Large scale fabbed straight axle monster

[lincpimp]

Thanks for the pic Nick. I figured that is how you did it, as it is similar to what I did when I had a x factor.

What materials did you use for the links? And the ball ends you are using now look pretty beefy, where did you find those? I know dubro has a pretty wide selection, and I think rpm makes some as well...

[NickRummy]

Rod ends are from Junfac. I believe i just used 10-32 threaded rod for the links. Made it nice for mocked up so if they were the wrong length (which they were) I could cut down the rod or make a new rod cheap. Then when they were right I sleeved them with some Delring. I think the delrin i found was from www.mcmaster.com and was 1/2" OD and around 3/16" or 1/4" ID.

They're been punished pretty good and I've never broke one yet!

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by NickRummy

Rod ends are from Junfac. I believe i just used 10-32 threaded rod for the links. Made it nice for mocked up so if they were the wrong length (which they were) I could cut down the rod or make a new rod cheap. Then when they were right I sleeved them with some Delring. I think the delrin i found was from www.mcmaster.com and was 1/2" OD and around 3/16" or 1/4" ID.

They're been punished pretty good and I've never broke one yet!

Thanks for that info. I will have to snag up some of those ends and some threaded rod.

Now I just need to find a txt chassis as I do not want to make everything... Any idea where I can find one? Ebay and rctech did not show up anything, and rccrawler did not have any that were not cut/modded...

[NickRummy]

Yeh the one extra one I have has been had the bottom cut off which is why I didn't use it.

I have one drawn in CAD if you want the template to cut your own out? No other ideas besides keeping an eye on RCC and Scale. RCMT might be a good place to look. A lot of people won't post those for sale since they aren't common. Might be better off to post a wanted add looking for a set.