The Crash Clan

crash2 · Dec 15, 2008

Ok so over the past many months of me and my boy competing, going on vacation and taking the lil rigs with and just plain going out and having fun... My lil girl asked if she could get in on the action too. Well being as how I love to spend time with the kids out having fun---how could I resist...

So since both mine and kyles rigs are TLT based--it only made sense to do the 3rd the same...

So for the last couple of weeks I have been collecting parts and will poke my way thru how I am going to do it. But basicaly I will be building myself a new rig and passing parts down to kyle and katelyn which makes sense because I am the hardest on parts...

But in any case here is how mine and kyles rigs look today.....

So instead of updating mine and kyles build threads I figured I would just make one thread.....

nick c · Dec 15, 2008

so what do you have in store for us Crash? Are you going to be doing big changes?

What do you plan to run for a chassis on Katelyn's?

crash2 · Dec 15, 2008

NAC25 said:
so what do you have in store for us Crash? Are you going to be doing big changes?

What do you plan to run for a chassis on Katelyn's?

Some big plans--you will have to wait and see :redneck:

Katelyn will be getting my chassis and I am building a newer version of mine :awesomework:

ROOKIE · Dec 15, 2008

i can't wait let me know LET ME KNOW :haha:

crash2 · Dec 15, 2008

Ok so for a while I will be kinda bouncing around--not totaly centering on one rig since there will be a shuffle of parts from one to another..

So I decided to rip the axles out of kyles rig. At this point I tore both of them down to inspect all the parts, ended up replacing 4 bearings and one bent stub shaft on the front....

These axles will be going under katelyns rig along with the steering servo..

SO at this point I gave kyles rig a good look over---3 of the 4 locations for the lower links are bent. Kyle absolutly wants to keep the chassis so I will tear it completely down and straighten the side plates.

ROOKIE · Dec 15, 2008

keep us posted and do you know who won the novice class at the comp?

crash2 · Dec 16, 2008

So as like mine and kyles rigs--both were built from exhisting rigs. Well since I have pretty much figured out this game--I am going to build the axles from scatch--picking and choosing what parts I want--so there is no waist ( example buying a tlt-1 for the axles).

So for starters I got a couple housings(plus a few more just so I have em)

I am going to run MIP CVD's front and rear---I am tired of bending my rear straight axles plus I have been really impressed with the ones I had in the front.

I went with RCP's rear lockouts due to the fact they are round--less to hang up. MSD also makes a nice lockout that are round on the bottom and square on the top---but RCP had them cheaper and basicly the same thing..

And of course--and true TLT guy has to run the TLT link mounts...

crash2 · Dec 16, 2008

ROOKIE said:
keep us posted and do you know who won the novice class at the comp?

They havent released the scores yet--and I didn't look :redneck:

ROOKIE · Dec 16, 2008

nice so does your lil girl get your old chassis? and what motor esc and tranny/dig setup are you going to use?

crash2 · Dec 16, 2008

ROOKIE said:
nice so does your lil girl get your old chassis? and what motor esc and tranny/dig setup are you going to use?

Stay tuned :redneck:

crash2 · Dec 16, 2008

So I got all eager beaver and tore kyle's chassis apart--and boy the side plates were bent up..

So I went out into the shop and progressed to beat on them with my deadblow--and thats when I relized why they are bent---dang the material is really soft--I could bend them into a U shape with no problem.. But I continued to work with them and filed them down to pretty damn close..

If they bend again kyle will be getting a new chassis..

So I got all the oil from the R2 dig unit(constantly giving the unit a shot of tri-flow) off the chassis and re-assembled it---so its now ready to start a few upgrades and final assembly..

ROOKIE · Dec 16, 2008

i'm still tuned in :fawkdancesmiley: :haha:

crash2 · Dec 17, 2008

Ok so bouncing to my rig---I sat there for a while using my old chassis, looking and measureing and finally clicked...

So I cut some material for the chassis plates

The chassis is going to resemble the current one---only its going to have a shorter belly (same width) which is something I wanted to achieve.. I am also redefining some portions of it---to lighten it up a bit....

crash2 · Dec 17, 2008

So after running the R2 for the better part of the season and doing alot of reading. I opted to go with something else (Katelyn will get the R2 with my old chassis)

So I went and got an Axial tranny and DNA dig..

crash2 · Dec 17, 2008

So here is the R2 next to the new setup...

The widths are pretty close to the same--you can lop off a lil bit off the motor plate on the Axial to get it a tad narrower.

But you can see the Axial/DNA is shorter than the R2 which will allow me to have a shorter belly.

Another great aspect of the Axial/DNA is its a 1/4 turn engagement with the cogs a better design than the R2 (and the R2 is 1/2 turn engagement)

And one more thing is the shift setup in the Axial/DNA is a better design..

So for those who are contiplating what tranny/dig to run--take that for what its worth