Zombi Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Next, the Vanquish Differential Locker. To be fair, although various other Yeti owners have blown their stock Axial lockers, mine's lasted me since September. But with that said I've mainly done crawling, so high-speed stress hasn't been a factor too often. Now though with this, I don't need to worry about any of that. This thing gets rave reviews, and I've had my eye on one for a while now. Edited August 4, 2017 by Zombi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) At the moment I have HD gears in both front and rear, but the rear is underdrive whilst the front is stock ratio. The rationale there being that when I had stock electronics, I needed more torque for crawling. So whilst the rear had more push being undergeared, the faster ratio on the front would pull, thus allowing me to get over obstacles a bit better. I thought I'd pick up a stock ratio Axial 38/13T Bevel Gear Set (so expensive here in the UK!) though to set it back to stock gearing and see what difference it makes, if any. Now that I have my Tekin electronics, I'm less in need of torque from other areas of the truck. Mat, from our GOWTT group, insists on racing his 4S Wraith against me. To be fair it's pretty damned quick, so a bit more top-end from the Alpha Gorilla will continue to help me stave off his challenges! Edited August 4, 2017 by Zombi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) And lastly of course, what we've all been waiting for - the Vanquish Centred Pumpkin Currie Axle. What a piece of kit, these picture do it no justice, it really is incredibly well made. These are the Chromium-Molybdenum (Chromoly) shafts that come with the kit. Hopefully the chances of me bending one of these is minimal. The material is super-strong steel used in the construction industry and very expensive cycles. Aluminium bearing clips, nice, better than the stock plastic. Lower link mounts. I'm hoping that my red Vanquish ones will fit, but I guess we'll see about that soon enough. And of course the diff housing and cover. The detail it on it amazing, the brace (below) even has weld lines on. Nice touches from VP. Lastly the shafts with built in lockouts. I'll start building tomorrow night and will be getting some more pics as I got along. Stay tuned! Edited August 4, 2017 by Zombi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherjay Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 thats a nice bit of hardware cant wait to see it all together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakes2514 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Super sexy! I've been looking at the RR slipper myself so your thoughts on it will be invaluable! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 The RR slipper works awesome, I've a got Slash Gen3 slipper in my Wraith, works only when I want it to ie. In a bind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) So tonight saw the building of the Currie, very enjoyable with only two small hiccups (and not on my part). This is going to be pretty picture intensive, so bear with... Some instructions to get us warmed up then. Clear and straight forward enough with only a couple of typos (I can't help being grammar police). Had to remove the ring gear in the current housing as I needed the screws to fasten the locker onto the new ring gear. The new VP locker attached the ring gear. A very snug fit and went together really well. Getting installed into the housing. The observant amongst you will notice that the ring gear is mirror-flipped compared to the stock Yeti setup. This of course means that you need to also flip over the front gear in the diff housing. If you don't do this, you'll get wheels going in the opposite direction and it'll cause you some serious woes. Believe it or not, people have actually left this step out by mistake! And then of course, once all flipped, you'll need to reverse motor direction in the ESC. Easily done. Bearing clips attached Next was the tricky part, unless you have circlip pliers! I've seen a lot of folks struggle with fitting the e-clip into the housing because they tried to use normal pliers, so last week I went to the local army surplus shop and picked a set up for only a few quid. Slap some marine grease on that badger. Bolt it up And there we are, all done! Edited August 4, 2017 by Zombi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherjay Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 looks ace i want some even more now lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 So I spoke to Dan W from VP and asked him to confirm the orientation of the lower link mounts, and the diagram is actually correct, so I'll need to flip those later. I'll update the above so it doesn't confuse anyone wishing to use this as a guide in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Does it really matter what way round they go? On the Wraith we flip them to lower ride and in my case I flip them so I can run longer shocks without jacking up the truck too much Edited February 5, 2015 by .AJ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherjay Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Does it really matter what way round they go? On the Wraith we flip them to lower ride and in my case I flip them so I can run longer shocks without jacking up the truck too much lol never though about that but dosent that put the lower links lower and then losing ground clearance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Seemingly so, the axle won't be oriented correctly and the rear arms and titanium links wont reach properly. You also have to change the rod ends on the ti links to longer Jato rods so it all fits properly. Oh, and stock plastic links aren't compatible. I'll do some pics etc later when i switch them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I forgot the Yeti has trailing arms, guess it's all about getting the clock right on the axle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If you want to sell the old ar60 axle bits give us a shout please mate, my lads ridgcrest has a couple of threaded holes in his...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Ok will do. Jay is also after some bits, and he'll get first shout. What are you after specifically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Anything that will work on a ar60 axle but the casing is the bit I'm desperately after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Okey doke, noted mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherjay Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 sorry gaz ive been greedy and bought it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Aye, Jay snapped the whole shabang up, skid plate, ring gear, VP extras... the lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 No worries, cheers for keeping me posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) These are the Jato rod ends that VP say to install onto the suspension links. IMPORTANT NOTE: I got it confirmed from VP today that you're only supposed to use a Jato rod end on one end of the link, the other end should be the Traxxas Revo #5347 rod end. As you can see, the ti links have one section longer than the other. In case this is useful to anyone planning on getting the links, I connected the short end to the chassis and the long end at the axle. I'm told by the VP guys it makes no difference which way around you put them on, but they prefer the aforementioned. So if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me. And fully mounted up with the wheels on. So much BEEF it'd feed a family of 5 for a week! Edited August 4, 2017 by Zombi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherjay Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 think i just creamed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 think i just creamed HAHAHAHA!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakes2514 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I might have missed it but does the axle come with a skid plate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombi Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 It does. I meant to get a picture of it but it slipped my mind. It's a fairly narrow strip that fastens to the underneath of the pumpkin called the "Jock Strap" (because the pumpkin is called the "Rock Jock"). I wonder if it's justa bit TOO narrow though, but there's only one way to find out... Here's a stock pictue of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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