FlexTek Pics

[Serum]

As usual.. Work in progress..

It's nearing completion now.. waiting for the UE extension and the aluminum centershafts.. I got the 1/8th lunsford conversion for it, that stuff is beefy.. But.. Titanium and titanium don't match.. (UE servo saver was reacting when i turned in the titanium balls included with the lunsford set.. snapped one clean off. Took quite some effort before i got fresh M3 hole in the titanium draglink. using UE shocks on them. I personally don't like the bushings on the flextek arms, they are sloppy, and i think that teflon would be a better choice of material.

[Procharged5.0]

Makes sense. In fact I modified my Racer-X Arms for delrin bushings.

[Serum]

Exactly how thick is your bushing? i saw some TI hingepins pulled thru a UE arm. But perhaps this was the result of wear. I considered this with my racer-X, but the lack of a lathe kept me from making the bushings... BUGGER.. got to get a mill and a lathe..

[Dafni]

I'm experimenting with Teflon bushings on mine. Prototypes work fine.

(even just teflon shims work to take out the slop, Serum. Look for regular brushed motor shims, sold by many manufacturers)

[Serum]

Good, i understand that you had issues with yours as well. Seems i am not the only one who isn't too happy with their slop.. :p

I contacted flextek about this, but at some point they stopped replying... I guess they had it with my persistent nature.. LOL They told me they did 'excessive testings with different materials' and this was the best.. Perhaps in a dry and non dusty environment, but that's not what the usual MT will see..

[coolhandcountry]

Has any one tried the flex tec with 3.3 shafts yet.

[Dafni]

Originally Posted by Serum

Good, i understand that you had issues with yours as well. Seems i am not the only one who isn't too happy with their slop.. :p

I contacted flextek about this, but at some point they stopped replying... I guess they had it with my persistent nature.. LOL They told me they did 'excessive testings with different materials' and this was the best.. Perhaps in a dry and non dusty environment, but that's not what the usual MT will see..

The material they use may actually be not that bad! I can tell you teflon won't be very durable in this application, it just gets out of shape when you keep on beating on it. Better make a hole bag of them.

And no, Serum, not real issues. Just saw room for improvement! :)

[Serum]

Yeah, room for improvement, that describes it more subtle..

[neweuser]

Originally Posted by Serum

Yeah, room for improvement, that describes it more subtle..

Hey Serum, that is a nice looking truck man! It makes the flextek arms look nice...are those the shiny UE cvd's? 6mm?

[Sylvester]

Nice serum! What screws do you use on your maxx's? (blue). I can see your using flm bulks and (___) diff cases? Like newe asked, what cvds are those? They look good.

[neweuser]

Originally Posted by Sylvester

Nice serum! What screws do you use on your maxx's? (blue). I can see your using flm bulks and (___) diff cases? Like newe asked, what cvds are those? They look good.

'm pretty sure they are the UE's, but just want to make sure.

[Sylvester]

Originally Posted by neweuser

'm pretty sure they are the UE's, but just want to make sure.

Most likely. Also another question at Rene, Why do you have so many e-maxxs? Do you like them alot or you like testing different parts etc?

[Mike.L]

the rpm knuckles actually look nice and goes nice with your alunimum and blue theam!

[Serum]

Yeah, they are UE shafts.

with UE 8 spiders/ultralite cases. Currently i have got 2 maxxes, not too bad, right?! The lightweight and this one. the lightweight got a complete make-over. I recently sold an aluminum one with a Cf chassis, racer-X/8spiders to Danverz.. Still got a brand new racer-X collecting dust..

This one is a keeper.

I like the RPM knuckles, i'll post somepics of the maxx once its completely finished. It falls together real nice.

The screws are from mcmaster.com 12.9 IIRC

I hope the RPM knuckles hold up.. UE hasn't got their 'stock' knuckles..

[Sylvester]

Looks very nice, Rene.

I was thinking of doing a maxx with gmaxx chassis , monoblock, hybrids, etc.

What would one of your maxxes go for, Rene?! ;)