My first ever UE build

[WheelMan]

oh yeah I don't plan to do that to this truck! I don't want all that polishing sandblasted away! lol

Those tires are for running on my other trucks (which are NOT all polished up and pretty), I just threw them on this truck for pictures because I thought they looked sweet.


-Travis

[WheelMan]

ok so here's some details on what I did to get to what you see in the previous pictures, above.

RCM Center Diff/Motor Mount and an Ofna Spider 8 diff with 46T spur


And a Gregers mounting plate (the 7.5 outdrive cups made this assembly very tricky)


8x15x5mm Boca Bearings for the 8mm axles and 15mm knuckles


And some 17mm hexes for the 8mm axles


They're smaller than the 8x16x5mm bearings, but I didn't want to know what someone would charge me to open the knuckles up to 16mm, and I really wanted to run 8mm axles. So the 8x15x5mm bearings are a perfect fix, even though they are sort of hard to find, and very costly (ABEC#1, Rubber seal, 440C Stainless Steel Race, with Ceramic SI3N4 Balls)



-Travis

[WheelMan]

Mounted the CD unit up to the braces


And finally bit the bullet and cut out the center of the Predator so the center diff would fit




Turned out quite nice I think





-Travis

[WheelMan]

I've read a lot of good things about these, and some even seem to swear by them, so I finally got me some.

Ejector Pins (for making hinge pins)



Man these make NICE hinge pins!! After making a few, I realized just how BEAUTIFULLY they fit compared to the Titanium pins I modified...they made the Ti ones seem like pure junk! The Ti pins pushed through really hard, seemed to catch and grab, and a few even seemed stuck (and the truck has never even been run). But the Ejector Pins just glide right through like glass, and are a very precise fit...even at 14" long they do not flex very much at all (once cut to length for a hinge pin though, absolutely zero flex!).



With VBS & RacerX it took most of a 14" pin to make all the uppers, and about 2/3 of a 14" pin to make all the lowers. I was guessing two 14" pins would complete 1 whole truck, assuming no mistakes. Turns out there is room for error. Nothing wrong with a little extra.

I will be using these on all of my trucks, for sure! Got all 8 of them made for the VBS/RacerX setup on the Predator last night. EXT Suspension truck is next. And I got enough for my next build too


-Travis

[WheelMan]

Put a custom steering link together for this truck, similar to the one I made for the FLM truck.



On this truck however, the placement of the servo is much better, and I didn't need to cross under the center bone to the servo saver.




-Travis