Traxxas TRX-4 G500 Upgrade/Rebuild Project

[James.S]

Very nice 👍. Looks like your project is coming together really well, and those axles are a work of art 👌

[Jens]

Coming close to completion.

At least for the Chassis.

 

Heavy duty drive shafts:

( I know... The rusty motor spoils the view )

 

First time I had a closer look at the clearance. Portals really make a difference...

 

[Jens]

It's (...almost...) done!

I finally completed the chassis rebuild.

And it's looks better than new, apart from the rusty motor.

 

 

Finally my wife is happy that the dining table looks clean again.

( But she doesn't know, it's only for a short time. The Arduino project is ready to continue again 😏 )

 

Case closed!

Now moving on to my Ardiuno light project for RC cars. 😎

 

 

 

[DartmoorTrails]

On 04/12/2020 at 13:07, Jens said:

Coming close to completion.

At least for the Chassis.

 

Heavy duty drive shafts:

( I know... The rusty motor spoils the view )

 

First time I had a closer look at the clearance. Portals really make a difference...

 

 

@Jens Which drive shafts are those please?

Such bling with those axles!

[Jens]

@DartmoorTrails:

I ordered them via Aliexpress.

Not only bling but stainless steel. Really heavy and in my opinion indestructible.

And also important: Stronger Kardan joints instead of ball joints. Just like with real cars.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001026915371.html?spm=2114.13010708.0.0.64f74c4dC9sgtF

The only drawback is that they are quite thick and I had some fitting problem. Needed to grind off a bit from the gear housing above.

 

 

[DartmoorTrails]

10 minutes ago, Jens said:

@DartmoorTrails:

I ordered them via Aliexpress.

Not only bling but stainless steel. Really heavy and in my opinion indestructible.

And also important: Stronger Kardan joints instead of ball joints. Just like with real cars.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001026915371.html?spm=2114.13010708.0.0.64f74c4dC9sgtF

The only drawback is that they are quite thick and I had some fitting problem. Needed to grind off a bit from the gear housing above.

 

 

 

Thanks Jens, i like that they're a proper spline and not just a 'notch' as most aftermarket shafts.

[Jens]

Body shell wired up!!

 

 

That took me a while to get it done.

First I had the Traxxas light kit. Just to learn that it follows the American way: No orange rear indicators.

Then I got the Chinese kit with rear indicators and the daylight driving lights on a separate cable to the headlights.

 

However, since I need to power all LEDs from single 3V supply I couldn't put that voltage on the red taillights or the orange indicators.

So I ordered 3mm orange LEDs and 5mm read LEDs and soldered a 47Ohm resistor on them.

Now I can power them with 3V.

 

Next I need to fix a Molex plug to all the cables so that I can easily remove the shell from the chassis.