My e-revo brushless edition build - Page 18 - RC-Monster Forums

Wesley G · 11.04.2009, 11:38 PM

Great write up. Losts of good info. I was wondering how the summit axles have been holding up. I didn't see them in the list of mods and whatnot you posted the other day. I've got to figure something out as far as axles go. It seems like I snap one at the u joint every time out. I'm torn between the summit axles and perhaps MIP spline cvd's. What has your experience been as far as axles?

mistercrash · 11.05.2009, 09:15 AM

The summit axles have been good. They don't snap or break as easily as the U joint style shafts if your slipper happens to be set too tight. But they do wear out as quickly as the U joint shafts, and from what I've experienced, every part of the Summit shaft wears out at the same rate and get a lot of sloppyness. So thinking of rebuilding them by changing a couple parts only is futile as every part needs to be changed. Might as well get a whole new shaft. That's a big problem as Traxxas does not and don't seem to plan on selling the Summit shafts as complete units. You can only get them by buying the parts seperately and assembling them. It comes up to over $20 per shaft. Expensive when you compare to the stock U joint shafts priced at just over $10. I'm on my second set of Summit shafts right now and they are starting to get a little slop to them so they are wearing out again. The only way to get complete Summit shafts is on ebay and they mostly sell them in pairs, one long shaft and one short one. You only need the long one so you're stuck with the short one. The short ones can be used but they have to be stretched to the point of almost breaking the rubber boot. This boot doesn't last long when it's stretched like that. I know I tried it. So yes the Summits are tougher but because they are not available at a cheap price, they are not really much of a good alternative and that's why I did not include them in my list of upgrades or mods. If you do try the MIP splines please let us know how they are as I've been eyeing those for a while.

mistercrash · 11.07.2009, 10:50 AM

If anyone would like to buy an 8th scale center diff, I have an extra one for the E-Revo tranny and one for the nitro Revo tranny. PM me for details, pics and price.

mistercrash · 11.07.2009, 07:56 PM

You ever climb up tree trunks with your ERBE? You know, you see a nice big tree with big roots that give just the right curve from the ground up the trunk and you just send the truck and it climbs the trunk and you do a back flip and land on the wheels. Well I was at the park with my son and while he was playing with some kids, I brought the ERBE out of the car and started playing around in the leaves. The kids and parents were saying ''oohs'' and ''aahs'' at how fast the truck was. So I started showing off by climbing this tree trunk and back flipping the truck back on its wheels and there was some ''WOWS'' and ''That's so cool''. Well I over did it and climbed that trunk so high that it just caught a branch and it did not back flip, it just fell back on the wing from 12 feet high. Result was a broken rear body mount, one of the ball ends of the body mount brace popped off the ball and my CF rear wing mount tie bar broke. Now I couldn't stop because the kids were asking for more so I continued with the rear body mount, wing mount and wing just hanging from the body. After a couple tumbles, the body just ripped in half

But I still continued with just the front portion of the body still on the truck until the LVC kicked in. I couldn't disappoint my fans

The ERBE is fixed now but I still need a new body. I have the Baja Bug body but I don't want to damage that one just yet.

08.11.2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mistercrash

The summit axles have been good. They don't snap or break as easily as the U joint style shafts if your slipper happens to be set too tight. But they do wear out as quickly as the U joint shafts, and from what I've experienced, every part of the Summit shaft wears out at the same rate and get a lot of sloppyness. So thinking of rebuilding them by changing a couple parts only is futile as every part needs to be changed. Might as well get a whole new shaft. That's a big problem as Traxxas does not and don't seem to plan on selling the Summit shafts as complete units. You can only get them by buying the parts seperately and assembling them. It comes up to over $20 per shaft. Expensive when you compare to the stock U joint shafts priced at just over $10. I'm on my second set of Summit shafts right now and they are starting to get a little slop to them so they are wearing out again. The only way to get complete Summit shafts is on ebay and they mostly sell them in pairs, one long shaft and one short one. You only need the long one so you're stuck with the short one. The short ones can be used but they have to be stretched to the point of almost breaking the rubber boot. This boot doesn't last long when it's stretched like that. I know I tried it. So yes the Summits are tougher but because they are not available at a cheap price, they are not really much of a good alternative and that's why I did not include them in my list of upgrades or mods. If you do try the MIP splines please let us know how they are as I've been eyeing those for a while.

