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I kinda of wanted to leave the original restoration thread nitro so I'm just gonna make a new one for the electric side of this beast. 
This Revo started its life with Bryson and continued its life with me. It has very recently undergone plastic surgery, some pricey upgrades and a little custom work. I tried to bullet proof the differentials as best I could with the Integy outer housings, RC Best diff cups and all "brushless" components. Did the I-Beam support aswell.
Got a good deal on the Tekno conversion kit used on ebay for $60 shipped, snagged a Traxxas Brushless transmission, RRP slipper kit, and RPM tru-track rear arms. Also picked up ceramic bearings for the knuckles and pulled the Hobbywing setup out of my buggy for this build.
Got the chassis stripped down for making fitting the transmission, I made a paper template for the adapter plate I am going to make. I used 1/16th inch angle aluminum since I had some spare left from doing my charger build.
Once I got the tranny fitted, I went ahead and tried and assortment of shafts and cups finding all the ones I had were to short for the front. I got measurments and moved on to the next step, getting the tranny ready.
Got the transmission out of the way and started to tackle the diffs, I had to do some grinding on the I-Beam support to get it to fit the cup properly. It took alot of shims to get everything to fit right. I had 4 shims on the cup output gear, two shims on the ring side output gear and 3 shims on the pinion gear. I fitted the other side exactly the same both have the same amount of play, one more shim to any spot would make things to tight. I chose some Racers Edge 50k fluid I had in my box from my Maxx build for the diffs. Diffs built and nestled nicely in the bulkheads, the Integy housings had some play in them but once the bulks were fitted to the revo the play disappeared. I was relieved with that.
Moving on to the ESC mount, it was intended to be used on the old 3.3 style tranny so ofcourse it did not line up with any holes on the new tranny housing. I ended up making a small bracket out of the same 1/16th aluminum to support the mount.
Everything put back together, I still want to upgrade the axles to some MIP ones (geez those things have gotten pricey) and I have a brand new set of Panther Pythons I still need to glue. Also I refreshed the shock oils with 45 in the rear and 35 in the front. Ended up going with a Gmade universal shaft, 130mm max length fits nicely. Had to bore the ends to 6mm which with my dewalt bits and drillpress was a bit of a task on the carbon steel.
What do ya know the day I get everything put back together I met up with a buddy of mine who was buying a guitar off some kid. He had never seen RC stuff before and after a little test driving in a big ass open parking I was satisfied with my work. I had been watching him drooling over the site of the cars whizzing around and kept eyeballing me and the remote. I decided to let him give it a try, thinking to myself, what could go wrong its a huge open area. Boy was I wrong, he had the remote roughly 10-15 seconds and made two passes. On the second pass coming back toward him and I at full speed he froze up and slammed into an up-grade on the concrete. That hit stripped my servo, cracked my bulkhead in four places, broke both plastic supports on the steering arm side of the bulkhead and tweaked the frame a little. I got everything fixed the next day and luckily it only cost me about $20. Man I tell ya I apparently hadn't learned my lesson from the last time I let a noob drive one of my trucks, never again will a noob lay his hands on my Transmitter. :whhooo:
This Revo started its life with Bryson and continued its life with me. It has very recently undergone plastic surgery, some pricey upgrades and a little custom work. I tried to bullet proof the differentials as best I could with the Integy outer housings, RC Best diff cups and all "brushless" components. Did the I-Beam support aswell.
Got a good deal on the Tekno conversion kit used on ebay for $60 shipped, snagged a Traxxas Brushless transmission, RRP slipper kit, and RPM tru-track rear arms. Also picked up ceramic bearings for the knuckles and pulled the Hobbywing setup out of my buggy for this build.
Got the chassis stripped down for making fitting the transmission, I made a paper template for the adapter plate I am going to make. I used 1/16th inch angle aluminum since I had some spare left from doing my charger build.
Once I got the tranny fitted, I went ahead and tried and assortment of shafts and cups finding all the ones I had were to short for the front. I got measurments and moved on to the next step, getting the tranny ready.
Got the transmission out of the way and started to tackle the diffs, I had to do some grinding on the I-Beam support to get it to fit the cup properly. It took alot of shims to get everything to fit right. I had 4 shims on the cup output gear, two shims on the ring side output gear and 3 shims on the pinion gear. I fitted the other side exactly the same both have the same amount of play, one more shim to any spot would make things to tight. I chose some Racers Edge 50k fluid I had in my box from my Maxx build for the diffs. Diffs built and nestled nicely in the bulkheads, the Integy housings had some play in them but once the bulks were fitted to the revo the play disappeared. I was relieved with that.
Moving on to the ESC mount, it was intended to be used on the old 3.3 style tranny so ofcourse it did not line up with any holes on the new tranny housing. I ended up making a small bracket out of the same 1/16th aluminum to support the mount.
Everything put back together, I still want to upgrade the axles to some MIP ones (geez those things have gotten pricey) and I have a brand new set of Panther Pythons I still need to glue. Also I refreshed the shock oils with 45 in the rear and 35 in the front. Ended up going with a Gmade universal shaft, 130mm max length fits nicely. Had to bore the ends to 6mm which with my dewalt bits and drillpress was a bit of a task on the carbon steel.
What do ya know the day I get everything put back together I met up with a buddy of mine who was buying a guitar off some kid. He had never seen RC stuff before and after a little test driving in a big ass open parking I was satisfied with my work. I had been watching him drooling over the site of the cars whizzing around and kept eyeballing me and the remote. I decided to let him give it a try, thinking to myself, what could go wrong its a huge open area. Boy was I wrong, he had the remote roughly 10-15 seconds and made two passes. On the second pass coming back toward him and I at full speed he froze up and slammed into an up-grade on the concrete. That hit stripped my servo, cracked my bulkhead in four places, broke both plastic supports on the steering arm side of the bulkhead and tweaked the frame a little. I got everything fixed the next day and luckily it only cost me about $20. Man I tell ya I apparently hadn't learned my lesson from the last time I let a noob drive one of my trucks, never again will a noob lay his hands on my Transmitter. :whhooo:
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