂 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 The assimilation has begun resistance is futile 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Freddy Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 41 minutes ago, windz1000r said: Won a ftx ravine from hobby comps Quite happy about that see what this crawler lark is all about apparently there not half bad Congratulations 👏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 2 hours ago, windz1000r said: Won a ftx ravine from hobby comps Quite happy about that see what this crawler lark is all about apparently there not half bad congrats free stuff is always awesome, hope it crawls good and gets you into crawling as well 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Stormbringer said: The assimilation has begun resistance is futile dont tempt me, if i wasnt so tired earlier i would of cut a alloy bar to size from the left overs of the dbx chassis and dremmeled, drilled it to reinforce the back ones, as there are convienent little hole's sticking out each side between the 2 back shocks which seem to be unused and the shell doesnt use em lol Edited May 18, 2022 by Yrkoon 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunsfordRich Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 8 hours ago, windz1000r said: Won a ftx ravine from hobby comps Quite happy about that see what this crawler lark is all about apparently there not half bad I won a set of Lipo charge bags from them a while ago! Personally I would have preferred an Xmaxx but considering I never win anything I’m pretty happy! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windz1000r Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 13 hours ago, Yrkoon said: congrats free stuff is always awesome, hope it crawls good and gets you into crawling as well 🙂 Yeah we've had a quick play this morning so now need to look at other crawlers and build a set haha 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Acidsnow Posted May 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2022 Got a bit too carried away an binned all the masking before a blew the smoke over the windows. Masking naewhere near as bad as ah'd expected either. Bonus! 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 4 hours ago, windz1000r said: Yeah we've had a quick play this morning so now need to look at other crawlers and build a set haha It gets addictive mate I have 5 crawlers at moment 4x1/10 and 1x1/16 scale 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stormbringer Posted May 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2022 Fitted a spare wheel and mounted 2 fire extinguishers to the TRX6 today 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LunsfordRich Posted May 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2022 Down the field with the old man. He’s really getting to grips with the Maxx. He can drive it on two wheels at will now. Talion was rapid as ever, I’ll be adding a fan to the motor heat sink as soon as it lands! IMG_3380.MOV 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigGinge Posted May 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) Finally managed to finish off the design for some rock slider stand offs and then get them printed as the last step to get the knightrunner shell properly fitting onto the TRX4. Not sure why the Picture is upside down for this but these go on the top of the side plates to raise the mounts for the rock sliders up by about 13mm. My new wheel hubs arrived so I have refitted the disc wheel weights. I’ve also drilled lots of small holes in the shell for mounting up all of the supplied moulded parts. Not sure I should have fitted the snorkel but will do how it looks with paint before deciding if it goes or stays. Edited May 18, 2022 by BigGinge 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomr Posted May 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2022 Early finish today and the sun was blazing so took the Pro4 for a spin 👍 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stormbringer Posted May 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2022 Fitted a metal rear driveshaft and underbody steel armour to the TRX6 and added a bit more brass to the TRX4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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