LOSI LST XXL Conversion ideas

[mistercrash]

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[Chadworkz]

Dude, you are friggin' amazing...these parts look professionally made, seriously!

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

Dude, you are friggin' amazing...these parts look professionally made, seriously!

No Chit - nice stuff. What were they before? I see a mold line of some sort on the inside of the big bracket, and matching ones on the smaller brackets..

[Chadworkz]

They were just regular aluminum angle. Pretty much all of the aluminum angle I have seen have that same line (or similar ones) which is formed as the raw semi-molten aluminum is forced through the shaping-die that creates the angle out of regular aluminum stock.

Originally Posted by mistercrash

Brackets made of aluminum angle

[pinkpanda3310]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

Thanks and I'm not dumb enough the run the truck in a brick wall. I was thinking more of jumping it in a wood chipper. Dropping it on the nose would simulate that jump I missed at the track when I lawn darted in the face of a jump. That's when the battery box broke. If I can recreate that event and the battery boxes survive then I'll know these brackets are good. If not then I'll have to get back to the drawing board.

What's wrong with doing some every other day bash jumps??? Of course, with the all important acid test........ use a camera when you do it

[mistercrash]

It would probably be more fun to go out and jump the truck trying to land it on the nose instead of just dropping the thing from the top of my backyard deck.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

They were just regular aluminum angle. Pretty much all of the aluminum angle I have seen have that same line (or similar ones) which is formed as the raw semi-molten aluminum is forced through the shaping-die that creates the angle out of regular aluminum stock.

Must use a different supplier than we do. I have never seen similar die lines in 20 years.

[mistercrash]

The aluminum angle was just something I picked up at Home Depot a while back. I just tried the truck with the biggest and heaviest 3S lipos I have which are the Turnigy 5800 mah and jumped it funny quite a few times. Landing on the lid, the rear, the nose, cartwheeling. I cracked the body and slightly bent a steering turnbuckle in the process but the battery boxes are intact. Looks like those brackets are doing the job.

[jpoprock]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

Use Dace Mfg. 23mm Hex-Adapters, they are the best made!

Yeah, I'm sure the Dace ones rule. I've never actually used them, but was a big fan of all things GArc and UE when I had an Emaxx. So, what trucks do the Dace work with? Cuz usually if an adapter works with the Losi, it will not work with the Revo and vice versa.

Thanks!

[jpoprock]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

The Dace 23mm hexes are made out of 7075-T6 billet, are drilled for lightness, and have a flange on the nut for increased contact between the nut and the wheel, which causes more friction, resulting in less loosening of the nuts over time. Plus, the flanges on the nuts have holes drilled in them, so they add extra friction to keep the nuts from loosening.

Yummy! Me likey! Are they hard to find? Where do get them?

I use Loctite on my hex nuts and it works well. But it is a royal pain having to check those all the time. Esp if you don't have the wrench handy.

[jpoprock]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

The CEN 23mm hubs fit the LST2/XXL/Muggy axles better than anything and their made of steel. They can be found on Fleabay for under $15.00 delivered.

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And thanks to Jeff... they will soon be $25 delivered. j/k

Ok.. the secret's out... I use the CEN 23mm hubs for my Losi's and they are great. Much better than the ProLines, and ghetto cheap!!

Just breakin' yer ball, bro. (say that three times fast!)

j

[jpoprock]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

Here's what I came up with to strengthen my battery boxes. Brackets made of aluminum angle with reinforcements at the corners. I'm thinking of testing this by putting my heaviest lipos in the boxes and dropping the truck on its nose from 16 feet.]

Did you MAKE those brackets??? WOW. I'm impressed. Like... REALLY impressed! How on earth did you make those, dare I ask?

I hope it works, because with all that effort you put into building them, it would be really sad if it didn't. But, ya gotta try in order to know for sure huh?

[Chadworkz]

Dace made 23mm hex-adapters for more than just the Maxx/Revo style trucks, they made them for pretty much every popular "different" style made. They also made 17mm hex-adapters as well.

Anyway, the Dace 23mm Maxx/Revo Hex-Adapters fit over an existing 14mm hex, so they will work on any vehicle that uses a 14mm hex or any vehicle that a 14mm hex can be fitted to.

[mistercrash]

In case I decide to go with 23 mm hexes in the future, I got a full set of CEN hexes on ebay from RC NITRO HOBBIES for 12.26 shipped to Canada. Eh!

[Chadworkz]

How do the CEN hexes mount on the axles?