High Clearance Links

[Denjo]

Does anyone know if there is a High Clearance kit in blue anodized aluminum that fits a 1/10 Red cat Ridge Runner Crawler. In fact any kit that fits that model would be great. Can't seem to find any anywhere that actually says it is for that model beside the one on Ebay that's plastic for $20.

 

[WickedFog]

Can't help ya on that one man. That truck isn't as popular as their Gen series crawlers. You might look around on etsy and see if somebody makes metal links for them. Sometimes that's the best place for hard to find stuff.

Or if you can get measurements for them maybe someone on here can measure some links from another vehicle and get ya close with other brand stuff.

Crawlers are kinda cool like that. A lot of folks build them from spare parts from lots of different brands all cobbled together.

And of course, you could always buy a set of links off a similar truck and make them work. It's just your wheel openings might not line up afterwards. Nothing a body swap can't fix.

 

[majin]

The ridge runner is based on the gen8 v2, so that should help the search? I'm trying to find some but keep runnin into same problems you are, this is one of the reasons redcat is not one of my favorite, i lvoe my ascent, but the other 2 I've had not so mch

 

[332_RC]

Redcat is funny like that. They are good RCs, I have two. Some have a good aftermarket, some don't.
I would not be afraid to mix brands to achieve an upgrade for one.
Example: The Redcat Kaiju EXT has excellent shocks. They can be fitted to most any other same scale basher. And actually it's really a great RC, just keep it on 4s.

 

[Denjo]

Can't help ya on that one man. That truck isn't as popular as their Gen series crawlers. You might look around on etsy and see if somebody makes metal links for them. Sometimes that's the best place for hard to find stuff.

Or if you can get measurements for them maybe someone on here can measure some links from another vehicle and get ya close with other brand stuff.

Crawlers are kinda cool like that. A lot of folks build them from spare parts from lots of different brands all cobbled together.

And of course, you could always buy a set of links off a similar truck and make them work. It's just your wheel openings might not line up afterwards. Nothing a body swap can't fix.

Thanks man, I'll definitely will look o etsy

 

[xjtorc]

Can’t help with the blue part but I can help with the links part. The Ridge Runner has a 320mm wheelbase and you can order kits from Amazon based on wheelbase.

I can’t find a kit that’s exactly 320mm but I did find 324 which will work. You can shorten 4mm out of it with different length rod ends if absolutely necessary.

Here’s the link

 

[Denjo]

Does anyone know if there is a High Clearance kit in blue anodized aluminum that fits a 1/10 Red cat Ridge Runner Crawler. In fact any kit that fits that model would be great. Can't seem to find any anywhere that actually says it is for that model beside the one on Ebay that's plastic for $20.

Does anyone know if there is a High Clearance kit in blue anodized aluminum that fits a 1/10 Red cat Ridge Runner Crawler. In fact any kit that fits that model would be great. Can't seem to find any anywhere that actually says it is for that model beside the one on Ebay that's plastic for $20.

Well I love my new wheels. Had to order some offsets so they don't rub. Order 12mm aluminum but none would fit in the rim. Like they were 13mm or something, so had to take a file to all 6 sides or each one and file down until they would go on. Now they are on and tighten down and look great but it doesn't work. Acts like it's jammed up, like wheels are tight and don't want to turn or go forward. Something not right. Going to take back apart after I have a drink, grrrr.

 

[WickedFog]

Well I love my new wheels. Had to order some offsets so they don't rub. Order 12mm aluminum but none would fit in the rim. Like they were 13mm or something, so had to take a file to all 6 sides or each one and file down until they would go on. Now they are on and tighten down and look great but it doesn't work. Acts like it's jammed up, like wheels are tight and don't want to turn or go forward. Something not right. Going to take back apart after I have a drink, grrrr.

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Likely what is happening is you have the hex hubs pressing on the inner bearing race and its pinching the bearing. To test it, loosen your wheel nuts and the wheels should turn just fine.

 

[Denjo]

Likely what is happening is you have the hex hubs pressing on the inner bearing race and its pinching the bearing. To test it, loosen your wheel nuts and the wheels should turn just fine.

Well I tried losing each wheel up and it does move forward and back under power now and will climb but steering is not good, doesn't want to turn well, like the servo motor not powerful enough with the larger tires. I don't know what else could be unless the 25mm extensions are just too much and need a shorter one, I don't know. Ended up putting it all back to stock. I don't like having to make parts fit. I will have to figure it out somehow cause I love the way the bigger tires look and grab.

 

[WickedFog]

Well I tried losing each wheel up and it does move forward and back under power now and will climb but steering is not good, doesn't want to turn well, like the servo motor not powerful enough with the larger tires. I don't know what else could be unless the 25mm extensions are just too much and need a shorter one, I don't know. Ended up putting it all back to stock. I don't like having to make parts fit. I will have to figure it out somehow cause I love the way the bigger tires look and grab.

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The extensions are causing scrub steer. Instead of the front tires rotating on the contact patch (where the tire meets the surface), your servo is now having to drag the contact patch around an arc. It wouldn't be as bad while you're driving it, but it's hell on the servo at slow speeds or sitting still. You can get much stronger servos that will do that ok, but it's still hard on the servos. The only good way to really extend your track width is with longer axles unfortunately. Then you'll run into all kinds of things you need to figure out. Like will the links need changed out for something else... are the gear ratios the same, are the input shafts in the same spot, etc.

 

[Denjo]

The extensions are causing scrub steer. Instead of the front tires rotating on the contact patch (where the tire meets the surface), your servo is now having to drag the contact patch around an arc. It wouldn't be as bad while you're driving it, but it's hell on the servo at slow speeds or sitting still. You can get much stronger servos that will do that ok, but it's still hard on the servos. The only good way to really extend your track width is with longer axles unfortunately. Then you'll run into all kinds of things you need to figure out. Like will the links need changed out for something else... are the gear ratios the same, are the input shafts in the same spot, etc.

Thanks Kevin, going to try shorter 15mm see if that helps.

 

[WickedFog]

Thanks Kevin, going to try shorter 15mm see if that helps.

Stock servos are barely up to the task of steering RTR RC trucks typically. But that looks like it has direct power servos on it, as opposed to being powered through the receiver. Pretty interesting.

Looks like a nice truck, even in stock form.