brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions. - RC-Monster Forums

KaztheMinotaur · 08.25.2009, 12:42 PM

I don't know. Hopefully tonight I will put the center drive line back in.

We shall see...

KaztheMinotaur · 08.25.2009, 04:19 PM

The 40T spur requires grinding of the top plate...chassis fits fine though.

I had to slot the motor mount for the front drive shaft...now it isn't pretty anymore...

Ryu James · 08.25.2009, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

The 40T spur requires grinding of the top plate...chassis fits fine though.

I had to slot the motor mount for the front drive shaft...now it isn't pretty anymore...

yeah the stock top plate has to be opened up a bit to fit over the 40t spur. its good though that slotting the mount at least worked. it should be strong still with as wide as the base is of that mount.

KaztheMinotaur · 05:45 PM

I hope so. I had to take more out than I wanted to...

I'm going to mount my motor in place of the stock radio box also. That is probably the best way. Otherwise it would be too tight with both batteries on both side.

I'm going to make another front chassis plate out of an old street sign that I have laying around. That is thinner than stock but I
think it will hold.

I broke my dremel this morning....

I got the screw on thing that goes over the mandrel stuck on the shaft. I couldn't get it off so I took it apart so I would have more to grab onto. When I put it together and turned it on it let out the magic smoke... I was not happy...

KaztheMinotaur · 08.25.2009, 07:15 PM

Well I got the motor all mounted up. The gear mesh may be a wee bit tight but I think it will wear in.

Are there instructions for the Integy brakes? Mine didn't come with any.

Ryu James · 08:03 PM

mine didnt come with any either. but here is what i am planning on doing. the actual calipers mount up pretty easy to the stock plastic hubs on both the front and the rear. you just have to use your dremel and make the round part of the hub completely level so the caliper sits flush around it. it is curved normally. then i ran the cables around the front of the car and through the front shock tower. the tubing over the cable is the perfect length to run from the caliper to that little part that has the 2 holes for the cable tubing that can be mounted. i am mounting that part on the front top plate. this is where you may have to make a new top plate or something. anyway, i am just mounting it to my carbon top plate and then that holds the tubing in place. thats as far as i have got so far. next i need to figure out how to secure the cable to the brake servo or attach them to one of those rods. i have a magazine that has some pics of a baja with integy brakes on it but they arent great shots. i was gonna refer to that to see if that would help or i thought about calling integy for instructions. the other thing is that the cables are perfect length for front brakes but not long enough for rear brakes so i was thinking of going to a bike store and getting some brake cable that is longer since thats all the integy brakes are anyway.

idk, let me know what ideas you have for mounting the brakes and whats working. as i mentioned before right now all my alu. hubs are at the shop so my guy can do some welding and make them suitable to mount the integy brakes to them. the plastic ones werent to hard to drill and get them mounted but i wanted to use alu. parts and they are different than the stock ones so i have to adapt them.

also, the carbon discs are 24mm instead of 22mm of course. i measured the carbon and it is 2mm so i ordered some 2mm carbon sheet that i got last week or so. its pretty cheap on ebay from da-grahpite. and they make some of the best carbon. so i am gonna cut out 22mm hex carbon discs so that they fit right. i will just use my dremel for this.

its too bad that they just dont make a disc brake kit for the rampage. there should be one since there is for many of the other popular 1/5s.

oh btw, sorry to hear about the dremel. dont buy another dremel brand one for $70+. i have both a dremel and a black and decker rotary tool (looks like a dremel and use everything the same) that i got both at walmart and the black and decker is WAY better, tougher, spins truer and i cant remember if it was $25 or $40 but somwhere in that range. thats what i would get if you need to replace it. its right by the dremels at walmart.

KaztheMinotaur · 08.25.2009, 08:37 PM

I'm hoping I can finger it out when I take all the parts out of the packages.

Next payday I am going to get a no name dremel from Harbor Freight Tools. They have a store in the next county north of me.

It is deffinately a son of a bitch to get to all the motor mounting bolts...