Rustler Dogbones (56k warning)
 

To anyone who has ever snapped a CVD drive pin, you may want to try this if you haven't already.

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Now I just need to find some 80mm (preferably 78mm) dogbones that will fit the drive cups. More pictures to come if I do.

Bear in mind that suspension travel will be limited to ~1" above/below the transmission drive cup to prevent binding/losing the dogbone. This is fine for me since I run on-road and don't need tons of travel.

Found the dogbones. HERE. Now I just need a couple of small springs to keep them centered. Holy crap. THESE

ORDERED!

Wow, good thinking. Wish I would have thought of this years ago, before I spent $40 (if not more) on CVD's. :lol:

What brand/application drive cups did you use?

Believe it or not, they're the MIP CVD drive cups. I had 2 sets because I ordered another set of CVDs when my old set wore out. 1 pair stays on the transmission outputs, the other gets attached to the modified stub axles.

I can't take credit for this dogbone setup because it has been around for awhile.
HPI A549 Axle http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?FVSEARCH=a549
HPI 72072 Dog Bone (order 2) http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...FVSEARCH=72072
HPI 72108 Drive Cup (order 2) http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...FVSEARCH=72108

This works pretty good, way better than MIP CVD's. You can use O rings or better yet a couple of millimeters of fuel tubing to center the dogbones. Just put it in the drive cups on each side.

That looks nice too. I looked at those dogbones but 83mm is too long to use with the MIP drive cups, which are longer that the HPI's and would cause excessive binding.

I will give the HPI stuff a try in my next pede, looks alot cheaper than the MIP, and will retain the metric wheel nuts so that I can use my trusty tamiya wheel wrench!

*GASP* You mean- THIS??!!??

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I would have used the HPI stuff, too, but I already had the MIP cups and all I needed were the dogbones.

I must have 20 of those, very useful to me!

You should put a few on eBay.

***VINTAGE***

:rofl:

I even have a kyosho made wrench, slightly different to the tamiya.

I guess that I am a collector now, I have 2 different kinds!!

Just FYI- I couldn't use those Ofna dogbones that I bought. They were both too short and too small in diameter at the ends. I'm gonna get a set of the HPI dogbones and see how they fit. Worst case scenario, I'll buy the whole HPI setup.

Here is another version I found. It may be a little better than my version. http://www.ultimaterc.com/forums/sho...ht=HPI+dogbone These are 86mm dogbones and have 7mm ends.

I've put the CVD's back in for now. I guess I'm gonna wait until I shatter another pair before I upgrade to dogbones.

I've heard also that Revo driveshafts will fit the Rustler???