[moved] To S T R E T C H a TLT-1

[Jai]

ok guys anyone know where to buy the parts required to do this? justo? thought u might as u did it yours b4 james bought it.

[justo316]

I used this link as a guide as well as a bit of guess work...
http://www.ripper7racing.com/Magazine/months/01_aug04/tlt_3.htm

I only bought the links, ball ends and dogbones (from tower).

The dogbones need to be grinded down a little on one end to fit nicely. However, I would actually consider longer ones (if possible)as I think I need to put a little spring in the cups to stop the dogbone from popping out due to my stretch (I went a bit further than I should have I think).

It's pretty simple really. The hardest part was getting everything even so the truck didn't look lopsided or askew.

Once you do that, lock the diffs (especially the center one) with whatever, I used araldite, and you're crawlin'.

[Jai]

i have already locked the front and rear diffs.... the centre one i didnt wind up tight enough.... but with the 15D motor its a little crazy... hahaha. havent yet hooked up 4Wheel steering.

[James]

rad. locking the fr and rr diff's is easy with the fully reversible "spider gear lockup" mod, which you've already done :) massive grip.

I'm now finding with the locked diff's and much bigger wheel/tyres that the belt on the tranny is really starting to stretch out..

[James]

geez, justo after checking out that link, that place has loads of cool 'micro' stuff, inc building race track's and stuff.. very very cool :)

wonder if I could build an indoor crawling area in my garage hehe

[Jai]

lets do it~!

or we can use the whole 700sq m block next to my house