Nevermind. I found my answer. So much info in here, that it sometimes gets annoying when youre trying to find one thing, lol.

rawfuls · 11.07.2009, 08:03 PM

Lol, that's awesome..

Urgeoner · 11.07.2009, 08:36 PM

damn MC...

it will be a looooong winter haha...I just ordered a FLM diff for my Rustler...I also got some sandpaw rears on it for the snow

Just for Winter haha..
btw nice stand does it help with work or just for killing time?

mistercrash · 11.07.2009, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Urgeoner

nice stand does it help with work or just for killing time?

The stand is good to work on the truck but not with the motor running, unless you set the thing on a small round table to walk around while wrenching

mistercrash · 11.08.2009, 08:28 PM

So I couldn't wait until I got a new body to run my ERBE. I decided to use my Baja Bug body but I wanted to use the rear wing so I cut the rear engine area of the body accordingly to fit over the wing mount and I kept the part I cut off (engine) and trimmed it to fit inside the wing mount. I used dabs of GOOP to hold it in place and it surprised me how strong it holds. It looks a bit better than to have just a big gaping hole back there. This body is so much tougher than the flimsy Lexan used on the original ERBE body. It's all scratched and dirty already

And the bigger the wheels, the better the truck looks with that body IMO.

shaunjohnson · 02:58 AM

copy me then

i got hte bug body the day they came out for my revo.
soo cool, i also run a wing so i removed the engine area all together.
BE WARNED!! the rear body mount posts will pull through if you dont re-enforce it now!!

mine did this so i have fixed the problem with some roofing iorn

umm...you got the short wheelbase body didnt you...
cause that body is too short...oh wait hang on...isnt the E-revo chassis longer than the 3.3?

jasje · 11.09.2009, 07:44 AM

wow mistercrash, that list on the previous page is an impressive list of hop-ups and I'm sure I'll have fun this winter with copying some of your mods. My revo needs some attention because I haven't run it since I had my xt8 truggy, but it will keep me occupied this winter ;-)

mistercrash · 11.09.2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by shaunjohnson

copy me then

i got hte bug body the day they came out for my revo.
soo cool, i also run a wing so i removed the engine area all together.
BE WARNED!! the rear body mount posts will pull through if you dont re-enforce it now!!

mine did this so i have fixed the problem with some roofing iorn

umm...you got the short wheelbase body didnt you...
cause that body is too short...oh wait hang on...isnt the E-revo chassis longer than the 3.3?

I plan on reinforcing the area where the rear body posts stick out, you're the third or fourth person to suggest I do this so it must be a weak point. No I got the 3.3 extended version and yes it looks short because the ERevo is longer than the 3.3.

shaunjohnson · 11.10.2009, 01:12 AM

the body has a lot of work to do dosent it.
and i look at these nitro guys not running a body (cause of the starting ease without one) and shake my head. no wonder their cars get broken so often...noobs.

a body is even more important for converted revo's with soft case lipo's.
road rash on a lipo is the quickest way to turn a 6s pack into a 4s LOL

mistercrash · 11.10.2009, 12:57 PM

Geez people were not kidding when saying the back end of the Baja Bug body was weak, right in that bend around the flat spot where the body posts stick through. Just a couple tumbles and it's cracked already. That is what I would call a major flaw on that body. Disappointing to say the least. I did the best I could to repair it and hope it holds but I wonder. I am not going to show a pic because I am a shamed of that repair, it looks like crap

Bondonutz · 11.10.2009, 02:05 PM

Couple layers of scrap lexan and some shoe-goo and good as new. Who cares what a repair thats underside the body looks like, long as it strong and lasts.